diff --git a/quartz/components/ContentMeta.tsx b/quartz/components/ContentMeta.tsx
index 5dfec14..9eb7eb4 100644
--- a/quartz/components/ContentMeta.tsx
+++ b/quartz/components/ContentMeta.tsx
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ export default ((opts?: Partial<ContentMetaOptions>) => {
         segments.push(formatDate(getDate(cfg, fileData)!, cfg.locale))
       }
 
+      if (enabled !== false) {
       // Display reading time if enabled
       if (options.showReadingTime) {
         const { minutes, words: _words } = readingTime(text)