diff --git a/federationapi/consumers/roomserver.go b/federationapi/consumers/roomserver.go
index 0c1080afa..52b5744a6 100644
--- a/federationapi/consumers/roomserver.go
+++ b/federationapi/consumers/roomserver.go
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ func (s *OutputRoomEventConsumer) processMessage(ore api.OutputNewRoomEvent, rew
 	}
 
 	// If we added new hosts, inform them about our known presence events for this room
-	if len(addsJoinedHosts) > 0 && ore.Event.Type() == gomatrixserverlib.MRoomMember && ore.Event.StateKey() != nil {
+	if s.cfg.Matrix.Presence.EnableOutbound && len(addsJoinedHosts) > 0 && ore.Event.Type() == gomatrixserverlib.MRoomMember && ore.Event.StateKey() != nil {
 		membership, _ := ore.Event.Membership()
 		if membership == gomatrixserverlib.Join {
 			s.sendPresence(ore.Event.RoomID(), addsJoinedHosts)