diff --git a/boards/holybro/kakuteh7/src/board_config.h b/boards/holybro/kakuteh7/src/board_config.h
index 78c2d67ea6..808ba7d947 100644
--- a/boards/holybro/kakuteh7/src/board_config.h
+++ b/boards/holybro/kakuteh7/src/board_config.h
@@ -133,6 +133,8 @@
 
 #define GPIO_RSSI_IN                       /* PC5  */ (GPIO_INPUT|GPIO_PULLDOWN|GPIO_PORTC|GPIO_PIN5)
 
+#define GPIO_RF_SWITCH                     /* PE13  */ (GPIO_OUTPUT|GPIO_PULLDOWN|GPIO_PORTE|GPIO_PIN13)
+
 /* Power switch controls ******************************************************/
 
 #define SDIO_SLOTNO                    0  /* Only one slot */
@@ -175,6 +177,7 @@
 		PX4_ADC_GPIO,                     \
 		GPIO_TONE_ALARM_IDLE,             \
 		GPIO_RSSI_IN,                     \
+		GPIO_RF_SWITCH,                   \
 	}
 
 #define BOARD_ENABLE_CONSOLE_BUFFER
diff --git a/boards/holybro/kakuteh7/src/init.c b/boards/holybro/kakuteh7/src/init.c
index 0d4667733f..a9fe66548e 100644
--- a/boards/holybro/kakuteh7/src/init.c
+++ b/boards/holybro/kakuteh7/src/init.c
@@ -160,6 +160,9 @@ stm32_boardinitialize(void)
 
 	board_control_spi_sensors_power_configgpio();
 
+	/* Turn bluetooth off by default (no mavlink support yet) */
+	px4_arch_gpiowrite(GPIO_RF_SWITCH, 0);
+
 	/* configure USB interfaces */
 
 	stm32_usbinitialize();