diff --git a/node/builder.go b/node/builder.go
index 3b6c6fbda..6b987dc28 100644
--- a/node/builder.go
+++ b/node/builder.go
@@ -313,6 +313,8 @@ func Online() Option {
 			Override(new(gen.WinningPoStProver), storage.NewWinningPoStProver),
 			Override(new(*miner.Miner), modules.SetupBlockProducer),
 
+			Override(new(dtypes.AcceptingRetrievalDealsConfigFunc), modules.NewAcceptingRetrievalDealsConfigFunc),
+			Override(new(dtypes.SetAcceptingRetrievalDealsConfigFunc), modules.NewSetAcceptingRetrievalDealsConfigFunc),
 			Override(new(dtypes.AcceptingStorageDealsConfigFunc), modules.NewAcceptingStorageDealsConfigFunc),
 			Override(new(dtypes.SetAcceptingStorageDealsConfigFunc), modules.NewSetAcceptingStorageDealsConfigFunc),
 			Override(new(dtypes.StorageDealPieceCidBlocklistConfigFunc), modules.NewStorageDealPieceCidBlocklistConfigFunc),
diff --git a/node/config/def.go b/node/config/def.go
index 76a6a89ea..a86f87d24 100644
--- a/node/config/def.go
+++ b/node/config/def.go
@@ -34,8 +34,9 @@ type StorageMiner struct {
 }
 
 type DealmakingConfig struct {
-	AcceptingStorageDeals bool
-	PieceCidBlocklist     []cid.Cid
+	AcceptingStorageDeals   bool
+	AcceptingRetrievalDeals bool
+	PieceCidBlocklist       []cid.Cid
 }
 
 // API contains configs for API endpoint
@@ -123,8 +124,9 @@ func DefaultStorageMiner() *StorageMiner {
 		},
 
 		Dealmaking: DealmakingConfig{
-			AcceptingStorageDeals: true,
-			PieceCidBlocklist:     []cid.Cid{},
+			AcceptingStorageDeals:   true,
+			AcceptingRetrievalDeals: true,
+			PieceCidBlocklist:       []cid.Cid{},
 		},
 	}
 	cfg.Common.API.ListenAddress = "/ip4/127.0.0.1/tcp/2345/http"
diff --git a/node/modules/dtypes/miner.go b/node/modules/dtypes/miner.go
index 584642a3b..a0acb8f18 100644
--- a/node/modules/dtypes/miner.go
+++ b/node/modules/dtypes/miner.go
@@ -18,6 +18,14 @@ type AcceptingStorageDealsConfigFunc func() (bool, error)
 // storage deal acceptance.
 type SetAcceptingStorageDealsConfigFunc func(bool) error
 
+// AcceptingRetrievalDealsFunc is a function which reads from miner config to
+// determine if the user has disabled retrieval acceptance (or not).
+type AcceptingRetrievalDealsConfigFunc func() (bool, error)
+
+// SetAcceptingRetrievalDealsFunc is a function which is used to disable or enable
+// retrieval deal acceptance.
+type SetAcceptingRetrievalDealsConfigFunc func(bool) error
+
 // StorageDealPieceCidBlocklistConfigFunc is a function which reads from miner config
 // to obtain a list of CIDs for which the storage miner will not accept storage
 // proposals.
diff --git a/node/modules/storageminer.go b/node/modules/storageminer.go
index c6cadec34..3ccc5daa7 100644
--- a/node/modules/storageminer.go
+++ b/node/modules/storageminer.go
@@ -357,14 +357,31 @@ func StorageProvider(minerAddress dtypes.MinerAddress, ffiConfig *ffiwrapper.Con
 }
 
 // RetrievalProvider creates a new retrieval provider attached to the provider blockstore
-func RetrievalProvider(h host.Host, miner *storage.Miner, sealer sectorstorage.SectorManager, full lapi.FullNode, ds dtypes.MetadataDS, pieceStore dtypes.ProviderPieceStore, ibs dtypes.StagingBlockstore) (retrievalmarket.RetrievalProvider, error) {
+func RetrievalProvider(h host.Host, miner *storage.Miner, sealer sectorstorage.SectorManager, full lapi.FullNode, ds dtypes.MetadataDS, pieceStore dtypes.ProviderPieceStore, ibs dtypes.StagingBlockstore, isAcceptingFunc dtypes.AcceptingRetrievalDealsConfigFunc) (retrievalmarket.RetrievalProvider, error) {
 	adapter := retrievaladapter.NewRetrievalProviderNode(miner, sealer, full)
-	address, err := minerAddrFromDS(ds)
+
+	maddr, err := minerAddrFromDS(ds)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	network := rmnet.NewFromLibp2pHost(h)
-	return retrievalimpl.NewProvider(address, adapter, network, pieceStore, ibs, namespace.Wrap(ds, datastore.NewKey("/retrievals/provider")))
+
+	netwk := rmnet.NewFromLibp2pHost(h)
+
+	opt := retrievalimpl.DealDeciderOpt(func(ctx context.Context, state retrievalmarket.ProviderDealState) (bool, string, error) {
+		b, err := isAcceptingFunc()
+		if err != nil {
+			return false, "miner error", err
+		}
+
+		if !b {
+			log.Warn("retrieval deal acceptance disabled; rejecting retrieval deal proposal from client")
+			return false, "miner is not accepting retrieval deals", nil
+		}
+
+		return true, "", nil
+	})
+
+	return retrievalimpl.NewProvider(maddr, adapter, netwk, pieceStore, ibs, namespace.Wrap(ds, datastore.NewKey("/retrievals/provider")), opt)
 }
 
 func SectorStorage(mctx helpers.MetricsCtx, lc fx.Lifecycle, ls stores.LocalStorage, si stores.SectorIndex, cfg *ffiwrapper.Config, sc sectorstorage.SealerConfig, urls sectorstorage.URLs, sa sectorstorage.StorageAuth) (*sectorstorage.Manager, error) {
@@ -399,6 +416,24 @@ func StorageAuth(ctx helpers.MetricsCtx, ca lapi.Common) (sectorstorage.StorageA
 	return sectorstorage.StorageAuth(headers), nil
 }
 
+func NewAcceptingRetrievalDealsConfigFunc(r repo.LockedRepo) (dtypes.AcceptingRetrievalDealsConfigFunc, error) {
+	return func() (out bool, err error) {
+		err = readCfg(r, func(cfg *config.StorageMiner) {
+			out = cfg.Dealmaking.AcceptingRetrievalDeals
+		})
+		return
+	}, nil
+}
+
+func NewSetAcceptingRetrievalDealsConfigFunc(r repo.LockedRepo) (dtypes.SetAcceptingRetrievalDealsConfigFunc, error) {
+	return func(b bool) (err error) {
+		err = mutateCfg(r, func(cfg *config.StorageMiner) {
+			cfg.Dealmaking.AcceptingRetrievalDeals = b
+		})
+		return
+	}, nil
+}
+
 func NewAcceptingStorageDealsConfigFunc(r repo.LockedRepo) (dtypes.AcceptingStorageDealsConfigFunc, error) {
 	return func() (out bool, err error) {
 		err = readCfg(r, func(cfg *config.StorageMiner) {