diff --git a/doc/release-notes-26899.md b/doc/release-notes-26899.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ceb9ec2f7a1
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+++ b/doc/release-notes-26899.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+Updated settings
+----------------
+
+- Setting `-maxconnections=0` will now disable `-dnsseed`
+  and `-listen` (users may still set them to override).
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diff --git a/src/init.cpp b/src/init.cpp
index 8a45c38ce36..16909f7e47d 100644
--- a/src/init.cpp
+++ b/src/init.cpp
@@ -472,11 +472,11 @@ void SetupServerArgs(ArgsManager& argsman)
     argsman.AddArg("-connect=<ip>", "Connect only to the specified node; -noconnect disables automatic connections (the rules for this peer are the same as for -addnode). This option can be specified multiple times to connect to multiple nodes.", ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY | ArgsManager::NETWORK_ONLY, OptionsCategory::CONNECTION);
     argsman.AddArg("-discover", "Discover own IP addresses (default: 1 when listening and no -externalip or -proxy)", ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::CONNECTION);
     argsman.AddArg("-dns", strprintf("Allow DNS lookups for -addnode, -seednode and -connect (default: %u)", DEFAULT_NAME_LOOKUP), ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::CONNECTION);
-    argsman.AddArg("-dnsseed", strprintf("Query for peer addresses via DNS lookup, if low on addresses (default: %u unless -connect used)", DEFAULT_DNSSEED), ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::CONNECTION);
+    argsman.AddArg("-dnsseed", strprintf("Query for peer addresses via DNS lookup, if low on addresses (default: %u unless -connect used or -maxconnections=0)", DEFAULT_DNSSEED), ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::CONNECTION);
     argsman.AddArg("-externalip=<ip>", "Specify your own public address", ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::CONNECTION);
     argsman.AddArg("-fixedseeds", strprintf("Allow fixed seeds if DNS seeds don't provide peers (default: %u)", DEFAULT_FIXEDSEEDS), ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::CONNECTION);
     argsman.AddArg("-forcednsseed", strprintf("Always query for peer addresses via DNS lookup (default: %u)", DEFAULT_FORCEDNSSEED), ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::CONNECTION);
-    argsman.AddArg("-listen", strprintf("Accept connections from outside (default: %u if no -proxy or -connect)", DEFAULT_LISTEN), ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::CONNECTION);
+    argsman.AddArg("-listen", strprintf("Accept connections from outside (default: %u if no -proxy, -connect or -maxconnections=0)", DEFAULT_LISTEN), ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::CONNECTION);
     argsman.AddArg("-listenonion", strprintf("Automatically create Tor onion service (default: %d)", DEFAULT_LISTEN_ONION), ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::CONNECTION);
     argsman.AddArg("-maxconnections=<n>", strprintf("Maintain at most <n> connections to peers (default: %u). This limit does not apply to connections manually added via -addnode or the addnode RPC, which have a separate limit of %u.", DEFAULT_MAX_PEER_CONNECTIONS, MAX_ADDNODE_CONNECTIONS), ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::CONNECTION);
     argsman.AddArg("-maxreceivebuffer=<n>", strprintf("Maximum per-connection receive buffer, <n>*1000 bytes (default: %u)", DEFAULT_MAXRECEIVEBUFFER), ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::CONNECTION);
@@ -683,12 +683,12 @@ void InitParameterInteraction(ArgsManager& args)
             LogPrintf("%s: parameter interaction: -whitebind set -> setting -listen=1\n", __func__);
     }
 
-    if (args.IsArgSet("-connect")) {
+    if (args.IsArgSet("-connect") || args.GetIntArg("-maxconnections", DEFAULT_MAX_PEER_CONNECTIONS) <= 0) {
         // when only connecting to trusted nodes, do not seed via DNS, or listen by default
         if (args.SoftSetBoolArg("-dnsseed", false))
-            LogPrintf("%s: parameter interaction: -connect set -> setting -dnsseed=0\n", __func__);
+            LogPrintf("%s: parameter interaction: -connect or -maxconnections=0 set -> setting -dnsseed=0\n", __func__);
         if (args.SoftSetBoolArg("-listen", false))
-            LogPrintf("%s: parameter interaction: -connect set -> setting -listen=0\n", __func__);
+            LogPrintf("%s: parameter interaction: -connect or -maxconnections=0 set -> setting -listen=0\n", __func__);
     }
 
     std::string proxy_arg = args.GetArg("-proxy", "");