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..9e7548270 100644
--- a/cache/cache.go
+++ b/cache/cache.go
@@ -38,6 +38,12 @@ func ParseKey(str string) (*Key, error) {
 
 	// remove the base-path and the first slash, then split the parts
 	keyParts := strings.Split(strings.TrimLeft(str, "/"), "/")
+
+	// ignore /:map/:layer/:z/:x/:y?param=value queries
+	if len(keyParts) > 0 && strings.Contains(keyParts[len(keyParts)-1], "?") {
+		return nil, ErrParamsNotSupported{}
+	}
+
 	// we're expecting a z/x/y scheme
 	if len(keyParts) < 3 || len(keyParts) > 5 {
 		err = ErrInvalidFileKeyParts{
diff --git a/cache/cache_test.go b/cache/cache_test.go
index b38175fb5..0bfa1de4a 100644
--- a/cache/cache_test.go
+++ b/cache/cache_test.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ func TestParseKey(t *testing.T) {
 	testcases := []struct {
 		input    string
 		expected *cache.Key
+		err      error
 	}{
 		{
 			input: "/12/11/123",
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@ func TestParseKey(t *testing.T) {
 				X: 11,
 				Y: 123,
 			},
+			err: nil,
 		},
 		{
 			input: "/osm/12/11/123",
@@ -28,6 +30,7 @@ func TestParseKey(t *testing.T) {
 				Y:       123,
 				MapName: "osm",
 			},
+			err: nil,
 		},
 		{
 			input: "/osm/buildings/12/11/123",
@@ -38,13 +41,19 @@ func TestParseKey(t *testing.T) {
 				MapName:   "osm",
 				LayerName: "buildings",
 			},
+			err: nil,
+		},
+		{
+			input:    "/osm/buildings/12/11/123?param=value",
+			expected: nil,
+			err:      cache.ErrParamsNotSupported{},
 		},
 	}
 
 	for i, tc := range testcases {
 		output, err := cache.ParseKey(tc.input)
-		if err != nil {
-			t.Errorf("testcase (%v) failed. err: %v", i, err)
+		if err != tc.err {
+			t.Errorf("testcase (%v) failed. expected err (%+v) does not match error (%+v)", i, tc.err, err)
 			continue
 		}
 
diff --git a/cache/errors.go b/cache/errors.go
index 5bc91a7f5..17eca472f 100644
--- a/cache/errors.go
+++ b/cache/errors.go
@@ -47,3 +47,10 @@ type ErrPurgingCache struct {
 func (e ErrPurgingCache) Error() string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("cache: error purging (%v) cache: %v", e.CacheType, e.Err)
 }
+
+// This error should never be printed to a user, the config validator already warns about this
+type ErrParamsNotSupported struct{}
+
+func (e ErrParamsNotSupported) Error() string {
+	return "cache: caching is disabled for maps with custom parameters"
+}
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..8b85a45e4 100644
--- a/server/middleware_tile_cache.go
+++ b/server/middleware_tile_cache.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package server
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"net/http"
@@ -30,7 +31,10 @@ func TileCacheHandler(a *atlas.Atlas, next http.Handler) http.Handler {
 
 		// 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 {
+		if errors.Is(err, cache.ErrParamsNotSupported{}) {
+			next.ServeHTTP(w, r)
+			return
+		} else if err != nil {
 			log.Errorf("cache middleware: ParseKey err: %v", err)
 			next.ServeHTTP(w, r)
 			return