diff --git a/Sources/Private/MainThread/LayerContainers/Utility/CachedImageProvider.swift b/Sources/Private/MainThread/LayerContainers/Utility/CachedImageProvider.swift
index d2fa02cd97..c74355672d 100644
--- a/Sources/Private/MainThread/LayerContainers/Utility/CachedImageProvider.swift
+++ b/Sources/Private/MainThread/LayerContainers/Utility/CachedImageProvider.swift
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ extension AnimationImageProvider {
   /// It wraps the current provider as image loader, and uses `NSCache` to cache the images for resue.
   /// The cache will be reset when the `animation` is reset.
   var cachedImageProvider: AnimationImageProvider {
-    CachedImageProvider(imageProvider: self)
+    guard cacheEligible else { return self }
+    return CachedImageProvider(imageProvider: self)
   }
 }
diff --git a/Sources/Public/ImageProvider/AnimationImageProvider.swift b/Sources/Public/ImageProvider/AnimationImageProvider.swift
index f9358a2f7b..e87083206a 100644
--- a/Sources/Public/ImageProvider/AnimationImageProvider.swift
+++ b/Sources/Public/ImageProvider/AnimationImageProvider.swift
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 import CoreGraphics
 import Foundation
 
+// MARK: - AnimationImageProvider
+
 /// Image provider is a protocol that is used to supply images to `LottieAnimationView`.
 ///
 /// Some animations require a reference to an image. The image provider loads and
@@ -17,5 +19,17 @@ import Foundation
 /// Additionally custom Image Providers can be made to load images from a URL,
 /// or to Cache images.
 public protocol AnimationImageProvider {
+
+  /// Whether or not the resulting image of this image provider can be cached by Lottie. Defaults to true.
+  /// If true, Lottie may internally cache the result of `imageForAsset`
+  var cacheEligible: Bool { get }
+
+  /// The image to display for the given `ImageAsset` defined in the `LottieAnimation` JSON file.
   func imageForAsset(asset: ImageAsset) -> CGImage?
 }
+
+extension AnimationImageProvider {
+  public var cacheEligible: Bool {
+    true
+  }
+}