diff --git a/config/shipengine.php b/config/shipengine.php
index f5cd9d0..3864227 100644
--- a/config/shipengine.php
+++ b/config/shipengine.php
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
         'base'     => env('SHIP_ENGINE_ENDPOINT', 'https://api.shipengine.com/'),
     ],
     'request_limit_per_minute' => env('SHIP_ENGINE_REQUEST_LIMIT_PER_MINUTE', 200),
+    'use_local_rate_limit' => env('SHIP_ENGINE_USE_LOCAL_RATE_LIMIT', false),
     'retries'  => env('SHIP_ENGINE_RETRIES', 1),
     'response' => [
         'as_object' => env('SHIP_ENGINE_RESPONSE_AS_OBJECT', false),
diff --git a/src/ShipEngineClient.php b/src/ShipEngineClient.php
index 66dea6a..563464b 100644
--- a/src/ShipEngineClient.php
+++ b/src/ShipEngineClient.php
@@ -296,19 +296,21 @@ private static function responseIsRateLimit(array $response) : bool
 
     private static function incrementRequestCount(ShipEngineConfig $config) : void
     {
-        $lock = tap(Cache::lock('shipengine.api-request.lock', 10))->block(10);
+        if ($config->useLocalRateLimit) {
+            $lock = tap(Cache::lock('shipengine.api-request.lock', 10))->block(10);
 
-        try {
-            $count = Cache::get('shipengine.api-request.count', 0);
-            $nextExpire = now()->seconds(0)->addMinute();
+            try {
+                $count = Cache::get('shipengine.api-request.count', 0);
+                $nextExpire = now()->seconds(0)->addMinute();
 
-            if ($count > $config->requestLimitPerMinute) {
-                throw new RateLimitExceededException(retryAfter: new DateInterval('PT1S'), message: 'Internal config API rate limit of ' . $config->requestLimitPerMinute . ' exceeded.');
-            }
+                if ($count > $config->requestLimitPerMinute) {
+                    throw new RateLimitExceededException(retryAfter: new DateInterval('PT1S'), message: 'Internal config API rate limit of ' . $config->requestLimitPerMinute . ' exceeded.');
+                }
 
-            Cache::put('shipengine.api-request.count', $count + 1, $nextExpire);
-        } finally {
-            $lock->release();
+                Cache::put('shipengine.api-request.count', $count + 1, $nextExpire);
+            } finally {
+                $lock->release();
+            }
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/ShipEngineConfig.php b/src/ShipEngineConfig.php
index 2dde0ec..496c8a9 100644
--- a/src/ShipEngineConfig.php
+++ b/src/ShipEngineConfig.php
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ final class ShipEngineConfig implements \JsonSerializable, Arrayable
 
     public bool $asObject = false;
 
+    public bool $useLocalRateLimit = false;
+
     public DateInterval $timeout;
 
     public DateInterval $timeoutTotal;
@@ -60,6 +62,7 @@ public function __construct(array $config = [])
         $assert->isTimeoutValid($timeout_total_value);
         $this->timeoutTotal = $timeout_total_value;
 
+        $this->useLocalRateLimit = boolval($config['use_local_rate_limit'] ?? config('shipengine.use_local_rate_limit', false));
         $this->asObject = boolval($config['asObject'] ?? config('shipengine.response.as_object', false));
 
         $this->baseUrl = $config['baseUrl'] ?? self::getBaseUri();