diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 62354b3e7..b75a37cef 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+## 0.1.8
+
+### Features
+
+- **Add `include_orig_elements` parameter for chunking**: When `True` (the default), the elements used to form each chunk are attached to that chunk's `.metadata.orig_elements` as a gzipped+base64 blob. Set to `False` to omit them and produce a much smaller response payload — useful for large documents with tables, where this blob is duplicated into every chunk.
+
 ## 0.1.7
 
 ### Security
diff --git a/prepline_general/api/__version__.py b/prepline_general/api/__version__.py
index b71c670ea..93b52aecc 100644
--- a/prepline_general/api/__version__.py
+++ b/prepline_general/api/__version__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "0.1.7"  # pragma: no cover
+__version__ = "0.1.8"  # pragma: no cover
diff --git a/prepline_general/api/general.py b/prepline_general/api/general.py
index 3139b252e..8a7b3cb28 100644
--- a/prepline_general/api/general.py
+++ b/prepline_general/api/general.py
@@ -223,6 +223,7 @@ def pipeline_api(
     new_after_n_chars: Optional[int],
     overlap: int,
     overlap_all: bool,
+    include_orig_elements: bool = True,
     # ----------------------
     filename: str = "",
     file_content_type: Optional[str] = None,
@@ -283,6 +284,7 @@ def pipeline_api(
                         "new_after_n_chars": new_after_n_chars,
                         "overlap": overlap,
                         "overlap_all": overlap_all,
+                        "include_orig_elements": include_orig_elements,
                         "starting_page_number": starting_page_number,
                         "include_slide_notes": include_slide_notes,
                     },
@@ -338,6 +340,7 @@ def pipeline_api(
                         "max_characters": max_characters,
                         "overlap": overlap,
                         "overlap_all": overlap_all,
+                        "include_orig_elements": include_orig_elements,
                         "extract_image_block_types": extract_image_block_types,
                         "extract_image_block_to_payload": extract_image_block_to_payload,
                         "unique_element_ids": unique_element_ids,
@@ -368,6 +371,7 @@ def pipeline_api(
             "max_characters": max_characters,
             "overlap": overlap,
             "overlap_all": overlap_all,
+            "include_orig_elements": include_orig_elements,
             "extract_image_block_types": extract_image_block_types,
             "extract_image_block_to_payload": extract_image_block_to_payload,
             "unique_element_ids": unique_element_ids,
@@ -716,6 +720,7 @@ def response_generator(is_multipart: bool):
                 new_after_n_chars=form_params.new_after_n_chars,
                 overlap=form_params.overlap,
                 overlap_all=form_params.overlap_all,
+                include_orig_elements=form_params.include_orig_elements,
                 starting_page_number=form_params.starting_page_number,
                 include_slide_notes=form_params.include_slide_notes,
             )
diff --git a/prepline_general/api/models/form_params.py b/prepline_general/api/models/form_params.py
index 8b96bfda2..081175dde 100644
--- a/prepline_general/api/models/form_params.py
+++ b/prepline_general/api/models/form_params.py
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ class GeneralFormParams(BaseModel):
     new_after_n_chars: Optional[int]
     overlap: int
     overlap_all: bool
+    include_orig_elements: bool
     starting_page_number: Optional[int] = None
     include_slide_notes: bool
 
@@ -236,6 +237,18 @@ def as_form(
                 examples=[True],
             ),
         ] = False,
+        include_orig_elements: Annotated[
+            bool,
+            Form(
+                title="Include Orig Elements",
+                description="""When `True` (the default), the elements used to form each chunk are
+added to that chunk's `.metadata.orig_elements` as a gzipped+base64 blob. Set to `False` to omit
+them and produce a much smaller payload — useful for large tables, where this blob is duplicated
+into every chunk and can balloon the response size dramatically.""",
+                examples=[False],
+            ),
+            BeforeValidator(SmartValueParser[bool]().value_or_first_element),
+        ] = True,
         starting_page_number: Annotated[
             Optional[int],
             Form(
@@ -283,6 +296,7 @@ def as_form(
             new_after_n_chars=new_after_n_chars,
             overlap=overlap,
             overlap_all=overlap_all,
+            include_orig_elements=include_orig_elements,
             unique_element_ids=unique_element_ids,
             starting_page_number=starting_page_number,
             include_slide_notes=include_slide_notes,