diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2f37273..dfe84a2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -235,6 +235,7 @@ module "api_gateway" {
 | <a name="input_domain_name_ownership_verification_certificate_arn"></a> [domain\_name\_ownership\_verification\_certificate\_arn](#input\_domain\_name\_ownership\_verification\_certificate\_arn) | ARN of the AWS-issued certificate used to validate custom domain ownership (when certificate\_arn is issued via an ACM Private CA or mutual\_tls\_authentication is configured with an ACM-imported certificate.) | `string` | `null` | no |
 | <a name="input_fail_on_warnings"></a> [fail\_on\_warnings](#input\_fail\_on\_warnings) | Whether warnings should return an error while API Gateway is creating or updating the resource using an OpenAPI specification. Defaults to `false`. Applicable for HTTP APIs | `bool` | `null` | no |
 | <a name="input_hosted_zone_name"></a> [hosted\_zone\_name](#input\_hosted\_zone\_name) | Optional domain name of the Hosted Zone where the domain should be created | `string` | `null` | no |
+| <a name="input_include_default_tag"></a> [include\_default\_tag](#input\_include\_default\_tag) | Set to false to not include the default tag in the tags map. | `bool` | `true` | no |
 | <a name="input_ip_address_type"></a> [ip\_address\_type](#input\_ip\_address\_type) | The IP address types that can invoke the API. Valid values: ipv4, dualstack. Use ipv4 to allow only IPv4 addresses to invoke your API, or use dualstack to allow both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses to invoke your API. Defaults to ipv4. | `string` | `null` | no |
 | <a name="input_mutual_tls_authentication"></a> [mutual\_tls\_authentication](#input\_mutual\_tls\_authentication) | The mutual TLS authentication configuration for the domain name | `map(string)` | `{}` | no |
 | <a name="input_name"></a> [name](#input\_name) | The name of the API. Must be less than or equal to 128 characters in length | `string` | `""` | no |
diff --git a/examples/complete-http/main.tf b/examples/complete-http/main.tf
index 07cd360..4b1246d 100644
--- a/examples/complete-http/main.tf
+++ b/examples/complete-http/main.tf
@@ -195,6 +195,17 @@ module "api_gateway_disabled" {
   create = false
 }
 
+module "api_gateway_without_default_tags" {
+  source = "../../"
+
+  name                = "${local.name}-no-default-tags"
+  include_default_tag = false
+
+  tags = {
+    CustomTag = "custom-value"
+  }
+}
+
 ################################################################################
 # Supporting Resources
 ################################################################################
diff --git a/main.tf b/main.tf
index 0e5c206..6f8e131 100644
--- a/main.tf
+++ b/main.tf
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ resource "aws_apigatewayv2_api" "this" {
   version                      = var.api_version
 
   tags = merge(
-    { terraform-aws-modules = "apigateway-v2" },
+    var.include_default_tag ? { terraform-aws-modules = "apigateway-v2" } : {},
     var.tags,
   )
 }
diff --git a/variables.tf b/variables.tf
index 3e2219d..d3665da 100644
--- a/variables.tf
+++ b/variables.tf
@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@ variable "create" {
   default     = true
 }
 
+variable "include_default_tag" {
+  description = "Set to false to not include the default tag in the tags map."
+  type        = bool
+  default     = true
+}
+
 variable "tags" {
   description = "A mapping of tags to assign to API gateway resources"
   type        = map(string)