diff --git a/lib/unleash/variant.ex b/lib/unleash/variant.ex
index dc193bc..04608c7 100644
--- a/lib/unleash/variant.ex
+++ b/lib/unleash/variant.ex
@@ -18,24 +18,12 @@ defmodule Unleash.Variant do
           optional(:payload) => map()
         }
 
-  def select_variant(%Feature{variants: variants, name: name}, context)
+  def select_variant(%Feature{variants: variants} = feature, context)
       when is_list(variants) and length(variants) > 0 do
-    total_weight =
-      variants
-      |> Enum.map(fn %{weight: w} -> w end)
-      |> Enum.sum()
-
-    variants
-    |> find_override(context)
-    |> case do
-      nil ->
-        variants
-        |> find_variant(Utils.normalize(get_seed(context), name, total_weight))
-
-      v ->
-        v
+    case Feature.enabled?(feature, context) do
+      true -> variants(feature, context)
+      _ -> disabled()
     end
-    |> to_map(true)
   end
 
   def from_map(map) when is_map(map) do
@@ -100,4 +88,32 @@ defmodule Unleash.Variant do
   defp get_context_name("userId"), do: :user_id
   defp get_context_name("sessionId"), do: :session_id
   defp get_context_name("remoteAddress"), do: :remote_address
+
+  defp disabled do
+    %{
+      enabled: false,
+      name: "disabled",
+      payload: %{}
+    }
+  end
+
+  defp variants(%Feature{variants: variants, name: name}, context)
+       when is_list(variants) and length(variants) > 0 do
+    total_weight =
+      variants
+      |> Enum.map(fn %{weight: w} -> w end)
+      |> Enum.sum()
+
+    variants
+    |> find_override(context)
+    |> case do
+      nil ->
+        variants
+        |> find_variant(Utils.normalize(get_seed(context), name, total_weight))
+
+      v ->
+        v
+    end
+    |> to_map(true)
+  end
 end
diff --git a/test/unleash/variant_test.exs b/test/unleash/variant_test.exs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f1a5b87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/unleash/variant_test.exs
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+defmodule Unleash.VariantTest do
+  use ExUnit.Case
+
+  setup :start_repo
+
+  test "return a disabled variant if the flag is disabled" do
+    assert %{
+             enabled: false,
+             name: "disabled",
+             payload: %{}
+           } == Unleash.get_variant(:disabled_variant)
+  end
+
+  defp start_repo(_) do
+    stop_supervised(Unleash.Repo)
+
+    state = Unleash.Features.from_map!(state())
+
+    {:ok, _pid} = start_supervised({Unleash.Repo, state})
+    :ok
+  end
+
+  defp state,
+    do: %{
+      "version" => 1,
+      "features" => [
+        %{
+          "name" => "disabled_variant",
+          "description" => "variant with enabled set to false",
+          "enabled" => false,
+          "strategies" => [
+            %{
+              "name" => "default",
+              "parameters" => %{}
+            }
+          ],
+          "variants" => [
+            %{
+              "name" => "variant1",
+              "weight" => 100,
+              "payload" => %{"type" => "string", "value" => "val1"}
+            }
+          ]
+        }
+      ]
+    }
+end
diff --git a/test/unleash_test.exs b/test/unleash_test.exs
index a66de2e..5439ed2 100644
--- a/test/unleash_test.exs
+++ b/test/unleash_test.exs
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ defmodule UnleashTest do
           "name" => "variant",
           "description" => "variant",
           "enabled" => true,
-          "startegies" => [
+          "strategies" => [
             %{
               "name" => "default",
               "parameters" => %{}