diff --git a/modules/stack/main.tf b/modules/stack/main.tf
index 0d7371b..b187ed5 100644
--- a/modules/stack/main.tf
+++ b/modules/stack/main.tf
@@ -1,14 +1,26 @@
+module "always" {
+  source  = "cloudposse/label/null"
+  version = "0.25.0"
+
+  # Always enable the `stack` module even if `module.this.context` sets `enabled=false`,
+  # because we always need to be able to create stack names even if a top-level calling module is disabled
+  # (if we want to set `enabled=false` on the top-level modules and then use `terraform apply` to destroy it)
+  enabled = true
+
+  context = module.this.context
+}
+
 locals {
-  descriptor_stack = lookup(module.this.descriptors, "stack", null)
+  descriptor_stack = lookup(module.always.descriptors, "stack", null)
 
   # If `var.stack` is provided, return it.
   # Else, if `descriptors["stack"]` is specified, use it.
   # Otherwise, construct the stack name from the provided `context`.
   stack_name = var.stack != null ? var.stack : (
     local.descriptor_stack != null ? local.descriptor_stack : (
-      module.this.tenant != null ? format("%s-%s-%s", module.this.tenant, module.this.environment, module.this.stage) : (
+      module.always.tenant != null ? format("%s-%s-%s", module.always.tenant, module.always.environment, module.always.stage) : (
         # Default stack name from `environment` and `stage`
-        format("%s-%s", module.this.environment, module.this.stage)
+        format("%s-%s", module.always.environment, module.always.stage)
       )
     )
   )