diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/1823-cloudfront_distribution_always_created_enabled.yml b/changelogs/fragments/1823-cloudfront_distribution_always_created_enabled.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..473245dacca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/1823-cloudfront_distribution_always_created_enabled.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - cloudfront_distribution - now honours the ``enabled`` setting (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.aws/issues/1823).
diff --git a/plugins/modules/cloudfront_distribution.py b/plugins/modules/cloudfront_distribution.py
index 447fd994ee6..1d9cd546c52 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/cloudfront_distribution.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/cloudfront_distribution.py
@@ -2009,8 +2009,8 @@ def validate_common_distribution_parameters(self, config, enabled, aliases, logg
                                     if alias not in aliases])
                 config['aliases'] = ansible_list_to_cloudfront_list(aliases)
             if logging is not None:
-                config['logging'] = self.validate_logging(logging)
-            config['enabled'] = enabled or config.get('enabled', self.__default_distribution_enabled)
+                config["logging"] = self.validate_logging(logging)
+            config["enabled"] = enabled if enabled is not None else config.get("enabled", self.__default_distribution_enabled)
             if price_class is not None:
                 self.validate_attribute_with_allowed_values(price_class, 'price_class', self.__valid_price_classes)
                 config['price_class'] = price_class
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/cloudfront_distribution/tasks/main.yml b/tests/integration/targets/cloudfront_distribution/tasks/main.yml
index a6ac0571a2d..42a0b06b572 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/cloudfront_distribution/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/cloudfront_distribution/tasks/main.yml
@@ -25,6 +25,12 @@
   - set_fact:
       distribution_id: '{{ cf_distribution.id }}'
 
+  - name: ensure that default value of 'enabled' is 'true'
+    assert:
+      that:
+        - cf_distribution.changed
+        - cf_distribution.enabled
+
   - name: ensure that default value of 'ipv6_enabled' is 'false'
     assert:
       that:
@@ -282,8 +288,9 @@
       wait: yes
       state: absent
 
-  - name: create distribution with tags
+  - name: create cloudfront distribution with tags and as disabled
     cloudfront_distribution:
+      enabled: false
       origins:
       - domain_name: "{{ resource_prefix }}2.example.com"
         id: "{{ resource_prefix }}2.example.com"
@@ -296,6 +303,12 @@
   - set_fact:
       distribution_id: '{{ cf_second_distribution.id }}'
 
+  - name: ensure that the value of 'enabled' is 'false'
+    assert:
+      that:
+        - cf_second_distribution.changed
+        - not cf_second_distribution.enabled
+
   - name: ensure tags were set on creation
     assert:
       that: