diff --git a/doc/ChangeLog.md b/doc/ChangeLog.md
index cea8c75a1..0d3a71d03 100644
--- a/doc/ChangeLog.md
+++ b/doc/ChangeLog.md
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ All notable changes to the project are documented in this file.
 - Fix #1155: `show ospf` commands regression
 - Fix #1150: `show-legacy` wrapper permissions
 - Fix #1161: error in log during boot about unsupported command
+- Fix #1169: Expected neighbors not shown in sysrepocfg
 - Fixes for unicode translation in log and pager outputs as well as `syslogd`
 
 [BPI-R3]: https://wiki.banana-pi.org/Banana_Pi_BPI-R3
diff --git a/src/statd/python/ospf_status/ospf_status.py b/src/statd/python/ospf_status/ospf_status.py
index 09bcff842..ecc89217e 100755
--- a/src/statd/python/ospf_status/ospf_status.py
+++ b/src/statd/python/ospf_status/ospf_status.py
@@ -40,6 +40,11 @@ def main():
     for ifname, iface in interfaces["interfaces"].items():
         iface["name"] = ifname
         iface["neighbors"] = []
+
+        # Skip interfaces that don't have OSPF enabled or area configured
+        if not iface.get("ospfEnabled", False) or not iface.get("area"):
+            continue
+
         for area_id in ospf["areas"]:
             area_type=""