diff --git a/.formatter.exs b/.formatter.exs
index 53a50b6c..808a5684 100644
--- a/.formatter.exs
+++ b/.formatter.exs
@@ -183,6 +183,7 @@ locals_without_parens = [
   validate_destination_field?: 1,
   violation_message: 1,
   wait_for: 1,
+  warn_on_empty?: 1,
   where: 1,
   writable?: 1
 ]
diff --git a/lib/ash/registry/registry.ex b/lib/ash/registry/registry.ex
index 23df4093..231a40b2 100644
--- a/lib/ash/registry/registry.ex
+++ b/lib/ash/registry/registry.ex
@@ -36,6 +36,11 @@ defmodule Ash.Registry do
     end
   end
 
+  @spec warn_on_empty?(t()) :: boolean
+  def warn_on_empty?(registry) do
+    Extension.get_opt(registry, [:entries], :warn_on_empty?, true, true)
+  end
+
   @spec api_or_api_and_registry(Ash.Api.t() | {Ash.Api.t(), t()}) :: {t(), t()}
   def api_or_api_and_registry({api, registry}), do: {api, registry}
   def api_or_api_and_registry(api), do: {api, api}
diff --git a/lib/ash/registry/transformers/warn_on_empty.ex b/lib/ash/registry/transformers/warn_on_empty.ex
index a1180450..90a271eb 100644
--- a/lib/ash/registry/transformers/warn_on_empty.ex
+++ b/lib/ash/registry/transformers/warn_on_empty.ex
@@ -3,12 +3,16 @@ defmodule Ash.Registry.Transformers.WarnOnEmpty do
   use Ash.Dsl.Transformer
 
   def transform(registry, dsl) do
-    case Ash.Registry.entries(registry) do
-      [] ->
-        {:warn, dsl, "#{inspect(registry)} has no entries."}
+    if Ash.Registry.warn_on_empty?(registry) do
+      case Ash.Registry.entries(registry) do
+        [] ->
+          {:warn, dsl, "#{inspect(registry)} has no entries."}
 
-      _ ->
-        {:ok, dsl}
+        _ ->
+          {:ok, dsl}
+      end
+    else
+      {:ok, dsl}
     end
   end
 end