diff --git a/bears/hypertext/HTMLLintBear.py b/bears/hypertext/HTMLLintBear.py
index 7b4f8773ee..17a9422711 100644
--- a/bears/hypertext/HTMLLintBear.py
+++ b/bears/hypertext/HTMLLintBear.py
@@ -28,9 +28,101 @@ class HTMLLintBear:
 
     @staticmethod
     def create_arguments(filename, file, config_file,
+                         enable_doctype: bool=True,
+                         enable_entities: bool=True,
+                         enable_trailing_whitespace: bool=True,
+                         enable_tabs: bool=True,
+                         enable_charset: bool=True,
+                         enable_void_element: bool=True,
+                         enable_optional_tag: bool=True,
+                         enable_type_attribute: bool=True,
+                         enable_concerns_separation: bool=True,
+                         enable_protocol: bool=True,
+                         enable_names: bool=True,
+                         enable_capitalization: bool=True,
+                         enable_quotation: bool=True,
+                         enable_indentation: bool=True,
+                         enable_formatting: bool=True,
+                         enable_boolean_attribute: bool=True,
+                         enable_invalid_attribute: bool=True,
+                         enable_void_zero: bool=True,
+                         enable_invalid_handler: bool=True,
+                         enable_http_equiv: bool=True,
+                         enable_extra_whitespace: bool=True,
                          htmllint_ignore: typed_list(str)=()):
         """
-        :param htmllint_ignore: List of checkers to ignore.
+        :param enable_doctype:
+            Enable or disable doctype checker.
+        :param enable_entities:
+            Enable or disable unicode entity checker.
+        :param enable_trailing_whitespace:
+            Enable or disable checker for trailing whitespace.
+        :param enable_tabs:
+            Enable or disable check for tabs.
+        :param enable_charset:
+            Enable or disable utf-8 checking.
+        :param enable_void_element:
+            Enable or disable checker for void tags.
+        :param enable_optional_tag:
+            Enable or disable checker for optional tags.
+        :param enable_type_attribute:
+            Enable or disable checker for default types.
+        :param enable_concerns_separation:
+            Enable or disable checker for seperation of concern.
+        :param enable_protocol:
+            Enable or disable checker for protocol specification.
+        :param enable_names:
+            Enable or disable checker for id or class name delimiters.
+        :param enable_capitalization:
+            Enable or disable checker for capitalization
+            of tags and attributes.
+        :param enable_quotation:
+            Enable or disable checker for quotation marks.
+        :param enable_indentation:
+            Enable or disable checker for indentation using spaces.
+        :param enable_formatting:
+            Enable or disable checker for general formatting.
+        :param enable_boolean_attribute:
+            Enable or disable checker for boolean attributes.
+        :param enable_invalid_attribute:
+             Enable or disable checker for invalid attributes.
+        :param enable_void_zero:
+           Enable or disable checker for javascript void(0).
+        :param enable_invalid_handler:
+           Enable or disable checker for Javascript links.
+        :param enable_http_equiv:
+           Enable or disable checker for http-equiv.
+        :param enable_extra_whitespace:
+           Enable or disable checker for extra whitespace.
+        :param htmllint_ignore:
+           List of checkers to ignore.
         """
+        param_dict = {
+            'doctype': enable_doctype,
+            'entities': enable_entities,
+            'trailing_whitespace': enable_trailing_whitespace,
+            'tabs': enable_tabs,
+            'charset': enable_charset,
+            'void_element': enable_void_element,
+            'optional_tag': enable_optional_tag,
+            'type_attribute': enable_type_attribute,
+            'concerns_separation': enable_concerns_separation,
+            'protocol': enable_protocol,
+            'names': enable_names,
+            'capitalization': enable_capitalization,
+            'quotation': enable_quotation,
+            'indentation': enable_indentation,
+            'formatting': enable_formatting,
+            'boolean_attribute': enable_boolean_attribute,
+            'invalid_attribute': enable_invalid_attribute,
+            'void_zero': enable_void_zero,
+            'invalid_handler': enable_invalid_handler,
+            'http_equiv': enable_http_equiv,
+            'extra_whitespace': enable_extra_whitespace,
+        }
+
         ignore = ','.join(part.strip() for part in htmllint_ignore)
+        for param, use in param_dict.items():
+            if not use and param not in htmllint_ignore:
+                ignore += ',{}'.format(param)
         return HTMLLintBear._html_lint, '--disable=' + ignore, filename
diff --git a/tests/hypertext/HTMLLintBearTest.py b/tests/hypertext/HTMLLintBearTest.py
index f43181b502..c3bdc440f9 100644
--- a/tests/hypertext/HTMLLintBearTest.py
+++ b/tests/hypertext/HTMLLintBearTest.py
@@ -27,3 +27,10 @@
     invalid_files=(test_file,),
     settings={'htmllint_ignore': 'quotation'},
     tempfile_kwargs={'suffix': '.html'})
+
+HTMLLintBearDisableCheckerTest = verify_local_bear(
+    HTMLLintBear,
+    valid_files=(test_file,),
+    invalid_files=(),
+    settings={'enable_optional_tag': 'false'},
+    tempfile_kwargs={'suffix': '.html'})