diff --git a/modules/azuredevops/GitHub-Build-Definition-Pull-Request-Trigger/github_build_definition_pull_request_trigger.tf b/modules/azuredevops/GitHub-Build-Definition-Pull-Request-Trigger/github_build_definition_pull_request_trigger.tf
index 83bfd8b8..620dcaed 100644
--- a/modules/azuredevops/GitHub-Build-Definition-Pull-Request-Trigger/github_build_definition_pull_request_trigger.tf
+++ b/modules/azuredevops/GitHub-Build-Definition-Pull-Request-Trigger/github_build_definition_pull_request_trigger.tf
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ resource "azuredevops_build_definition" "devops_build_definition" {
   name            = var.build_definition_name
   path            = var.pipeline_path
   agent_pool_name = var.agent_pool_name
+  queue_status    = var.status
 
   ci_trigger {
     use_yaml = true
diff --git a/modules/azuredevops/GitHub-Build-Definition-Pull-Request-Trigger/variables.tf b/modules/azuredevops/GitHub-Build-Definition-Pull-Request-Trigger/variables.tf
index 3cd43209..561e8852 100644
--- a/modules/azuredevops/GitHub-Build-Definition-Pull-Request-Trigger/variables.tf
+++ b/modules/azuredevops/GitHub-Build-Definition-Pull-Request-Trigger/variables.tf
@@ -85,3 +85,9 @@ variable "repo_type" {
   description = "The type of the repository."
   type        = string
 }
+
+variable "status" {
+  default     = "enabled"
+  description = "The queue status of the build definition. Valid values: enabled or paused or disabled"
+  type        = string
+}
diff --git a/modules/azuredevops/GitHub-Build-Definition/github_build_definition.tf b/modules/azuredevops/GitHub-Build-Definition/github_build_definition.tf
index 16172d98..9422ac41 100644
--- a/modules/azuredevops/GitHub-Build-Definition/github_build_definition.tf
+++ b/modules/azuredevops/GitHub-Build-Definition/github_build_definition.tf
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ resource "azuredevops_build_definition" "devops_build_definition" {
   name            = var.build_definition_name
   agent_pool_name = var.agent_pool_name
   path            = var.pipeline_path
+  queue_status    = var.status
 
   ci_trigger {
     use_yaml = true
diff --git a/modules/azuredevops/GitHub-Build-Definition/variables.tf b/modules/azuredevops/GitHub-Build-Definition/variables.tf
index 624b2fdb..0299c8ee 100644
--- a/modules/azuredevops/GitHub-Build-Definition/variables.tf
+++ b/modules/azuredevops/GitHub-Build-Definition/variables.tf
@@ -61,3 +61,9 @@ variable "repo_type" {
   description = "The type of the repository."
   type        = string
 }
+
+variable "status" {
+  default     = "enabled"
+  description = "The queue status of the build definition. Valid values: enabled or paused or disabled"
+  type        = string
+}