diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 2ccb398..8b26d85 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -43,3 +43,18 @@ pub mod materialized;
 
 /// An implementation of Query Rewriting, an optimization that rewrites queries to make use of materialized views.
 pub mod rewrite;
+
+/// Configuration options for materialized view related features.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+pub struct MaterializedConfig {
+    /// Whether or not query rewriting should exploit this materialized view.
+    pub use_in_query_rewrite: bool,
+}
+
+impl Default for MaterializedConfig {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Self {
+            use_in_query_rewrite: true,
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/materialized.rs b/src/materialized.rs
index 4a0a7ac..e089591 100644
--- a/src/materialized.rs
+++ b/src/materialized.rs
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ use datafusion::{
 use datafusion_expr::LogicalPlan;
 use itertools::Itertools;
 
+use crate::MaterializedConfig;
+
 /// The identifier of the column that [`RowMetadataSource`](row_metadata::RowMetadataSource) implementations should store row metadata in.
 pub const META_COLUMN: &str = "__meta";
 
@@ -102,6 +104,12 @@ pub fn cast_to_listing_table(table: &dyn TableProvider) -> Option<&dyn ListingTa
 pub trait Materialized: ListingTableLike {
     /// The query that defines this materialized view.
     fn query(&self) -> LogicalPlan;
+
+    /// Configuration to control materialized view related features.
+    /// By default, returns the default value for [`MaterializedConfig`]
+    fn config(&self) -> MaterializedConfig {
+        MaterializedConfig::default()
+    }
 }
 
 /// Register a [`Materialized`] implementation in this registry.
diff --git a/src/rewrite/exploitation.rs b/src/rewrite/exploitation.rs
index 69c485b..b6fb761 100644
--- a/src/rewrite/exploitation.rs
+++ b/src/rewrite/exploitation.rs
@@ -60,6 +60,10 @@ impl ViewMatcher {
                 continue;
             };
 
+            if !mv.config().use_in_query_rewrite {
+                continue;
+            }
+
             // Analyze the plan to normalize things such as wildcard expressions
             let analyzed_plan = session_state.analyzer().execute_and_check(
                 mv.query(),