diff --git a/icinga-app/config/icinga2.conf.dist b/icinga-app/config/icinga2.conf.dist
index 07f1022a6..da8bb4d5c 100644
--- a/icinga-app/config/icinga2.conf.dist
+++ b/icinga-app/config/icinga2.conf.dist
@@ -40,6 +40,17 @@ local object Component "compat" {
 
 }
 
+/**
+ * The compatido component works as idomod connector to a running ido2db
+ * daemon, connected via tcp socket only. It will dump config and status
+ * information periodically for now. By default, this remains disabled.
+ */
+/*
+local object Component "compatido" {
+
+}
+*/
+
 /**
  * This template defines some basic parameters for services that use
  * external plugins for their checks.