diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f464e55..1510f2e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -140,6 +140,17 @@ Would output the following in your view:
 ### Assets
 You can require all the components CSS and JS automatically by requiring `mountain_view` in your main JS and CSS files.
 
+If you do not want to have rails compile the assets so you can handle them with another method such as Webpacker
+you can skip the asset configuration by setting `skip_assets` eg:
+
+```ruby
+#config/initializers/mountain_view.rb
+
+MountainView.configure do |config|
+  config.skip_assets = true
+end
+
+
 ### Global Stylesheets
 In case you want to add global stylesheets (e.g. reset, bootstrap, a grid system, etc) to your Mountain View components you can do it by calling them with an initializer
 
diff --git a/lib/mountain_view/configuration.rb b/lib/mountain_view/configuration.rb
index bee7f2e..f69bf74 100644
--- a/lib/mountain_view/configuration.rb
+++ b/lib/mountain_view/configuration.rb
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ class Configuration
     attr_accessor :included_stylesheets
     attr_accessor :styleguide_path
     attr_accessor :extra_pages
+    attr_accessor :skip_assets
     attr_reader :components_path
 
     def initialize
diff --git a/lib/mountain_view/engine.rb b/lib/mountain_view/engine.rb
index a6780bc..7b453fc 100644
--- a/lib/mountain_view/engine.rb
+++ b/lib/mountain_view/engine.rb
@@ -18,10 +18,12 @@ class Engine < ::Rails::Engine
     end
 
     initializer "mountain_view.assets" do |_app|
-      Rails.application.config.assets.paths <<
-        MountainView.configuration.components_path
-      Rails.application.config.assets.precompile +=
-        %w[mountain_view/styleguide.css mountain_view/styleguide.js]
+      unless MountainView.configuration.skip_assets
+        Rails.application.config.assets.paths <<
+          MountainView.configuration.components_path
+        Rails.application.config.assets.precompile +=
+          %w[mountain_view/styleguide.css mountain_view/styleguide.js]
+      end
     end
 
     initializer "mountain_view.append_view_paths" do |_app|
diff --git a/test/mountain_view/configuration_test.rb b/test/mountain_view/configuration_test.rb
index 69b1986..76536bb 100644
--- a/test/mountain_view/configuration_test.rb
+++ b/test/mountain_view/configuration_test.rb
@@ -22,4 +22,11 @@ class MountainViewConfigurationTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
 
     assert_equal config.styleguide_path, "style-guide"
   end
+
+  test "set skip_assets option" do
+    config = MountainView::Configuration.new
+    config.skip_assets = true
+
+    assert config.skip_assets
+  end
 end