diff --git a/postgrest.cabal b/postgrest.cabal
index 7b4ebffff..631b4b124 100644
--- a/postgrest.cabal
+++ b/postgrest.cabal
@@ -174,10 +174,12 @@ test-suite spec
                       Feature.ConcurrentSpec
                       Feature.CorsSpec
                       Feature.DeleteSpec
+                      Feature.DisabledOpenApiSpec
                       Feature.EmbedDisambiguationSpec
                       Feature.ExtraSearchPathSpec
                       Feature.HtmlRawOutputSpec
                       Feature.InsertSpec
+                      Feature.IgnoreAclOpenApiSpec
                       Feature.JsonOperatorSpec
                       Feature.MultipleSchemaSpec
                       Feature.NoJwtSpec
diff --git a/src/PostgREST/App.hs b/src/PostgREST/App.hs
index 87b82c5ee..bc79abc89 100644
--- a/src/PostgREST/App.hs
+++ b/src/PostgREST/App.hs
@@ -53,7 +53,8 @@ import qualified PostgREST.Request.DbRequestBuilder as ReqBuilder
 
 import PostgREST.AppState                (AppState)
 import PostgREST.Config                  (AppConfig (..),
-                                          LogLevel (..))
+                                          LogLevel (..),
+                                          OpenAPIMode (..))
 import PostgREST.Config.PgVersion        (PgVersion (..))
 import PostgREST.ContentType             (ContentType (..))
 import PostgREST.DbStructure             (DbStructure (..),
@@ -463,11 +464,19 @@ handleInvoke invMethod proc context@RequestContext{..} = do
 handleOpenApi :: Bool -> Schema -> RequestContext -> DbHandler Wai.Response
 handleOpenApi headersOnly tSchema (RequestContext conf@AppConfig{..} dbStructure apiRequest _) = do
   body <-
-    lift $
-      OpenAPI.encode conf dbStructure
-        <$> SQL.statement tSchema (DbStructure.accessibleTables configDbPreparedStatements)
-        <*> SQL.statement tSchema (DbStructure.schemaDescription configDbPreparedStatements)
-        <*> SQL.statement tSchema (DbStructure.accessibleProcs configDbPreparedStatements)
+    lift $ case configOpenApiMode of
+      OAFollowACL ->
+        OpenAPI.encode conf dbStructure
+           <$> SQL.statement tSchema (DbStructure.accessibleTables configDbPreparedStatements)
+           <*> SQL.statement tSchema (DbStructure.accessibleProcs configDbPreparedStatements)
+           <*> SQL.statement tSchema (DbStructure.schemaDescription configDbPreparedStatements)
+      OAIgnoreACL ->
+        OpenAPI.encode conf dbStructure
+              (DbStructure.dbTables dbStructure)
+              (DbStructure.dbProcs dbStructure)
+          <$> SQL.statement tSchema (DbStructure.schemaDescription configDbPreparedStatements)
+      OADisabled ->
+        pure mempty
 
   return $
     Wai.responseLBS HTTP.status200
diff --git a/src/PostgREST/CLI.hs b/src/PostgREST/CLI.hs
index 3c5247bc7..fc9d2f782 100644
--- a/src/PostgREST/CLI.hs
+++ b/src/PostgREST/CLI.hs
@@ -192,6 +192,10 @@ exampleConfigFile =
       |## when none is provided, 660 is applied by default
       |# server-unix-socket-mode = "660"
       |
+      |## determine if swagger output should follow or ignore ACL constraints or be disabled entirely
+      |## admitted values: follow-acl, ignore-acl, disabled
+      |openapi-mode = "follow-acl"
+      |
       |## base url for swagger output
       |openapi-server-proxy-uri = ""
       |
diff --git a/src/PostgREST/Config.hs b/src/PostgREST/Config.hs
index 764d144d1..8ba7d43e1 100644
--- a/src/PostgREST/Config.hs
+++ b/src/PostgREST/Config.hs
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ module PostgREST.Config
   , JSPath
   , JSPathExp(..)
   , LogLevel(..)
+  , OpenAPIMode(..)
   , Proxy(..)
   , toText
   , isMalformedProxyUri
@@ -85,6 +86,7 @@ data AppConfig = AppConfig
   , configJwtSecret             :: Maybe B.ByteString
   , configJwtSecretIsBase64     :: Bool
   , configLogLevel              :: LogLevel
+  , configOpenApiMode           :: OpenAPIMode
   , configOpenApiServerProxyUri :: Maybe Text
   , configRawMediaTypes         :: [B.ByteString]
   , configServerHost            :: Text
@@ -101,6 +103,14 @@ instance Show LogLevel where
   show LogWarn  = "warn"
   show LogInfo  = "info"
 
+data OpenAPIMode = OAFollowACL | OAIgnoreACL | OADisabled
+  deriving Eq
+
+instance Show OpenAPIMode where
+  show OAFollowACL = "follow-acl"
+  show OAIgnoreACL = "ignore-acl"
+  show OADisabled  = "disabled"
+
 -- | Dump the config
 toText :: AppConfig -> Text
 toText conf =
@@ -127,6 +137,7 @@ toText conf =
       ,("jwt-secret",                q . toS . showJwtSecret)
       ,("jwt-secret-is-base64",          T.toLower . show . configJwtSecretIsBase64)
       ,("log-level",                 q . show . configLogLevel)
+      ,("openapi-mode",              q . show . configOpenApiMode)
       ,("openapi-server-proxy-uri",  q . fromMaybe mempty . configOpenApiServerProxyUri)
       ,("raw-media-types",           q . toS . B.intercalate "," . configRawMediaTypes)
       ,("server-host",               q . configServerHost)
@@ -220,6 +231,7 @@ parser optPath env dbSettings =
           (optBool "jwt-secret-is-base64")
           (optBool "secret-is-base64"))
     <*> parseLogLevel "log-level"
+    <*> parseOpenAPIMode "openapi-mode"
     <*> parseOpenAPIServerProxyURI "openapi-server-proxy-uri"
     <*> (maybe [] (fmap encodeUtf8 . splitOnCommas) <$> optValue "raw-media-types")
     <*> (fromMaybe "!4" <$> optString "server-host")
@@ -247,6 +259,15 @@ parser optPath env dbSettings =
                 then fail "Invalid server-unix-socket-mode: needs to be between 600 and 777"
                 else pure fileMode
 
+    parseOpenAPIMode :: C.Key -> C.Parser C.Config OpenAPIMode
+    parseOpenAPIMode k =
+      optString k >>= \case
+        Nothing           -> pure OAFollowACL
+        Just "follow-acl" -> pure OAFollowACL
+        Just "ignore-acl" -> pure OAIgnoreACL
+        Just "disabled"   -> pure OADisabled
+        Just _            -> fail "Invalid openapi-mode. Check your configuration."
+
     parseOpenAPIServerProxyURI :: C.Key -> C.Parser C.Config (Maybe Text)
     parseOpenAPIServerProxyURI k =
       optString k >>= \case
diff --git a/src/PostgREST/OpenAPI.hs b/src/PostgREST/OpenAPI.hs
index a93f61a1f..5b63adbed 100644
--- a/src/PostgREST/OpenAPI.hs
+++ b/src/PostgREST/OpenAPI.hs
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ import PostgREST.ContentType
 import Protolude      hiding (Proxy, get, toS)
 import Protolude.Conv (toS)
 
-encode :: AppConfig -> DbStructure -> [Table] -> Maybe Text -> HashMap.HashMap k [ProcDescription] -> LBS.ByteString
-encode conf dbStructure tables schemaDescription procs =
+encode :: AppConfig -> DbStructure -> [Table] -> HashMap.HashMap k [ProcDescription] -> Maybe Text -> LBS.ByteString
+encode conf dbStructure tables procs schemaDescription =
   JSON.encode $
     postgrestSpec
       (dbRelationships dbStructure)
diff --git a/src/PostgREST/Request/ApiRequest.hs b/src/PostgREST/Request/ApiRequest.hs
index 0c21cb42e..0ea07584a 100644
--- a/src/PostgREST/Request/ApiRequest.hs
+++ b/src/PostgREST/Request/ApiRequest.hs
@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@ import Network.Wai               (Request (..))
 import Network.Wai.Parse         (parseHttpAccept)
 import Web.Cookie                (parseCookies)
 
-import PostgREST.Config                  (AppConfig (..))
+import PostgREST.Config                  (AppConfig (..),
+                                          OpenAPIMode (..))
 import PostgREST.ContentType             (ContentType (..))
 import PostgREST.DbStructure             (DbStructure (..))
 import PostgREST.DbStructure.Identifiers (FieldName,
@@ -313,8 +314,9 @@ userApiRequest conf@AppConfig{..} dbStructure req reqBody
     in
     case path of
       []             -> case configDbRootSpec of
-                          Just (QualifiedIdentifier pSch pName) -> TargetProc (callFindProc (if pSch == mempty then schema else pSch) pName) True
-                          Nothing                               -> TargetDefaultSpec schema
+                          Just (QualifiedIdentifier pSch pName)     -> TargetProc (callFindProc (if pSch == mempty then schema else pSch) pName) True
+                          Nothing | configOpenApiMode == OADisabled -> TargetUnknown
+                                  | otherwise                       -> TargetDefaultSpec schema
       [table]        -> TargetIdent $ QualifiedIdentifier schema table
       ["rpc", pName] -> TargetProc (callFindProc schema pName) False
       _              -> TargetUnknown
diff --git a/test/Feature/DisabledOpenApiSpec.hs b/test/Feature/DisabledOpenApiSpec.hs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1bd9537d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/Feature/DisabledOpenApiSpec.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+module Feature.DisabledOpenApiSpec where
+
+import Network.HTTP.Types
+import Network.Wai        (Application)
+
+import Test.Hspec     hiding (pendingWith)
+import Test.Hspec.Wai
+
+import Protolude
+
+spec :: SpecWith ((), Application)
+spec =
+  describe "Disabled OpenApi" $ do
+    it "does not accept application/openapi+json and responds with 415" $
+      request methodGet "/"
+        [("Accept","application/openapi+json")] "" `shouldRespondWith` 415
+
+    it "accepts application/json and responds with 404" $
+      request methodGet "/"
+        [("Accept","application/json")] "" `shouldRespondWith` 404
diff --git a/test/Feature/IgnoreAclOpenApiSpec.hs b/test/Feature/IgnoreAclOpenApiSpec.hs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7305d4613
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/Feature/IgnoreAclOpenApiSpec.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+module Feature.IgnoreAclOpenApiSpec where
+
+import Control.Lens ((^?))
+
+import Data.Aeson.Lens
+import Data.Aeson.QQ
+
+import Network.HTTP.Types
+import Network.Wai        (Application)
+import Network.Wai.Test   (SResponse (..))
+
+import Test.Hspec     hiding (pendingWith)
+import Test.Hspec.Wai
+
+import Protolude  hiding (get)
+import SpecHelper
+
+spec :: SpecWith ((), Application)
+spec = describe "OpenAPI Ignore ACL" $ do
+  it "root path returns a valid openapi spec" $ do
+    validateOpenApiResponse [("Accept", "application/openapi+json")]
+    request methodHead "/" (acceptHdrs "application/openapi+json") ""
+      `shouldRespondWith` "" { matchStatus  = 200 }
+
+  describe "table" $ do
+
+    it "includes privileged table even if user does not have permission" $ do
+      r <- simpleBody <$> get "/"
+      let tableTag = r ^? key "paths" . key "/authors_only"
+                     . key "post" . key "tags"
+                     . nth 0
+
+      liftIO $ tableTag `shouldBe` Just [aesonQQ|"authors_only"|]
+
+  describe "RPC" $ do
+
+    it "includes privileged function even if user does not have permission" $ do
+      r <- simpleBody <$> get "/"
+      let funcTag = r ^? key "paths" . key "/rpc/privileged_hello"
+                    . key "post" . key "tags"
+                    . nth 0
+
+      liftIO $ funcTag `shouldBe` Just [aesonQQ|"(rpc) privileged_hello"|]
diff --git a/test/Main.hs b/test/Main.hs
index 41e13793b..2ece4a75a 100644
--- a/test/Main.hs
+++ b/test/Main.hs
@@ -28,9 +28,11 @@ import qualified Feature.BinaryJwtSecretSpec
 import qualified Feature.ConcurrentSpec
 import qualified Feature.CorsSpec
 import qualified Feature.DeleteSpec
+import qualified Feature.DisabledOpenApiSpec
 import qualified Feature.EmbedDisambiguationSpec
 import qualified Feature.ExtraSearchPathSpec
 import qualified Feature.HtmlRawOutputSpec
+import qualified Feature.IgnoreAclOpenApiSpec
 import qualified Feature.InsertSpec
 import qualified Feature.JsonOperatorSpec
 import qualified Feature.MultipleSchemaSpec
@@ -92,6 +94,8 @@ main = do
 
   let withApp              = app testCfg
       maxRowsApp           = app testMaxRowsCfg
+      disabledOpenApi      = app testDisabledOpenApiCfg
+      ignoreAclOpenApi     = app testIgnoreAclOpenApiCfg
       proxyApp             = app testProxyCfg
       noJwtApp             = app testCfgNoJWT
       binaryJwtApp         = app testCfgBinaryJWT
@@ -152,6 +156,14 @@ main = do
     parallel $ before unicodeApp $
       describe "Feature.UnicodeSpec" Feature.UnicodeSpec.spec
 
+    -- this test runs with openapi-mode set to disabled
+    parallel $ before disabledOpenApi $
+      describe "Feature.DisabledOpenApiSpec" Feature.DisabledOpenApiSpec.spec
+
+    -- this test runs with openapi-mode set to ignore-acl
+    parallel $ before ignoreAclOpenApi $
+      describe "Feature.IgnoreAclOpenApiSpec" Feature.IgnoreAclOpenApiSpec.spec
+
     -- this test runs with a proxy
     parallel $ before proxyApp $
       describe "Feature.ProxySpec" Feature.ProxySpec.spec
diff --git a/test/SpecHelper.hs b/test/SpecHelper.hs
index c1b9394d3..8584c050b 100644
--- a/test/SpecHelper.hs
+++ b/test/SpecHelper.hs
@@ -24,7 +24,9 @@ import Text.Heredoc
 
 import PostgREST.Config                  (AppConfig (..),
                                           JSPathExp (..),
-                                          LogLevel (..), parseSecret)
+                                          LogLevel (..),
+                                          OpenAPIMode (..),
+                                          parseSecret)
 import PostgREST.DbStructure.Identifiers (QualifiedIdentifier (..))
 import Protolude                         hiding (toS)
 import Protolude.Conv                    (toS)
@@ -94,6 +96,7 @@ _baseCfg = let secret = Just $ encodeUtf8 "reallyreallyreallyreallyverysafe" in
   , configJwtSecret             = secret
   , configJwtSecretIsBase64     = False
   , configLogLevel              = LogCrit
+  , configOpenApiMode           = OAFollowACL
   , configOpenApiServerProxyUri = Nothing
   , configRawMediaTypes         = []
   , configServerHost            = "localhost"
@@ -122,6 +125,12 @@ testUnicodeCfg testDbConn = (testCfg testDbConn) { configDbSchemas = fromList ["
 testMaxRowsCfg :: Text -> AppConfig
 testMaxRowsCfg testDbConn = (testCfg testDbConn) { configDbMaxRows = Just 2 }
 
+testDisabledOpenApiCfg :: Text -> AppConfig
+testDisabledOpenApiCfg testDbConn = (testCfg testDbConn) { configOpenApiMode = OADisabled }
+
+testIgnoreAclOpenApiCfg :: Text -> AppConfig
+testIgnoreAclOpenApiCfg testDbConn = (testCfg testDbConn) { configOpenApiMode = OAIgnoreACL }
+
 testProxyCfg :: Text -> AppConfig
 testProxyCfg testDbConn = (testCfg testDbConn) { configOpenApiServerProxyUri = Just "https://postgrest.com/openapi.json" }
 
diff --git a/test/io-tests/configs/expected/aliases.config b/test/io-tests/configs/expected/aliases.config
index 0bb492e96..cff99f29f 100644
--- a/test/io-tests/configs/expected/aliases.config
+++ b/test/io-tests/configs/expected/aliases.config
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ jwt-role-claim-key = ".\"aliased\""
 jwt-secret = ""
 jwt-secret-is-base64 = true
 log-level = "error"
+openapi-mode = "follow-acl"
 openapi-server-proxy-uri = ""
 raw-media-types = ""
 server-host = "!4"
diff --git a/test/io-tests/configs/expected/boolean-numeric.config b/test/io-tests/configs/expected/boolean-numeric.config
index dfa34781e..70f0ce53c 100644
--- a/test/io-tests/configs/expected/boolean-numeric.config
+++ b/test/io-tests/configs/expected/boolean-numeric.config
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ jwt-role-claim-key = ".\"role\""
 jwt-secret = ""
 jwt-secret-is-base64 = true
 log-level = "error"
+openapi-mode = "follow-acl"
 openapi-server-proxy-uri = ""
 raw-media-types = ""
 server-host = "!4"
diff --git a/test/io-tests/configs/expected/boolean-string.config b/test/io-tests/configs/expected/boolean-string.config
index dfa34781e..70f0ce53c 100644
--- a/test/io-tests/configs/expected/boolean-string.config
+++ b/test/io-tests/configs/expected/boolean-string.config
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ jwt-role-claim-key = ".\"role\""
 jwt-secret = ""
 jwt-secret-is-base64 = true
 log-level = "error"
+openapi-mode = "follow-acl"
 openapi-server-proxy-uri = ""
 raw-media-types = ""
 server-host = "!4"
diff --git a/test/io-tests/configs/expected/defaults.config b/test/io-tests/configs/expected/defaults.config
index 3656b4b29..dc1d281b2 100644
--- a/test/io-tests/configs/expected/defaults.config
+++ b/test/io-tests/configs/expected/defaults.config
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ jwt-role-claim-key = ".\"role\""
 jwt-secret = ""
 jwt-secret-is-base64 = false
 log-level = "error"
+openapi-mode = "follow-acl"
 openapi-server-proxy-uri = ""
 raw-media-types = ""
 server-host = "!4"
diff --git a/test/io-tests/configs/expected/no-defaults-with-db-other-authenticator.config b/test/io-tests/configs/expected/no-defaults-with-db-other-authenticator.config
index bf6107c60..412c4ed46 100644
--- a/test/io-tests/configs/expected/no-defaults-with-db-other-authenticator.config
+++ b/test/io-tests/configs/expected/no-defaults-with-db-other-authenticator.config
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ jwt-role-claim-key = ".\"other\".\"role\""
 jwt-secret = "ODERREALLYREALLYREALLYREALLYVERYSAFE"
 jwt-secret-is-base64 = true
 log-level = "info"
+openapi-mode = "ignore-acl"
 openapi-server-proxy-uri = "https://otherexample.org/api"
 raw-media-types = "application/vnd.pgrst.other-db-config"
 server-host = "0.0.0.0"
diff --git a/test/io-tests/configs/expected/no-defaults-with-db.config b/test/io-tests/configs/expected/no-defaults-with-db.config
index 5282774e7..56d438179 100644
--- a/test/io-tests/configs/expected/no-defaults-with-db.config
+++ b/test/io-tests/configs/expected/no-defaults-with-db.config
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ jwt-role-claim-key = ".\"a\".\"role\""
 jwt-secret = "OVERRIDEREALLYREALLYREALLYREALLYVERYSAFE"
 jwt-secret-is-base64 = true
 log-level = "info"
+openapi-mode = "ignore-acl"
 openapi-server-proxy-uri = "https://example.org/api"
 raw-media-types = "application/vnd.pgrst.db-config"
 server-host = "0.0.0.0"
diff --git a/test/io-tests/configs/expected/no-defaults.config b/test/io-tests/configs/expected/no-defaults.config
index f79cbccb5..b4c9b6f18 100644
--- a/test/io-tests/configs/expected/no-defaults.config
+++ b/test/io-tests/configs/expected/no-defaults.config
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ jwt-role-claim-key = ".\"user\"[0].\"real-role\""
 jwt-secret = "c2VjdXJpdHl0aHJvdWdob2JzY3VyaXR5"
 jwt-secret-is-base64 = true
 log-level = "info"
+openapi-mode = "ignore-acl"
 openapi-server-proxy-uri = "https://postgrest.org"
 raw-media-types = "application/vnd.pgrst.config"
 server-host = "0.0.0.0"
diff --git a/test/io-tests/configs/expected/types.config b/test/io-tests/configs/expected/types.config
index 178cb0b6f..3e0efba92 100644
--- a/test/io-tests/configs/expected/types.config
+++ b/test/io-tests/configs/expected/types.config
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ jwt-role-claim-key = ".\"role\""
 jwt-secret = ""
 jwt-secret-is-base64 = false
 log-level = "error"
+openapi-mode = "follow-acl"
 openapi-server-proxy-uri = ""
 raw-media-types = ""
 server-host = "!4"
diff --git a/test/io-tests/configs/no-defaults-env.yaml b/test/io-tests/configs/no-defaults-env.yaml
index 2f8853d43..c6942479f 100644
--- a/test/io-tests/configs/no-defaults-env.yaml
+++ b/test/io-tests/configs/no-defaults-env.yaml
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ PGRST_JWT_ROLE_CLAIM_KEY: '.user[0]."real-role"'
 PGRST_JWT_SECRET: c2VjdXJpdHl0aHJvdWdob2JzY3VyaXR5
 PGRST_JWT_SECRET_IS_BASE64: true
 PGRST_LOG_LEVEL: info
+PGRST_OPENAPI_MODE: 'ignore-acl'
 PGRST_OPENAPI_SERVER_PROXY_URI: 'https://postgrest.org'
 PGRST_RAW_MEDIA_TYPES: application/vnd.pgrst.config
 PGRST_SERVER_HOST: 0.0.0.0
diff --git a/test/io-tests/configs/no-defaults.config b/test/io-tests/configs/no-defaults.config
index a689628da..01d47f90f 100644
--- a/test/io-tests/configs/no-defaults.config
+++ b/test/io-tests/configs/no-defaults.config
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ jwt-role-claim-key = ".user[0].\"real-role\""
 jwt-secret = "c2VjdXJpdHl0aHJvdWdob2JzY3VyaXR5"
 jwt-secret-is-base64 = true
 log-level = "info"
+openapi-mode = "ignore-acl"
 openapi-server-proxy-uri = "https://postgrest.org"
 raw-media-types = "application/vnd.pgrst.config"
 server-host = "0.0.0.0"