diff --git a/src/components/mod.rs b/src/components/mod.rs
index 4b8fc057..4135bd54 100644
--- a/src/components/mod.rs
+++ b/src/components/mod.rs
@@ -38,6 +38,15 @@ pub struct IntGridCell {
     pub value: i32,
 }
 
+/// [Component] added to any layer by default.
+///
+/// It controls whether or not dynamic autotiling will be enabled for the layer.
+/// That is, whether updates to the `IntGrid` values on the same or on different layers, will cause
+/// the tiles on this layer to also be updated according to the autotling rules found in the [`LdtkProject`].
+#[derive(Component, Default, Debug, Reflect)]
+#[reflect(Component)]
+pub struct EnableDynamicAutotiling;
+
 /// [`Component`] that indicates that an ldtk entity should be a child of the world, not their layer.
 ///
 /// For a more detailed explanation, please see the
diff --git a/src/level.rs b/src/level.rs
index b6895df9..d51d09ad 100644
--- a/src/level.rs
+++ b/src/level.rs
@@ -718,7 +718,8 @@ pub fn spawn_level(
                         ))
                         .insert(Visibility::default())
                         .insert(LayerMetadata::from(layer_instance))
-                        .insert(Name::new(layer_instance.identifier.to_owned()));
+                        .insert(Name::new(layer_instance.identifier.to_owned()))
+                        .insert(EnableDynamicAutotiling);
 
                     commands.entity(ldtk_entity).add_child(layer_entity);
 
diff --git a/src/systems.rs b/src/systems.rs
index fdb1d6d3..5ca23a8a 100644
--- a/src/systems.rs
+++ b/src/systems.rs
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ pub(crate) fn apply_int_grid_autotiling(
         (&IntGridLayerCellValues, &IntGridLayerAffectedLayers),
         Changed<IntGridLayerCellValues>,
     >,
-    layer_query: Query<(&LayerMetadata, &Parent)>,
+    layer_query: Query<(&LayerMetadata, &Parent), With<EnableDynamicAutotiling>>,
     level_query: Query<&Parent, With<LevelIid>>,
     project_query: Query<&LdtkProjectHandle>,
     ldtk_project_assets: Res<Assets<LdtkProject>>,