diff --git a/src/osmo_gsm_tester/templates/srsue.conf.tmpl b/src/osmo_gsm_tester/templates/srsue.conf.tmpl
index f7dee03..4a4828e 100644
--- a/src/osmo_gsm_tester/templates/srsue.conf.tmpl
+++ b/src/osmo_gsm_tester/templates/srsue.conf.tmpl
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
 # nas_filename: File path to use for NAS packet captures
 #####################################################################
 [pcap]
-enable = true
+enable = ${'true' if ue.enable_pcap else 'false'}
 filename = /tmp/ue.pcap
 nas_enable = false
 nas_filename = /tmp/nas.pcap