diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1ee346f..8c817f9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -350,3 +350,7 @@
 * 2.5.5 -- 2024-02-26
   - cloudtrail
     - add filter_path of cloudtrail/ for notification
+
+* 2.5.6 -- 2024-03-08
+  - cloudtrail
+    - add variable create_cloudtrail (default: true) to be used for the org cloudtrail old setup
diff --git a/cloudtrail/README.md b/cloudtrail/README.md
index a56e7c4..e6fb38f 100644
--- a/cloudtrail/README.md
+++ b/cloudtrail/README.md
@@ -443,6 +443,7 @@ No modules.
 | <a name="input_additional_sqs_names"></a> [additional\_sqs\_names](#input\_additional\_sqs\_names) | List of additional SQS queues to create and subscribe to the SNS topic (if enabled) | `list(string)` | `[]` | no |
 | <a name="input_cloudtrail_bucket_prefix"></a> [cloudtrail\_bucket\_prefix](#input\_cloudtrail\_bucket\_prefix) | Access log bucket prefix, to which the bucket name will be appended to make the target\_prefix | `string` | `"cloudtrail"` | no |
 | <a name="input_component_tags"></a> [component\_tags](#input\_component\_tags) | Additional tags for Components (s3, kms, ddb) | `map(map(string))` | <pre>{<br>  "ddb": {},<br>  "kms": {},<br>  "s3": {}<br>}</pre> | no |
+| <a name="input_create_cloudtrail"></a> [create\_cloudtrail](#input\_create\_cloudtrail) | Flag to enable or disable creation of cloudtrail | `bool` | `true` | no |
 | <a name="input_enable_cloudwatch_logs"></a> [enable\_cloudwatch\_logs](#input\_enable\_cloudwatch\_logs) | Enable CloudWatch Logs for this CloudTrail | `bool` | `true` | no |
 | <a name="input_enable_organization"></a> [enable\_organization](#input\_enable\_organization) | Enable CloudTrail as an organization trail. This will only work in the organization master account | `bool` | `false` | no |
 | <a name="input_enable_s3_sns"></a> [enable\_s3\_sns](#input\_enable\_s3\_sns) | Flag to enable or disable the creation of SNS for the Cloudtrail S3 bucket | `bool` | `false` | no |
diff --git a/cloudtrail/cloudtrail.tf b/cloudtrail/cloudtrail.tf
index 75fea28..5c908ad 100644
--- a/cloudtrail/cloudtrail.tf
+++ b/cloudtrail/cloudtrail.tf
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 resource "aws_cloudtrail" "this" {
+  count                         = var.create_cloudtrail ? 1 : 0
   name                          = local.name
   s3_bucket_name                = aws_s3_bucket.this.id
   s3_key_prefix                 = var.cloudtrail_bucket_prefix
diff --git a/cloudtrail/variables.tf b/cloudtrail/variables.tf
index c74214f..b48fb76 100644
--- a/cloudtrail/variables.tf
+++ b/cloudtrail/variables.tf
@@ -113,3 +113,9 @@ variable "enable_cloudwatch_logs" {
   type        = bool
   default     = true
 }
+
+variable "create_cloudtrail" {
+  description = "Flag to enable or disable creation of cloudtrail"
+  type        = bool
+  default     = true
+}
diff --git a/common/version.tf b/common/version.tf
index 241a4b7..e28e2e8 100644
--- a/common/version.tf
+++ b/common/version.tf
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 locals {
-  _module_version = "2.5.5"
+  _module_version = "2.5.6"
 }