diff --git a/config.go b/config.go
index 4ed9fed9d..4cfbb8488 100644
--- a/config.go
+++ b/config.go
@@ -204,6 +204,8 @@ type config struct {
 	Color       string `long:"color" description:"The color of the node in hex format (i.e. '#3399FF'). Used to customize node appearance in intelligence services"`
 	MinChanSize int64  `long:"minchansize" description:"The smallest channel size (in satoshis) that we should accept. Incoming channels smaller than this will be rejected"`
 
+	NoChanUpdates bool `long:"nochanupdates" description:"If specified, lnd will not request real-time channel updates from connected peers. This option should be used by routing nodes to save bandwidth."`
+
 	net torsvc.Net
 }