diff --git a/cmd/control/service.go b/cmd/control/service.go
index 3a45ffee..2f48f057 100644
--- a/cmd/control/service.go
+++ b/cmd/control/service.go
@@ -132,26 +132,29 @@ func del(c *cli.Context) {
 }
 
 func enable(c *cli.Context) {
-	changed := false
 	cfg, err := config.LoadConfig()
 	if err != nil {
 		logrus.Fatal(err)
 	}
 
+	var enabledServices []string
+
 	for _, service := range c.Args() {
 		if val, ok := cfg.Rancher.ServicesInclude[service]; !ok || !val {
 			if strings.HasPrefix(service, "/") && !strings.HasPrefix(service, "/var/lib/rancher/conf") {
 				logrus.Fatalf("ERROR: Service should be in path /var/lib/rancher/conf")
 			}
-			if _, err := compose.LoadServiceResource(service, true, cfg); err != nil {
-				logrus.Fatalf("could not load service %s", service)
-			}
+
 			cfg.Rancher.ServicesInclude[service] = true
-			changed = true
+			enabledServices = append(enabledServices, service)
 		}
 	}
 
-	if changed {
+	if len(enabledServices) > 0 {
+		if err := compose.StageServices(cfg, enabledServices...); err != nil {
+			logrus.Fatal(err)
+		}
+
 		if err := cfg.Save(); err != nil {
 			logrus.Fatal(err)
 		}
diff --git a/compose/project.go b/compose/project.go
index c31c681e..14552a38 100644
--- a/compose/project.go
+++ b/compose/project.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package compose
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	log "github.com/Sirupsen/logrus"
 	yaml "github.com/cloudfoundry-incubator/candiedyaml"
 	"github.com/docker/libcompose/cli/logger"
@@ -191,6 +192,46 @@ func newCoreServiceProject(cfg *config.CloudConfig, network bool) (*project.Proj
 	return p, nil
 }
 
+func StageServices(cfg *config.CloudConfig, services ...string) error {
+	p, err := newProject("stage-services", cfg)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	for _, service := range services {
+		bytes, err := LoadServiceResource(service, true, cfg)
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("Failed to load %s : %v", service, err)
+		}
+
+		m := map[interface{}]interface{}{}
+		if err := yaml.Unmarshal(bytes, &m); err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("Failed to parse YAML configuration: %s : %v", service, err)
+		}
+
+		bytes, err = yaml.Marshal(config.StringifyValues(m))
+		if err != nil {
+			fmt.Errorf("Failed to marshal YAML configuration: %s : %v", service, err)
+		}
+
+		err = p.Load(bytes)
+		if err != nil {
+			fmt.Errorf("Failed to load %s : %v", service, err)
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Reduce service configurations to just image and labels
+	for serviceName, serviceConfig := range p.Configs {
+		p.Configs[serviceName] = &project.ServiceConfig{
+			Image:  serviceConfig.Image,
+			Labels: serviceConfig.Labels,
+		}
+
+	}
+
+	return p.Pull()
+}
+
 func LoadServiceResource(name string, network bool, cfg *config.CloudConfig) ([]byte, error) {
 	return util.LoadResource(name, network, cfg.Rancher.Repositories.ToArray())
 }