diff --git a/src/settings.rs b/src/settings.rs
index fc4ebd22..593c66dc 100644
--- a/src/settings.rs
+++ b/src/settings.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 #[derive(Deserialize, Debug, Clone)]
 pub struct Policy {
     pub url: String,
-
+    #[serde(rename = "allowedToMutate")]
+    pub allowed_to_mutate: Option<bool>,
     #[serde(skip)]
     pub wasm_module_path: PathBuf,
 
@@ -65,10 +66,46 @@ example:
         assert!(!policies.is_empty());
 
         let policy = policies.get("example").unwrap();
+        assert!(policy.allowed_to_mutate.is_none());
         let settings = policy.settings();
         assert!(settings.is_some());
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn test_allowed_to_mutate_settings() {
+        let input = r#"
+---
+example:
+  url: file:///tmp/namespace-validate-policy.wasm
+  allowedToMutate: true
+  settings:
+    valid_namespace: valid
+"#;
+        let policies: HashMap<String, Policy> = serde_yaml::from_str(input).unwrap();
+        assert!(!policies.is_empty());
+
+        let policy = policies.get("example").unwrap();
+        assert!(policy.allowed_to_mutate.unwrap());
+        let settings = policy.settings();
+        assert!(settings.is_some());
+
+        let input2 = r#"
+---
+example:
+  url: file:///tmp/namespace-validate-policy.wasm
+  allowedToMutate: false
+  settings:
+    valid_namespace: valid
+"#;
+        let policies2: HashMap<String, Policy> = serde_yaml::from_str(input2).unwrap();
+        assert!(!policies2.is_empty());
+
+        let policy2 = policies2.get("example").unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(policy2.allowed_to_mutate.unwrap(), false);
+        let settings2 = policy2.settings();
+        assert!(settings2.is_some());
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn get_settings_when_empty_map_is_provided() {
         let input = r#"
diff --git a/src/worker.rs b/src/worker.rs
index 3a1ba442..e8f7ed6c 100644
--- a/src/worker.rs
+++ b/src/worker.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use policy_evaluator::{
     policy_evaluator::{PolicyEvaluator, ValidateRequest},
     policy_evaluator_builder::PolicyEvaluatorBuilder,
     policy_metadata::Metadata,
-    validation_response::ValidationResponse,
+    validation_response::{ValidationResponse, ValidationResponseStatus},
 };
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::fmt;
@@ -18,8 +18,13 @@ use crate::metrics;
 use crate::settings::Policy;
 use crate::utils::convert_yaml_map_to_json;
 
+struct PolicyEvaluatorWithSettings {
+    policy_evaluator: PolicyEvaluator,
+    allowed_to_mutate: Option<bool>,
+}
+
 pub(crate) struct Worker {
-    evaluators: HashMap<String, PolicyEvaluator>,
+    evaluators: HashMap<String, PolicyEvaluatorWithSettings>,
     channel_rx: Receiver<EvalRequest>,
 }
 
@@ -118,7 +123,12 @@ impl Worker {
                 continue;
             }
 
-            evs.insert(id.to_string(), policy_evaluator);
+            let policy_evaluator_with_settings = PolicyEvaluatorWithSettings {
+                policy_evaluator,
+                allowed_to_mutate: policy.allowed_to_mutate,
+            };
+
+            evs.insert(id.to_string(), policy_evaluator_with_settings);
         }
 
         if !evs_errors.is_empty() {
@@ -137,7 +147,10 @@ impl Worker {
             let _enter = span.enter();
 
             let res = match self.evaluators.get_mut(&req.policy_id) {
-                Some(policy_evaluator) => match serde_json::to_value(req.req.clone()) {
+                Some(PolicyEvaluatorWithSettings {
+                    policy_evaluator,
+                    allowed_to_mutate,
+                }) => match serde_json::to_value(req.req.clone()) {
                     Ok(json) => {
                         let start_time = Instant::now();
                         let resp = policy_evaluator.validate(ValidateRequest::new(json));
@@ -149,6 +162,21 @@ impl Worker {
                         } else {
                             None
                         };
+                        let resp = if mutated && allowed_to_mutate.as_ref() == Some(&false) {
+                            ValidationResponse {
+                                allowed: false,
+                                status: Some(ValidationResponseStatus {
+                                    message: Some(format!("Request rejected by policy {}. The policy attempted to mutate the request, but it is currently configured to not allow mutations.", &req.policy_id)),
+                                    code: None,
+                                }),
+                                // if `allowed_to_mutate` is false, we are in a validating webhook. If we send a patch, k8s will fail because validating webhook do not expect this field
+                                patch: None,
+                                patch_type: None,
+                                ..resp
+                            }
+                        } else {
+                            resp
+                        };
                         let res = req.resp_chan.send(Some(resp));
                         let policy_evaluation = metrics::PolicyEvaluation {
                             policy_name: policy_evaluator.policy.id.clone(),