diff --git a/samples/AutoAuthorization/Controllers/ApiController.cs b/samples/AutoAuthorization/Controllers/ApiController.cs
index 492cac0a..a6fcf052 100644
--- a/samples/AutoAuthorization/Controllers/ApiController.cs
+++ b/samples/AutoAuthorization/Controllers/ApiController.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 namespace AutoAuthorization.Controllers;
+
+using Keycloak.AuthServices.Authorization;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc;
 
 [ApiController]
@@ -8,4 +10,16 @@ public class ApiController : ControllerBase
     [Route("/api/auto-auth")]
     [ProducesResponseType(statusCode: 200, type: typeof(string))]
     public IActionResult GetData() => this.Ok("Auto Authorization works.");
+
+    [HttpGet]
+    [Route("/api/no-auth")]
+    [ProducesResponseType(statusCode: 200, type: typeof(string))]
+    [DisableUriBasedResourceProtection]
+    public IActionResult GetDataWithoutAuth() => this.Ok("Auto Authorization works, but is disabled by attribute.");
+
+    [HttpGet]
+    [Route("/api/explicit-auth")]
+    [ProducesResponseType(statusCode: 200, type: typeof(string))]
+    [ExplicitResourceProtection("/api/auto-auth", "GET")]
+    public IActionResult GetDataWithExplicitAuth() => this.Ok("Auto Authorization works with explicit choosing resource name and scope.");
 }
diff --git a/src/Keycloak.AuthServices.Authorization/ExplicitResourceProtectionAttribute.cs b/src/Keycloak.AuthServices.Authorization/ExplicitResourceProtectionAttribute.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..021f5771
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Keycloak.AuthServices.Authorization/ExplicitResourceProtectionAttribute.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+namespace Keycloak.AuthServices.Authorization;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Use this attribute on a method when the <see cref="UriBasedResourceProtectionMiddleware"/>
+/// to exclude the method from uri based resource protection and set a specific resource name and scope instead.
+/// </summary>
+[AttributeUsage(AttributeTargets.Method, Inherited = false)]
+public class ExplicitResourceProtectionAttribute : Attribute
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// <see cref="ExplicitResourceProtectionAttribute"/> 
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="resourceName">The name of the resource a configured in Keycloak mandatory and unique "Name" field (also referred as RESOURCE_ID).</param>
+    /// <param name="scope">A valid scope from the list of applied scopes to the resource.</param>
+    public ExplicitResourceProtectionAttribute(string resourceName, string scope)
+    {
+        this.ResourceName = resourceName;
+        this.Scope = scope;
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// The resource name to authorize for.
+    /// </summary>
+    public string ResourceName { get; }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// The scope to authorize the resource for.
+    /// </summary>
+    public string Scope { get; }
+}
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diff --git a/src/Keycloak.AuthServices.Authorization/UriBasedResourceProtection/DisableUriBasedResourceProtection.cs b/src/Keycloak.AuthServices.Authorization/UriBasedResourceProtection/DisableUriBasedResourceProtection.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6ee06a10
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Keycloak.AuthServices.Authorization/UriBasedResourceProtection/DisableUriBasedResourceProtection.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+namespace Keycloak.AuthServices.Authorization;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Use this attribute on a method when the <see cref="UriBasedResourceProtectionMiddleware"/>
+/// to exclude the method from uri based resource protection.
+/// </summary>
+[AttributeUsage(AttributeTargets.Method, Inherited = false)]
+public class DisableUriBasedResourceProtectionAttribute : Attribute
+{
+}
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diff --git a/src/Keycloak.AuthServices.Authorization/UriBasedResourceProtectionMiddleware.cs b/src/Keycloak.AuthServices.Authorization/UriBasedResourceProtection/UriBasedResourceProtectionMiddleware.cs
similarity index 59%
rename from src/Keycloak.AuthServices.Authorization/UriBasedResourceProtectionMiddleware.cs
rename to src/Keycloak.AuthServices.Authorization/UriBasedResourceProtection/UriBasedResourceProtectionMiddleware.cs
index a13ed181..b4d79d12 100644
--- a/src/Keycloak.AuthServices.Authorization/UriBasedResourceProtectionMiddleware.cs
+++ b/src/Keycloak.AuthServices.Authorization/UriBasedResourceProtection/UriBasedResourceProtectionMiddleware.cs
@@ -33,36 +33,64 @@ public UriBasedResourceProtectionMiddleware(RequestDelegate next, IKeycloakProte
     /// <inheritdoc/>
     public async Task InvokeAsync(HttpContext context)
     {
-        var targetAllowsAnonymous = context.Features?
+        if (this.EvaluateAuthorization(context).Result)
+        {
+            await this.next(context);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private async Task<bool> EvaluateAuthorization(HttpContext context)
+    {
+        var attributes = context.Features?
             .Get<IEndpointFeature>()?
             .Endpoint?
-            .Metadata
-            .Any(attribute => attribute is AllowAnonymousAttribute) ?? false;
+            .Metadata;
+
+        if (UriBasedProtectionDisabled(attributes))
+        {
+            return true;
+        }
 
-        if (!targetAllowsAnonymous)
+        var resourceName = "";
+        var scope = "";
+
+        if (attributes != null && attributes
+            .SingleOrDefault(attribute => attribute is ExplicitResourceProtectionAttribute)
+                is ExplicitResourceProtectionAttribute explicitResourceProtectionAttribute)
+        {
+            resourceName = explicitResourceProtectionAttribute.ResourceName;
+            scope = explicitResourceProtectionAttribute.Scope;
+        }
+        else
         {
-            var isAuthorized = await this.client.VerifyAccessToResource(
-            context.Request.Path, context.Request.Method, CancellationToken.None);
+            resourceName = context.Request.Path;
+            scope = context.Request.Method;
+        }
 
-            if (!isAuthorized)
-            {
-                context.Response.StatusCode = StatusCodes.Status401Unauthorized;
-                return;
-            }
+        var isAuthorized = await this.client.VerifyAccessToResource(
+        resourceName, scope, CancellationToken.None);
+
+        if (isAuthorized)
+        {
+            context.Response.StatusCode = StatusCodes.Status401Unauthorized;
+            return true;
         }
 
-        await this.next(context);
+        return false;
     }
+
+    private static bool UriBasedProtectionDisabled(EndpointMetadataCollection? attributes) => attributes != null && attributes.Any(attribute => attribute is AllowAnonymousAttribute
+                    or DisableUriBasedResourceProtectionAttribute);
 }
 
 /// <summary/>
 public static class MiddlewareExtensions
 {
     /// <summary>
-    /// Extension method to enable automatic resource protection.
+    /// Extension method to enable automatic uri based resource protection.
     /// </summary>
     /// <param name="builder">The <see cref="IApplicationBuilder"/> isntance.</param>
     /// <returns>The <see cref="IApplicationBuilder"/> isntance with <see cref="UriBasedResourceProtectionMiddleware"/> usage.</returns>
     public static IApplicationBuilder UseUriBasedKeycloakEndpointProtection(
         this IApplicationBuilder builder) => builder.UseMiddleware<UriBasedResourceProtectionMiddleware>();
-}
+}
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