diff --git a/src/base/kernel/config/BaseConfig.cpp b/src/base/kernel/config/BaseConfig.cpp
index e59940eac..2e3a598c9 100644
--- a/src/base/kernel/config/BaseConfig.cpp
+++ b/src/base/kernel/config/BaseConfig.cpp
@@ -61,13 +61,13 @@ const char *BaseConfig::kColors         = "colors";
 const char *BaseConfig::kDryRun         = "dry-run";
 const char *BaseConfig::kHttp           = "http";
 const char *BaseConfig::kLogFile        = "log-file";
+const char *BaseConfig::kPauseOnBattery = "pause-on-battery";
 const char *BaseConfig::kPrintTime      = "print-time";
 const char *BaseConfig::kSyslog         = "syslog";
 const char *BaseConfig::kTitle          = "title";
 const char *BaseConfig::kUserAgent      = "user-agent";
 const char *BaseConfig::kVerbose        = "verbose";
 const char *BaseConfig::kWatch          = "watch";
-const char *BaseConfig::kMineOnBattery  = "mine-on-battery";
 
 
 #ifdef XMRIG_FEATURE_TLS
@@ -86,16 +86,16 @@ bool xmrig::BaseConfig::read(const IJsonReader &reader, const char *fileName)
         return false;
     }
 
-    m_autoSave      = reader.getBool(kAutosave, m_autoSave);
-    m_background    = reader.getBool(kBackground, m_background);
-    m_dryRun        = reader.getBool(kDryRun, m_dryRun);
-    m_syslog        = reader.getBool(kSyslog, m_syslog);
-    m_watch         = reader.getBool(kWatch, m_watch);
-    m_mineOnBattery = reader.getBool(kMineOnBattery, m_mineOnBattery);
-    m_logFile       = reader.getString(kLogFile);
-    m_userAgent     = reader.getString(kUserAgent);
-    m_printTime     = std::min(reader.getUint(kPrintTime, m_printTime), 3600U);
-    m_title         = reader.getValue(kTitle);
+    m_autoSave          = reader.getBool(kAutosave, m_autoSave);
+    m_background        = reader.getBool(kBackground, m_background);
+    m_dryRun            = reader.getBool(kDryRun, m_dryRun);
+    m_syslog            = reader.getBool(kSyslog, m_syslog);
+    m_watch             = reader.getBool(kWatch, m_watch);
+    m_pauseOnBattery    = reader.getBool(kPauseOnBattery, m_pauseOnBattery);
+    m_logFile           = reader.getString(kLogFile);
+    m_userAgent         = reader.getString(kUserAgent);
+    m_printTime         = std::min(reader.getUint(kPrintTime, m_printTime), 3600U);
+    m_title             = reader.getValue(kTitle);
 
 #   ifdef XMRIG_FEATURE_TLS
     m_tls = reader.getValue(kTls);
diff --git a/src/base/kernel/config/BaseConfig.h b/src/base/kernel/config/BaseConfig.h
index 995340d83..f97a711bb 100644
--- a/src/base/kernel/config/BaseConfig.h
+++ b/src/base/kernel/config/BaseConfig.h
@@ -55,13 +55,13 @@ public:
     static const char *kDryRun;
     static const char *kHttp;
     static const char *kLogFile;
+    static const char *kPauseOnBattery;
     static const char *kPrintTime;
     static const char *kSyslog;
     static const char *kTitle;
     static const char *kUserAgent;
     static const char *kVerbose;
     static const char *kWatch;
-    static const char* kMineOnBattery;
 
 #   ifdef XMRIG_FEATURE_TLS
     static const char *kTls;
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ public:
     inline bool isAutoSave() const                          { return m_autoSave; }
     inline bool isBackground() const                        { return m_background; }
     inline bool isDryRun() const                            { return m_dryRun; }
+    inline bool isPauseOnBattery() const                    { return m_pauseOnBattery; }
     inline bool isSyslog() const                            { return m_syslog; }
     inline const char *logFile() const                      { return m_logFile.data(); }
     inline const char *userAgent() const                    { return m_userAgent.data(); }
@@ -81,7 +82,6 @@ public:
     inline const String &apiWorkerId() const                { return m_apiWorkerId; }
     inline const Title &title() const                       { return m_title; }
     inline uint32_t printTime() const                       { return m_printTime; }
-    inline bool mineOnBattery() const                       { return m_mineOnBattery; }
 
 #   ifdef XMRIG_FEATURE_TLS
     inline const TlsConfig &tls() const                     { return m_tls; }
@@ -97,13 +97,13 @@ public:
     void printVersions();
 
 protected:
-    bool m_autoSave      = true;
-    bool m_background    = false;
-    bool m_dryRun        = false;
-    bool m_syslog        = false;
-    bool m_upgrade       = false;
-    bool m_watch         = true;
-    bool m_mineOnBattery = true;
+    bool m_autoSave         = true;
+    bool m_background       = false;
+    bool m_dryRun           = false;
+    bool m_pauseOnBattery   = false;
+    bool m_syslog           = false;
+    bool m_upgrade          = false;
+    bool m_watch            = true;
     Http m_http;
     Pools m_pools;
     String m_apiId;
diff --git a/src/base/kernel/config/BaseTransform.cpp b/src/base/kernel/config/BaseTransform.cpp
index 415262cf1..97041e7de 100644
--- a/src/base/kernel/config/BaseTransform.cpp
+++ b/src/base/kernel/config/BaseTransform.cpp
@@ -247,6 +247,7 @@ void xmrig::BaseTransform::transform(rapidjson::Document &doc, int key, const ch
     case IConfig::HttpEnabledKey: /* --http-enabled */
     case IConfig::DaemonKey:      /* --daemon */
     case IConfig::VerboseKey:     /* --verbose */
+    case IConfig::PauseOnBatteryKey: /* --pause-on-battery */
         return transformBoolean(doc, key, true);
 
     case IConfig::ColorKey:          /* --no-color */
@@ -305,6 +306,9 @@ void xmrig::BaseTransform::transformBoolean(rapidjson::Document &doc, int key, b
     case IConfig::NoTitleKey: /* --no-title */
         return set(doc, BaseConfig::kTitle, enable);
 
+    case IConfig::PauseOnBatteryKey: /* --pause-on-battery */
+        return set(doc, BaseConfig::kPauseOnBattery, enable);
+
     default:
         break;
     }
diff --git a/src/base/kernel/interfaces/IConfig.h b/src/base/kernel/interfaces/IConfig.h
index d6ae47b35..dd657c2d8 100644
--- a/src/base/kernel/interfaces/IConfig.h
+++ b/src/base/kernel/interfaces/IConfig.h
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ public:
         DataDirKey           = 1035,
         TitleKey             = 1037,
         NoTitleKey           = 1038,
+        PauseOnBatteryKey    = 1041,
 
         // xmrig common
         CPUPriorityKey       = 1021,
diff --git a/src/config.json b/src/config.json
index 06b618d98..f3f282679 100644
--- a/src/config.json
+++ b/src/config.json
@@ -92,5 +92,5 @@
     "user-agent": null,
     "verbose": 0,
     "watch": true,
-    "mine-on-battery": true
+    "pause-on-battery": false
 }
diff --git a/src/core/Miner.cpp b/src/core/Miner.cpp
index 60c0efbd4..1a8c29f99 100644
--- a/src/core/Miner.cpp
+++ b/src/core/Miner.cpp
@@ -551,8 +551,8 @@ void xmrig::Miner::onTimer(const Timer *)
 
     d_ptr->ticks++;
 
-    if (!d_ptr->controller->config()->mineOnBattery()) {
-        const bool battery_power = xmrig::Platform::isOnBatteryPower();
+    if (d_ptr->controller->config()->isPauseOnBattery()) {
+        const bool battery_power = Platform::isOnBatteryPower();
         if (battery_power && d_ptr->enabled) {
             LOG_INFO("%s " YELLOW_BOLD("on battery power"), Tags::miner());
             d_ptr->battery_power = true;
diff --git a/src/core/config/Config.cpp b/src/core/config/Config.cpp
index c8c5ae719..4205e5e6f 100644
--- a/src/core/config/Config.cpp
+++ b/src/core/config/Config.cpp
@@ -252,5 +252,5 @@ void xmrig::Config::getJSON(rapidjson::Document &doc) const
     doc.AddMember(StringRef(kUserAgent),                m_userAgent.toJSON(), allocator);
     doc.AddMember(StringRef(kVerbose),                  Log::verbose(), allocator);
     doc.AddMember(StringRef(kWatch),                    m_watch, allocator);
-    doc.AddMember(StringRef(kMineOnBattery),            m_mineOnBattery, allocator);
+    doc.AddMember(StringRef(kPauseOnBattery),           isPauseOnBattery(), allocator);
 }
diff --git a/src/core/config/Config_default.h b/src/core/config/Config_default.h
index e90a4f681..dd01fa12b 100644
--- a/src/core/config/Config_default.h
+++ b/src/core/config/Config_default.h
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ R"===(
     "syslog": false,
     "user-agent": null,
     "watch": true,
-    "mine-on-battery": true
+    "pause-on-battery": false
 }
 )===";
 #endif
diff --git a/src/core/config/Config_platform.h b/src/core/config/Config_platform.h
index e585dce38..3c6329f5b 100644
--- a/src/core/config/Config_platform.h
+++ b/src/core/config/Config_platform.h
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ static const option options[] = {
     { "data-dir",              1, nullptr, IConfig::DataDirKey            },
     { "title",                 1, nullptr, IConfig::TitleKey              },
     { "no-title",              0, nullptr, IConfig::NoTitleKey            },
+    { "pause-on-battery",      0, nullptr, IConfig::PauseOnBatteryKey     },
 #   ifdef XMRIG_FEATURE_TLS
     { "tls",                   0, nullptr, IConfig::TlsKey                },
     { "tls-fingerprint",       1, nullptr, IConfig::FingerprintKey        },
diff --git a/src/core/config/usage.h b/src/core/config/usage.h
index c07fac0c2..1b68973af 100644
--- a/src/core/config/usage.h
+++ b/src/core/config/usage.h
@@ -177,6 +177,7 @@ static inline const std::string &usage()
     u += "      --title                   set custom console window title\n";
     u += "      --no-title                disable setting console window title\n";
 #   endif
+    u += "      --pause-on-battery        pause mine on battery power\n";
 
     return u;
 }