diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e75851e..fa9dd2c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # CHANGELOG
 
+## Not released
+
+- add cache control mechanism for sources and query APIs
+
 ## 0.4
 
 ### 0.4.0
diff --git a/src/api/query.ts b/src/api/query.ts
index 3678038..b21b1b8 100644
--- a/src/api/query.ts
+++ b/src/api/query.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ export const query = async function (
     apiBaseUrl = SOURCE_DEFAULTS.apiBaseUrl,
     clientId = SOURCE_DEFAULTS.clientId,
     maxLengthURL = SOURCE_DEFAULTS.maxLengthURL,
+    localCache,
     connectionName,
     sqlQuery,
     queryParameters,
@@ -52,5 +53,6 @@ export const query = async function (
     headers,
     errorContext,
     maxLengthURL,
+    localCache,
   });
 };
diff --git a/src/api/request-with-parameters.ts b/src/api/request-with-parameters.ts
index 0cffe1a..4261d17 100644
--- a/src/api/request-with-parameters.ts
+++ b/src/api/request-with-parameters.ts
@@ -7,13 +7,14 @@ import {CartoAPIError, APIErrorContext} from './carto-api-error';
 import {V3_MINOR_VERSION} from '../constants-internal';
 import {DEFAULT_MAX_LENGTH_URL} from '../constants-internal';
 import {getClient} from '../client';
+import {LocalCacheOptions} from '../sources/types';
 
 const DEFAULT_HEADERS = {
   Accept: 'application/json',
   'Content-Type': 'application/json',
 };
 
-const REQUEST_CACHE = new Map<string, Promise<unknown>>();
+const DEFAULT_REQUEST_CACHE = new Map<string, Promise<unknown>>();
 
 export async function requestWithParameters<T = any>({
   baseUrl,
@@ -21,12 +22,14 @@ export async function requestWithParameters<T = any>({
   headers: customHeaders = {},
   errorContext,
   maxLengthURL = DEFAULT_MAX_LENGTH_URL,
+  localCache,
 }: {
   baseUrl: string;
   parameters?: Record<string, unknown>;
   headers?: Record<string, string>;
   errorContext: APIErrorContext;
   maxLengthURL?: number;
+  localCache?: LocalCacheOptions;
 }): Promise<T> {
   // Parameters added to all requests issued with `requestWithParameters()`.
   // These parameters override parameters already in the base URL, but not
@@ -41,7 +44,14 @@ export async function requestWithParameters<T = any>({
 
   baseUrl = excludeURLParameters(baseUrl, Object.keys(parameters));
   const key = createCacheKey(baseUrl, parameters, customHeaders);
-  if (REQUEST_CACHE.has(key)) {
+
+  const {
+    cache: REQUEST_CACHE,
+    canReadCache,
+    canStoreInCache,
+  } = getCacheSettings(localCache);
+
+  if (canReadCache && REQUEST_CACHE.has(key)) {
     return REQUEST_CACHE.get(key) as Promise<T>;
   }
 
@@ -73,14 +83,34 @@ export async function requestWithParameters<T = any>({
       return json;
     })
     .catch((error: Error) => {
-      REQUEST_CACHE.delete(key);
+      if (canStoreInCache) {
+        REQUEST_CACHE.delete(key);
+      }
       throw new CartoAPIError(error, errorContext, response, responseJson);
     });
 
-  REQUEST_CACHE.set(key, jsonPromise);
+  if (canStoreInCache) {
+    REQUEST_CACHE.set(key, jsonPromise);
+  }
   return jsonPromise;
 }
 
+function getCacheSettings(localCache: LocalCacheOptions | undefined) {
+  const canReadCache = localCache?.cacheControl?.includes('no-cache')
+    ? false
+    : true;
+  const canStoreInCache = localCache?.cacheControl?.includes('no-store')
+    ? false
+    : true;
+  const cache = localCache?.cache || DEFAULT_REQUEST_CACHE;
+
+  return {
+    cache,
+    canReadCache,
+    canStoreInCache,
+  };
+}
+
 function createCacheKey(
   baseUrl: string,
   parameters: Record<string, unknown>,
diff --git a/src/sources/base-source.ts b/src/sources/base-source.ts
index 3b2f530..ac5878e 100644
--- a/src/sources/base-source.ts
+++ b/src/sources/base-source.ts
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ export async function baseSource<UrlParameters extends Record<string, unknown>>(
     }
   }
   const baseUrl = buildSourceUrl(mergedOptions);
-  const {clientId, maxLengthURL, format} = mergedOptions;
+  const {clientId, maxLengthURL, format, localCache} = mergedOptions;
   const headers = {
     Authorization: `Bearer ${options.accessToken}`,
     ...options.headers,
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ export async function baseSource<UrlParameters extends Record<string, unknown>>(
       headers,
       errorContext,
       maxLengthURL,
+      localCache,
     });
 
   const dataUrl = mapInstantiation[format].url[0];
@@ -82,6 +83,7 @@ export async function baseSource<UrlParameters extends Record<string, unknown>>(
       headers,
       errorContext,
       maxLengthURL,
+      localCache,
     });
     if (accessToken) {
       json.accessToken = accessToken;
@@ -94,5 +96,6 @@ export async function baseSource<UrlParameters extends Record<string, unknown>>(
     headers,
     errorContext,
     maxLengthURL,
+    localCache,
   });
 }
diff --git a/src/sources/types.ts b/src/sources/types.ts
index 50ec91c..f61ec7d 100644
--- a/src/sources/types.ts
+++ b/src/sources/types.ts
@@ -47,6 +47,27 @@ export type SourceOptionalOptions = {
    * @default {@link DEFAULT_MAX_LENGTH_URL}
    */
   maxLengthURL?: number;
+
+  /**
+   * By default, local in-memory caching is enabled.
+   */
+  localCache?: LocalCacheOptions;
+};
+
+export type LocalCacheOptions = {
+  /**
+   * Map that stores requests and their responses.
+   */
+  cache?: Map<string, Promise<unknown>>;
+
+  /**
+   * Cache control
+   *  * `no-cache`: If present, the source will always fetch from original source.
+   *  * `no-store`: If present, source will not store result in cache (for later reuse).
+   *
+   * See https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Cache-Control#directives
+   */
+  cacheControl?: ('no-cache' | 'no-store')[];
 };
 
 export type SourceOptions = SourceRequiredOptions &