diff --git a/ctrl/SlyEdit.cfg b/ctrl/SlyEdit.cfg
index 71d072bbf0e68e2b99dbcd3933306e4447a8cff8..bf8793636aef88bb367f2233b00c7b77aaa05c10 100644
--- a/ctrl/SlyEdit.cfg
+++ b/ctrl/SlyEdit.cfg
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ enableTaglines=false
 ; Whether or not to allow editing quote lines
 allowEditQuoteLines=true
 
+; Whether or not to allow spell check
+allowSpellCheck=true
+
 ; Dictionary filenames (used for spell check): This is a comma-separated list of
 ; dictionary filenames.  The dictionary filenames are in the format
 ; dictionary_<language>.txt, where <language> is the language name.  In this