diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ae46b41..7829ef4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -44,6 +44,25 @@ Some `<table>`s are not meant to be pasted as markdown; for example, a file cont
 </table>
 ```
 
+### Granular control for pasting as plain text
+
+If you're wanting more granular support of pasting certain items as plain text by default, you can pass in the controls config at the `subscribe` level.
+
+Our config support looks as follows:
+
+```js
+import {subscribe} from '@github/paste-markdown'
+
+// Subscribe the behavior to the textarea with pasting URL links as plain text by default.
+subscribe(document.querySelector('textarea[data-paste-markdown]'), {defaultPlainTextPaste: {urlLinks: true}})
+```
+
+In this scenario above, pasting a URL over selected text will paste as plain text by default, but pasting a table will still paste as markdown by default.
+
+Only the `urlLinks` param is currently supported.
+
+If there is no config passed in, or attributes missing, this will always default to `false`, being the existing behavior.
+
 ## Development
 
 ```
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 2f84aee..eb272ee 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -7,14 +7,14 @@ import {
 } from './paste-keyboard-shortcut-helper'
 import {install as installTable, uninstall as uninstallTable} from './paste-markdown-table'
 import {install as installText, uninstall as uninstallText} from './paste-markdown-text'
+import {OptionConfig} from './option-config'
 
 interface Subscription {
   unsubscribe: () => void
 }
 
-function subscribe(el: HTMLElement): Subscription {
-  installSkipFormatting(el, installTable, installImageLink, installLink, installText, installHTML)
-
+function subscribe(el: HTMLElement, optionConfig?: OptionConfig): Subscription {
+  installSkipFormatting(el, [installTable, installImageLink, installLink, installText, installHTML], optionConfig)
   return {
     unsubscribe: () => {
       uninstallSkipFormatting(el)
diff --git a/src/option-config.ts b/src/option-config.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..46d42d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/option-config.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+export interface OptionConfig {
+  defaultPlainTextPaste?: PlainTextParams
+}
+
+interface PlainTextParams {
+  urlLinks?: boolean
+
+  // Not currently implemented behavior
+  /*imageLinks?: boolean
+  html?: boolean
+  tables?: boolean
+  text?: boolean*/
+}
diff --git a/src/paste-keyboard-shortcut-helper.ts b/src/paste-keyboard-shortcut-helper.ts
index f2a5261..e3c515a 100644
--- a/src/paste-keyboard-shortcut-helper.ts
+++ b/src/paste-keyboard-shortcut-helper.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import {OptionConfig} from './option-config'
+
 const skipFormattingMap = new WeakMap<HTMLElement, boolean>()
 
 function setSkipFormattingFlag(event: KeyboardEvent): void {
@@ -21,11 +23,15 @@ export function shouldSkipFormatting(el: HTMLElement): boolean {
   return shouldSkipFormattingState
 }
 
-export function installAround(el: HTMLElement, ...installCallbacks: Array<(el: HTMLElement) => void>): void {
+export function installAround(
+  el: HTMLElement,
+  installCallbacks: Array<(el: HTMLElement, optionConfig?: OptionConfig) => void>,
+  optionConfig?: OptionConfig
+): void {
   el.addEventListener('keydown', setSkipFormattingFlag)
 
   for (const installCallback of installCallbacks) {
-    installCallback(el)
+    installCallback(el, optionConfig)
   }
 
   el.addEventListener('paste', unsetSkipFormattedFlag)
diff --git a/src/paste-markdown-link.ts b/src/paste-markdown-link.ts
index 75c7159..aa6470d 100644
--- a/src/paste-markdown-link.ts
+++ b/src/paste-markdown-link.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
+import {OptionConfig} from './option-config'
 import {insertText} from './text'
 import {shouldSkipFormatting} from './paste-keyboard-shortcut-helper'
 
-export function install(el: HTMLElement): void {
+const pasteLinkAsPlainTextOverSelectedTextMap = new WeakMap<HTMLElement, boolean>()
+
+export function install(el: HTMLElement, optionConfig?: OptionConfig): void {
+  pasteLinkAsPlainTextOverSelectedTextMap.set(el, optionConfig?.defaultPlainTextPaste?.urlLinks === true)
   el.addEventListener('paste', onPaste)
 }
 
@@ -11,7 +15,16 @@ export function uninstall(el: HTMLElement): void {
 
 function onPaste(event: ClipboardEvent) {
   const {currentTarget: el} = event
-  if (shouldSkipFormatting(el as HTMLElement)) return
+  const element = el as HTMLElement
+  const shouldPasteAsPlainText = pasteLinkAsPlainTextOverSelectedTextMap.get(element) ?? false
+  const shouldSkipDefaultBehavior = shouldSkipFormatting(element)
+
+  if (
+    (!shouldPasteAsPlainText && shouldSkipDefaultBehavior) ||
+    (shouldPasteAsPlainText && !shouldSkipDefaultBehavior)
+  ) {
+    return
+  }
 
   const transfer = event.clipboardData
   if (!transfer || !hasPlainText(transfer)) return
@@ -26,6 +39,7 @@ function onPaste(event: ClipboardEvent) {
 
   const selectedText = field.value.substring(field.selectionStart, field.selectionEnd)
   if (!selectedText.length) return
+
   // Prevent linkification when replacing an URL
   // Trim whitespace in case whitespace is selected by mistake or by intention
   if (isURL(selectedText.trim())) return
diff --git a/test/test.js b/test/test.js
index 12689f4..f2ee67a 100644
--- a/test/test.js
+++ b/test/test.js
@@ -43,6 +43,38 @@ describe('paste-markdown', function () {
       assert.equal(textarea.value, 'The examples can be found [here](https://github.com).')
     })
 
+    it('turns pasted urls on selected text into markdown links if pasteLinkAsPlainTextOverSelectedText is false', function () {
+      subscription = subscribeWithOptionConfig(subscription, textarea, false)
+
+      // eslint-disable-next-line i18n-text/no-en
+      textarea.value = 'The examples can be found here.'
+      textarea.setSelectionRange(26, 30)
+      paste(textarea, {'text/plain': 'https://github.com'})
+      assert.equal(textarea.value, 'The examples can be found [here](https://github.com).')
+    })
+
+    it('turns pasted urls on selected text into markdown links if pasteLinkAsPlainTextOverSelectedText is true and skip format flag is true', function () {
+      subscription = subscribeWithOptionConfig(subscription, textarea, true)
+
+      // eslint-disable-next-line i18n-text/no-en
+      textarea.value = 'The examples can be found here.'
+      textarea.setSelectionRange(26, 30)
+      dispatchSkipFormattingKeyEvent(textarea)
+      paste(textarea, {'text/plain': 'https://github.com'})
+      assert.equal(textarea.value, 'The examples can be found [here](https://github.com).')
+    })
+
+    it('pastes as plain text on selected text if pasteLinkAsPlainTextOverSelectedText is true', function () {
+      subscription = subscribeWithOptionConfig(subscription, textarea, true)
+
+      // eslint-disable-next-line i18n-text/no-en
+      textarea.value = 'The examples can be found here.'
+      textarea.setSelectionRange(26, 30)
+      paste(textarea, {'text/plain': 'https://github.com'})
+      // The text area will be unchanged at this stage as the paste won't be handled by our listener
+      assert.equal(textarea.value, 'The examples can be found here.')
+    })
+
     it('creates a markdown link when the pasted url includes a trailing slash', function () {
       // eslint-disable-next-line i18n-text/no-en
       textarea.value = 'The examples can be found here.'
@@ -353,6 +385,12 @@ function dispatchSkipFormattingKeyEvent(textarea) {
   )
 }
 
+function subscribeWithOptionConfig(subscription, textarea, urlLinks) {
+  // Clear the before test subscription with no config and re-subscribe with config
+  subscription.unsubscribe()
+  return subscribe(textarea, {defaultPlainTextPaste: {urlLinks}})
+}
+
 function paste(textarea, data) {
   const dataTransfer = new DataTransfer()
   for (const key in data) {