diff --git a/atlas/atlas.go b/atlas/atlas.go
index 06677c651..5ea55e0a5 100644
--- a/atlas/atlas.go
+++ b/atlas/atlas.go
@@ -121,6 +121,10 @@ func (a *Atlas) SeedMapTile(ctx context.Context, m Map, z, x, y uint) error {
 		return defaultAtlas.SeedMapTile(ctx, m, z, x, y)
 	}
 
+	if len(m.Params) > 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+
 	ctx = context.WithValue(ctx, observability.ObserveVarMapName, m.Name)
 	// confirm we have a cache backend
 	if a.cacher == nil {
@@ -154,6 +158,10 @@ func (a *Atlas) PurgeMapTile(m Map, tile *tegola.Tile) error {
 		return defaultAtlas.PurgeMapTile(m, tile)
 	}
 
+	if len(m.Params) > 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+
 	if a.cacher == nil {
 		return ErrMissingCache
 	}
diff --git a/cache/cache.go b/cache/cache.go
index d5d7609b6..a32e1b1cc 100644
--- a/cache/cache.go
+++ b/cache/cache.go
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ func ParseKey(str string) (*Key, error) {
 
 	// remove the base-path and the first slash, then split the parts
 	keyParts := strings.Split(strings.TrimLeft(str, "/"), "/")
+
 	// we're expecting a z/x/y scheme
 	if len(keyParts) < 3 || len(keyParts) > 5 {
 		err = ErrInvalidFileKeyParts{
diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/config.go
index e4dd0ca48..aef1a70fa 100644
--- a/config/config.go
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -196,6 +196,8 @@ func (c *Config) Validate() error {
 	// check for map layer name / zoom collisions
 	// map of layers to providers
 	mapLayers := map[string]map[string]provider.MapLayer{}
+	// maps with configured parameters for logging
+	mapsWithCustomParams := []string{}
 	for mapKey, m := range c.Maps {
 
 		// validate any declared query parameters
@@ -203,6 +205,10 @@ func (c *Config) Validate() error {
 			return err
 		}
 
+		if len(m.Parameters) > 0 {
+			mapsWithCustomParams = append(mapsWithCustomParams, string(m.Name))
+		}
+
 		if _, ok := mapLayers[string(m.Name)]; !ok {
 			mapLayers[string(m.Name)] = map[string]provider.MapLayer{}
 		}
@@ -300,6 +306,13 @@ func (c *Config) Validate() error {
 		}
 	}
 
+	if len(mapsWithCustomParams) > 0 {
+		log.Infof(
+			"Caching is disabled for these maps, since they have configured custom parameters: %s",
+			strings.Join(mapsWithCustomParams, ", "),
+		)
+	}
+
 	// check for blacklisted headers
 	for k := range c.Webserver.Headers {
 		for _, v := range blacklistHeaders {
diff --git a/server/middleware_tile_cache.go b/server/middleware_tile_cache.go
index a187da91d..243f3d03e 100644
--- a/server/middleware_tile_cache.go
+++ b/server/middleware_tile_cache.go
@@ -28,6 +28,12 @@ func TileCacheHandler(a *atlas.Atlas, next http.Handler) http.Handler {
 			return
 		}
 
+		// ignore requests with query parameters
+		if r.URL.RawQuery != "" {
+			next.ServeHTTP(w, r)
+			return
+		}
+
 		// parse our URI into a cache key structure (remove any configured URIPrefix + "maps/" )
 		key, err := cache.ParseKey(strings.TrimPrefix(r.URL.Path, path.Join(URIPrefix, "maps")))
 		if err != nil {
diff --git a/server/middleware_tile_cache_test.go b/server/middleware_tile_cache_test.go
index c69b2ced7..7563839fe 100644
--- a/server/middleware_tile_cache_test.go
+++ b/server/middleware_tile_cache_test.go
@@ -79,3 +79,63 @@ func TestMiddlewareTileCacheHandler(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Run(name, fn(tc))
 	}
 }
+
+func TestMiddlewareTileCacheHandlerIgnoreParams(t *testing.T) {
+	type tcase struct {
+		uri       string
+		uriPrefix string
+	}
+
+	fn := func(tc tcase) func(t *testing.T) {
+		return func(t *testing.T) {
+			var err error
+
+			if tc.uriPrefix != "" {
+				server.URIPrefix = tc.uriPrefix
+			} else {
+				server.URIPrefix = "/"
+			}
+
+			a := newTestMapWithLayers(testLayer1, testLayer2, testLayer3)
+			cacher, _ := memory.New(nil)
+			a.SetCache(cacher)
+
+			w, router, err := doRequest(a, "GET", tc.uri, nil)
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Errorf("error making request, expected nil got %v", err)
+				return
+			}
+
+			// we expect the cache to not being used
+			if w.Header().Get("Tegola-Cache") != "" {
+				t.Errorf("no header Tegola-Cache is expected, got %v", w.Header().Get("Tegola-Cache"))
+				return
+			}
+
+			// play the request again
+			r, err := http.NewRequest("GET", tc.uri, nil)
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Errorf("error making request, expected nil got %v", err)
+				return
+			}
+
+			w = httptest.NewRecorder()
+			router.ServeHTTP(w, r)
+
+			if w.Header().Get("Tegola-Cache") != "" {
+				t.Errorf("no header Tegola-Cache is expected, got %v", w.Header().Get("Tegola-Cache"))
+				return
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	tests := map[string]tcase{
+		"map params": {
+			uri: "/maps/test-map/10/2/3.pbf?param=value",
+		},
+	}
+
+	for name, tc := range tests {
+		t.Run(name, fn(tc))
+	}
+}