diff --git a/src/ripple/app/tx/impl/Transactor.cpp b/src/ripple/app/tx/impl/Transactor.cpp
index 89f5b2614..2354e09b8 100644
--- a/src/ripple/app/tx/impl/Transactor.cpp
+++ b/src/ripple/app/tx/impl/Transactor.cpp
@@ -100,6 +100,12 @@ preflight1(PreflightContext const& ctx)
         return temMALFORMED;
     }
 
+    if (ctx.tx.isFieldPresent(sfServiceFee) &&
+        !ctx.rules.enabled(featureServiceFee))
+    {
+        return temMALFORMED;
+    }
+
     auto const ret = preflight0(ctx);
     if (!isTesSuccess(ret))
         return ret;