diff --git a/imagrc.toml b/imagrc.toml
index 148e53d0..5453e9d8 100644
--- a/imagrc.toml
+++ b/imagrc.toml
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ post-delete-hook-aspects   = [ "debug" ]
 
 [[aspects.debug]]
 parallel = false
+mutable_hooks = false
 
 [store.hooks]
 
diff --git a/libimagstore/src/configuration.rs b/libimagstore/src/configuration.rs
index f5ba495f..d0be520a 100644
--- a/libimagstore/src/configuration.rs
+++ b/libimagstore/src/configuration.rs
@@ -193,6 +193,7 @@ pub fn get_post_move_aspect_names(value: &Option<Value>) -> Vec<String> {
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct AspectConfig {
     parallel: bool,
+    mutable_hooks: bool,
     config: Value,
 }
 
@@ -200,8 +201,10 @@ impl AspectConfig {
 
     pub fn new(init: Value) -> AspectConfig {
         let parallel = AspectConfig::is_parallel(&init);
+        let muthooks = AspectConfig::allows_mutable_hooks(&init);
         AspectConfig {
             config: init,
+            mutable_hooks: muthooks,
             parallel: parallel,
         }
     }
@@ -220,6 +223,24 @@ impl AspectConfig {
         }
     }
 
+    fn allows_mutable_hooks(init: &Value) -> bool {
+        match *init {
+            Value::Table(ref t) =>
+                t.get("mutable_hooks")
+                    .map_or(false, |value| {
+                        match *value {
+                            Value::Boolean(b) => b,
+                            _ => false,
+                        }
+                    }),
+            _ => false,
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn allow_mutable_hooks(&self) -> bool {
+        self.mutable_hooks
+    }
+
     /// Get the aspect configuration for an aspect.
     ///
     /// Pass the store configuration object, this searches in `[aspects][<aspect_name>]`.
diff --git a/libimagstore/src/hook/aspect.rs b/libimagstore/src/hook/aspect.rs
index 8c80b6cb..38b5cd07 100644
--- a/libimagstore/src/hook/aspect.rs
+++ b/libimagstore/src/hook/aspect.rs
@@ -73,6 +73,10 @@ impl StoreIdAccessor for Aspect {
 
 impl MutableHookDataAccessor for Aspect {
     fn access_mut(&self, fle: &mut FileLockEntry) -> HookResult<()> {
+        if !self.cfg.as_ref().map(|c| c.allow_mutable_hooks()).unwrap_or(false) {
+            return Err(HE::new(HEK::MutableHooksNotAllowed, None));
+        }
+
         let accessors : Vec<HDA> = self.hooks.iter().map(|h| h.accessor()).collect();
 
         fn is_file_accessor(a: &HDA) -> bool {
diff --git a/libimagstore/src/hook/error.rs b/libimagstore/src/hook/error.rs
index 77095844..1db64c59 100644
--- a/libimagstore/src/hook/error.rs
+++ b/libimagstore/src/hook/error.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ generate_error_imports!();
 
 generate_custom_error_types!(HookError, HookErrorKind, CustomData,
     HookExecutionError  => "Hook exec error",
-    AccessTypeViolation => "Hook access type violation"
+    AccessTypeViolation => "Hook access type violation",
+    MutableHooksNotAllowed => "Mutable Hooks are denied"
 );
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Eq, PartialEq, Ord, PartialOrd, Copy)]