diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ebd2d84..4358e8c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 node_modules/
 .nyc_output/
+coverage/
 
 src/**/*.js
 test/**/*.js
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index cbc5615..4730e54 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -36,3 +36,20 @@ AWS has a 64K upload limit when submitting segements to AWS see [AWSXRay concept
 If you try and submit more than this limit you will see the following aws error message<br>**"<date> [ERROR] Segment too large to send: {<traceinformation...}"**
   
 One approach to remove this error, is to reduce the size of the batch upload (eg.. setStreamingThreshold(0) which will send each subsegment on close). See [SDK - nodejs - setStreamingThreshold](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/xray-sdk-for-nodejs/latest/reference/AWSXRay.html).  
+
+## Runtime Options
+
+To add the ability to enable/disable segment creation at runtime, pass in an options object like so:
+
+```javascript
+const traceResolvers = require('@lifeomic/graphql-resolvers-xray-tracing');
+const schema = makeExecutableSchema( ... );
+
+const traceOptions = {
+  enabled: true
+};
+
+traceResolvers(schema, traceOptions);
+```
+
+traceOptions, if declared at the module level, can then be used to programatically turn on/off segment creation.
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 4ca685a..2a6188d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
     "posttest": "yarn lint && tsc --noEmit",
     "postinstall": "if [ -d test ]; then yarn types; fi",
     "coverage": "nyc report --reporter=text-lcov > ./.nyc_output/lcov.info",
+    "coverage_report": "nyc --reporter=lcov --reporter=text-summary ava",
     "prepublishOnly": "yarn tsc",
     "cleanTypes": "rm -rf test/__generated__"
   },
diff --git a/src/traceResolvers.ts b/src/traceResolvers.ts
index 982d55b..c2f533f 100644
--- a/src/traceResolvers.ts
+++ b/src/traceResolvers.ts
@@ -14,20 +14,32 @@ function fieldPathFromInfo (info: GraphQLResolveInfo) {
   return segments.join('.');
 }
 
-export default <TSource = any, TContext = any, TArgs = any>(schema: GraphQLSchema): GraphQLSchemaWithFragmentReplacements => {
+export interface TraceOptions {
+  enabled: boolean;
+}
+
+const DefaultOptions: TraceOptions = {
+  enabled: true
+};
+
+export default <TSource = any, TContext = any, TArgs = any>(schema: GraphQLSchema, options: TraceOptions = DefaultOptions): GraphQLSchemaWithFragmentReplacements => {
   const tracer: IMiddlewareResolver<TSource, TContext, TArgs> = async (resolver, _parent, _args, _ctx, info) => {
-    const fieldPath = fieldPathFromInfo(info);
-    return AWSXRay.captureAsyncFunc(`GraphQL ${fieldPath}`, async (subsegment) => {
-      // When AWS_XRAY_CONTEXT_MISSING is set to LOG_MISSING and no context is found then subsegment is undefined.
-      try {
-        const result = await resolver();
-        subsegment?.close();
-        return result;
-      } catch (error: any) {
-        subsegment?.close(error);
-        throw error;
-      }
-    });
+    if (options.enabled) {
+      const fieldPath = fieldPathFromInfo(info);
+      return AWSXRay.captureAsyncFunc(`GraphQL ${fieldPath}`, async (subsegment) => {
+        // When AWS_XRAY_CONTEXT_MISSING is set to LOG_MISSING and no context is found then subsegment is undefined.
+        try {
+          const result = await resolver();
+          subsegment?.close();
+          return result;
+        } catch (error: any) {
+          subsegment?.close(error);
+          throw error;
+        }
+      });
+    } else {
+      return resolver();
+    }
   };
 
   return applyMiddlewareToDeclaredResolvers(schema, tracer);
diff --git a/test/helpers/schema.ts b/test/helpers/schema.ts
index 779bf7d..df3a06f 100644
--- a/test/helpers/schema.ts
+++ b/test/helpers/schema.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { makeExecutableSchema } from 'graphql-tools';
 import { v4 as uuid } from 'uuid';
 import { loadFiles } from '@graphql-toolkit/file-loading';
 import path from 'path';
-import traceResolvers from '../../src/traceResolvers';
+import traceResolvers, { TraceOptions } from '../../src/traceResolvers';
 
 const blocked = new Map();
 
@@ -80,10 +80,14 @@ const resolvers = {
   }
 };
 
-export function traceSchema () {
+export function traceSchema (options: TraceOptions|null) {
   const schema = makeExecutableSchema({
     typeDefs: loadFiles(path.join(__dirname, '**/*.graphql')),
     resolvers
   });
+
+  if (options) {
+    return traceResolvers(schema, options);
+  }
   return traceResolvers(schema);
 }
diff --git a/test/traceResolvers-contextMissing.test.ts b/test/traceResolvers-contextMissing.test.ts
index 38997b9..01eb355 100644
--- a/test/traceResolvers-contextMissing.test.ts
+++ b/test/traceResolvers-contextMissing.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { graphql, GraphQLError, Source } from 'graphql';
 import { traceSchema } from './helpers/schema';
+import { TraceOptions } from '../src/traceResolvers';
 import nock from 'nock';
 import anyTest, { TestInterface } from 'ava';
 import AWSXRay from 'aws-xray-sdk-core';
@@ -25,11 +26,14 @@ interface TestContext {
 }
 
 const test = anyTest as TestInterface<TestContext>;
+const traceOptions: TraceOptions = {
+  enabled: true
+};
 
 test.beforeEach((t) => {
   nock.disableNetConnect();
   nock.enableNetConnect('127.0.0.1');
-  const schema = traceSchema();
+  const schema = traceSchema(traceOptions);
 
   t.context.graphql = (query) => graphql(schema, query);
 });
diff --git a/test/traceResolvers-withOptions.test.ts b/test/traceResolvers-withOptions.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5d0c31a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/traceResolvers-withOptions.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+import { graphql } from 'graphql';
+import { traceSchema } from './helpers/schema';
+import { TraceOptions } from '../src/traceResolvers';
+import nock from 'nock';
+import anyTest, { TestInterface } from 'ava';
+import AWSXRay, { Segment } from 'aws-xray-sdk-core';
+import { ExecutionResult, ExecutionResultDataDefault } from 'graphql/execution/execute';
+
+AWSXRay.capturePromise();
+
+type GraphQlQuery = Parameters<typeof graphql>[1];
+type Namespace = ReturnType<typeof AWSXRay.getNamespace>;
+
+interface TestContext {
+  ns: Namespace;
+  segment: Segment;
+  graphql: <TData = ExecutionResultDataDefault>(query: GraphQlQuery) => Promise<ExecutionResult<TData>>;
+}
+
+const test = anyTest as TestInterface<TestContext>;
+const traceOptions: TraceOptions = {
+  enabled: true
+};
+
+test.beforeEach(function (test) {
+  const schema = traceSchema(traceOptions);
+  nock.disableNetConnect();
+  nock.enableNetConnect('127.0.0.1');
+
+  const ns: Namespace = AWSXRay.getNamespace();
+  test.context.ns = ns;
+
+  const segment = new AWSXRay.Segment('parent');
+  test.context.segment = segment;
+
+  test.context.graphql = ns.bind(function (query: GraphQlQuery) {
+    AWSXRay.setSegment(segment);
+    try {
+      return graphql(schema, query);
+    } finally {
+      segment.close();
+    }
+  });
+});
+
+test.afterEach.always(() => {
+  nock.enableNetConnect();
+  nock.cleanAll();
+});
+
+test('Trace segments are not created for resolvers when enabled is not true', async function (test) {
+  try {
+    traceOptions.enabled = false;
+    const { segment, graphql } = test.context;
+    const result = await graphql('{ hello }');
+
+    if (result.errors) {
+      throw result.errors[0];
+    }
+    test.deepEqual(result, {
+      data: {
+        hello: 'world'
+      }
+    });
+
+    test.is(segment.subsegments, undefined);
+  } finally {
+    traceOptions.enabled = true;
+  }
+});
+
+const pre = (test: any, options: TraceOptions|null) => {
+  const schema = traceSchema(options);
+  nock.disableNetConnect();
+  nock.enableNetConnect('127.0.0.1');
+
+  const ns: Namespace = AWSXRay.getNamespace();
+  test.context.ns = ns;
+
+  const segment = new AWSXRay.Segment('parent');
+  test.context.segment = segment;
+
+  test.context.graphql = ns.bind(function (query: GraphQlQuery) {
+    AWSXRay.setSegment(segment);
+    try {
+      return graphql(schema, query);
+    } finally {
+      segment.close();
+    }
+  });
+};
+
+test('Trace segments are created for resolvers when defaults are used', async function (test) {
+  try {
+    pre(test, null);
+
+    const { segment, graphql } = test.context;
+    const result = await graphql('{ hello }');
+
+    if (result.errors) {
+      throw result.errors[0];
+    }
+    test.deepEqual(result, {
+      data: {
+        hello: 'world'
+      }
+    });
+
+    test.is(segment.subsegments?.length, 1);
+  } finally {
+    nock.enableNetConnect();
+    nock.cleanAll();
+  }
+});
diff --git a/test/traceResolvers.test.ts b/test/traceResolvers.test.ts
index e0660bd..d9236cf 100644
--- a/test/traceResolvers.test.ts
+++ b/test/traceResolvers.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { graphql } from 'graphql';
 import { traceSchema } from './helpers/schema';
+import { TraceOptions } from '../src/traceResolvers';
 import nock from 'nock';
 import anyTest, { ExecutionContext, TestInterface } from 'ava';
 import AWSXRay, { Segment, Subsegment } from 'aws-xray-sdk-core';
@@ -19,9 +20,12 @@ interface TestContext {
 }
 
 const test = anyTest as TestInterface<TestContext>;
+const traceOptions: TraceOptions = {
+  enabled: true
+};
 
 test.beforeEach(function (test) {
-  const schema = traceSchema();
+  const schema = traceSchema(traceOptions);
   nock.disableNetConnect();
   nock.enableNetConnect('127.0.0.1');