diff --git a/src/chocolatey/infrastructure.app/commands/ChocolateyPushCommand.cs b/src/chocolatey/infrastructure.app/commands/ChocolateyPushCommand.cs
index fb59b5e4a..6ff134d31 100644
--- a/src/chocolatey/infrastructure.app/commands/ChocolateyPushCommand.cs
+++ b/src/chocolatey/infrastructure.app/commands/ChocolateyPushCommand.cs
@@ -121,6 +121,11 @@ public virtual void handle_validation(ChocolateyConfiguration configuration)
                 throw new ApplicationException("Source is required. Please pass a source to push to, such as --source={0}".format_with(ApplicationParameters.ChocolateyCommunityFeedPushSource));
             }
 
+            if (configuration.Sources.is_equal_to("disabled"))
+            {
+                throw new ApplicationException("Default push source is disabled. Please pass a source to push to, such as --source={0}".format_with(ApplicationParameters.ChocolateyCommunityFeedPushSource));
+            }
+
             var remoteSource = new Uri(configuration.Sources);
 
             if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(configuration.PushCommand.Key) && !remoteSource.IsUnc && !remoteSource.IsFile)