diff --git a/src/main/java/org/reflections/Configuration.java b/src/main/java/org/reflections/Configuration.java
index 37bf66fc..d5c99401 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/reflections/Configuration.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/reflections/Configuration.java
@@ -30,4 +30,9 @@ public interface Configuration {
     /** if true (default), expand super types after scanning, for super types that were not scanned.
      * <p>see {@link Reflections#expandSuperTypes(Map, Map)}*/
     boolean shouldExpandSuperTypes();
+
+    /** if true (default), log the scanning process.
+     * @return true if logging is enabled, false otherwise
+     */
+    boolean shouldLog();
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/reflections/Reflections.java b/src/main/java/org/reflections/Reflections.java
index a939c7bb..5fb8ea1d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/reflections/Reflections.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/reflections/Reflections.java
@@ -186,13 +186,13 @@ protected Map<String, Map<String, Set<String>>> scan() {
                                     if (entries != null) collect.get(scanner.index()).addAll(entries);
                                 }
                             } catch (Exception e) {
-                                if (log != null) log.debug("could not scan file {} with scanner {}", file.getRelativePath(), scanner.getClass().getSimpleName(), e);
+                                if (log != null && configuration.shouldLog()) log.debug("could not scan file {} with scanner {}", file.getRelativePath(), scanner.getClass().getSimpleName(), e);
                             }
                         }
                     }
                 }
             } catch (Exception e) {
-                if (log != null) log.warn("could not create Vfs.Dir from url. ignoring the exception and continuing", e);
+                if (log != null && configuration.shouldLog()) log.warn("could not create Vfs.Dir from url. ignoring the exception and continuing", e);
             }
         });
 
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ protected Map<String, Map<String, Set<String>>> scan() {
                             Map.Entry::getKey,
                             HashMap::new,
                             Collectors.mapping(Map.Entry::getValue, Collectors.toSet())))));
-        if (log != null) {
+        if (log != null && configuration.shouldLog()) {
             int keys = 0, values = 0;
             for (Map<String, Set<String>> map : storeMap.values()) {
                 keys += map.size();
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/reflections/util/ConfigurationBuilder.java b/src/main/java/org/reflections/util/ConfigurationBuilder.java
index 7bf5f9cd..4b039353 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/reflections/util/ConfigurationBuilder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/reflections/util/ConfigurationBuilder.java
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ public class ConfigurationBuilder implements Configuration {
     private boolean isParallel = true;
     private ClassLoader[] classLoaders;
     private boolean expandSuperTypes = true;
+    private boolean shouldLog = true;
 
     public ConfigurationBuilder() {
         urls = new HashSet<>();
@@ -232,10 +233,20 @@ public boolean shouldExpandSuperTypes() {
         return expandSuperTypes;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public boolean shouldLog() {
+        return shouldLog;
+    }
+
     /** if set to true, Reflections will expand super types after scanning.
      * <p>see {@link org.reflections.Reflections#expandSuperTypes(Map, Map)} */
     public ConfigurationBuilder setExpandSuperTypes(boolean expandSuperTypes) {
         this.expandSuperTypes = expandSuperTypes;
         return this;
     }
+
+    public ConfigurationBuilder disableLogging() {
+        this.shouldLog = false;
+        return this;
+    }
 }