diff --git a/core/src/garden.ts b/core/src/garden.ts
index e43e36ca5f..62b97d7205 100644
--- a/core/src/garden.ts
+++ b/core/src/garden.ts
@@ -172,6 +172,7 @@ import { styles } from "./logger/styles.js"
 import { renderDuration } from "./logger/util.js"
 import { getCloudDistributionName, getCloudLogSectionName } from "./util/cloud.js"
 import { makeDocsLinkStyled } from "./docs/common.js"
+import { ActionConfigContext } from "./config/template-contexts/actions.js"
 
 const defaultLocalAddress = "localhost"
 
@@ -260,9 +261,16 @@ export class Garden {
   public log: Log
   private gardenInitLog?: Log
   private loadedPlugins?: GardenPluginSpec[]
+
+  /**
+   * These 3 fields store the raw action configs,
+   * i.e. unresolved action-, module-, and workflow configs detected by {@link #scanAndAddConfigs}
+   * loaded from the disk.
+   */
   protected readonly actionConfigs: ActionConfigMap
   protected readonly moduleConfigs: ModuleConfigMap
   protected readonly workflowConfigs: WorkflowConfigMap
+
   protected configPaths: Set<string>
   private resolvedProviders: { [key: string]: Provider }
   protected readonly state: GardenInstanceState
@@ -1501,6 +1509,35 @@ export class Garden {
     })
   }
 
+  private evaluateDisabledFlag(config: BaseActionConfig): boolean {
+    // It can be a template string that must be resolved at this stage
+    const disabledFlag = config.disabled as boolean | string | undefined
+
+    if (disabledFlag === undefined) {
+      return false
+    }
+
+    if (typeof disabledFlag === "boolean") {
+      return disabledFlag
+    }
+
+    const context = new ActionConfigContext({
+      garden: this,
+      config,
+      thisContextParams: {
+        name: config.name,
+        // TODO: resolve this if necessary
+        mode: "default",
+      },
+      variables: this.variables,
+    })
+
+    return resolveTemplateString({
+      string: disabledFlag,
+      context,
+    })
+  }
+
   /**
    * Add an action config to the context, after validating and calling the appropriate configure plugin handler.
    */
@@ -1509,6 +1546,9 @@ export class Garden {
     const key = actionReferenceToString(config)
     const existing = this.actionConfigs[config.kind][config.name]
 
+    // Resolve the actual values of the `disabled` flag
+    config.disabled = this.evaluateDisabledFlag(config)
+
     if (existing) {
       if (actionIsDisabled(config, this.environmentName)) {
         this.log.silly(
diff --git a/core/test/data/test-projects/disabled-action-with-duplicate-name/project.garden.yml b/core/test/data/test-projects/disabled-action-with-duplicate-name/project.garden.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..efe83351f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/test/data/test-projects/disabled-action-with-duplicate-name/project.garden.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+apiVersion: garden.io/v1
+kind: Project
+name: disabled-action-with-duplicate-name
+defaultEnvironment: local
+environments:
+  - name: local
+  - name: remote
+providers:
+  - name: exec
+    environments: [ local, remote ]
diff --git a/core/test/data/test-projects/disabled-action-with-duplicate-name/runs.garden.yml b/core/test/data/test-projects/disabled-action-with-duplicate-name/runs.garden.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1dfb6f9d14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/test/data/test-projects/disabled-action-with-duplicate-name/runs.garden.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+kind: Run
+name: run-script
+type: exec
+disabled: "${environment.name != 'local'}"
+spec:
+  command: ["sh", "-c", "echo 'Hello from local'"]
+
+---
+
+kind: Run
+name: run-script
+type: exec
+disabled: "${environment.name != 'remote'}"
+spec:
+  command: ["sh", "-c", "echo 'Hello from remote'"]
diff --git a/core/test/unit/src/garden.ts b/core/test/unit/src/garden.ts
index f419c7c82d..c3adf8e6a6 100644
--- a/core/test/unit/src/garden.ts
+++ b/core/test/unit/src/garden.ts
@@ -3041,6 +3041,17 @@ describe("Garden", () => {
       expect(omit(test.internal, "yamlDoc")).to.eql(internal)
     })
 
+    it("should resolve disabled flag in actions and allow two actions with same key if one is disabled", async () => {
+      const garden = await makeTestGarden(getDataDir("test-projects", "disabled-action-with-duplicate-name"))
+      const graph = await garden.getConfigGraph({ log: garden.log, emit: false })
+
+      // There are 2 'run-script' actions defined in the project, one per environment.
+      // This test uses 'local' environment, so the action for 'remote' environment should be disabled and skipped.
+      const runScript = graph.getRun("run-script")
+      expect(runScript.isDisabled()).to.be.false
+      expect(runScript.getConfig().spec.command).to.eql(["sh", "-c", "echo 'Hello from local'"])
+    })
+
     it("should resolve actions from templated config templates", async () => {
       const garden = await makeTestGarden(getDataDir("test-projects", "config-templates-with-templating"))
       await garden.scanAndAddConfigs()
@@ -3069,6 +3080,7 @@ describe("Garden", () => {
         kind: "Run",
         type: "exec",
         name: runNameA,
+        disabled: false,
         spec: {
           command: ["echo", runNameA],
         },
@@ -3081,6 +3093,7 @@ describe("Garden", () => {
         kind: "Run",
         type: "exec",
         name: runNameB,
+        disabled: false,
         spec: {
           command: ["echo", runNameB],
         },