diff --git a/assets/config.php b/assets/config.php
index 8c504d63..9f0023c9 100644
--- a/assets/config.php
+++ b/assets/config.php
@@ -98,4 +98,5 @@ return [
     'queue_database_deletion' => false,
     'delete_database_after_tenant_deletion' => false, // delete the tenant's database after deleting the tenant
     'unique_id_generator' => Stancl\Tenancy\UniqueIDGenerators\UUIDGenerator::class,
+    'push_initialization_middleware_to_global_stack' => true,
 ];
diff --git a/src/TenancyServiceProvider.php b/src/TenancyServiceProvider.php
index 9687fed6..d475a081 100644
--- a/src/TenancyServiceProvider.php
+++ b/src/TenancyServiceProvider.php
@@ -78,7 +78,9 @@ class TenancyServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
             __DIR__ . '/../assets/migrations/' => database_path('migrations'),
         ], 'migrations');
 
-        $this->app->make(Kernel::class)->prependMiddleware(Middleware\InitializeTenancy::class);
+        if ($this->app['config']['tenancy.push_initialization_middleware_to_global_stack'] ?? true) {
+            $this->app->make(Kernel::class)->prependMiddleware(Middleware\InitializeTenancy::class);
+        }
 
         /*
          * Since tenancy is initialized in the global middleware stack, this