diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 8945845..e1b44f9 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import {
   RequestHandler,
   WebSocketHandler,
   getResponse,
+  isCommonAssetRequest,
 } from 'msw'
 import {
   type WebSocketClientEventMap,
@@ -24,7 +25,8 @@ import {
 } from '@mswjs/interceptors/WebSocket'
 
 export interface CreateNetworkFixtureArgs {
-  initialHandlers: Array<RequestHandler | WebSocketHandler>
+  ignoreCommonAssetRequests?: boolean
+  initialHandlers?: Array<RequestHandler | WebSocketHandler>
 }
 
 /**
@@ -57,6 +59,7 @@ export function createNetworkFixture(
     async ({ page }, use) => {
       const worker = new NetworkFixture({
         page,
+        ignoreCommonAssetRequests: args?.ignoreCommonAssetRequests ?? true,
         initialHandlers: args?.initialHandlers || [],
       })
 
@@ -70,13 +73,16 @@ export function createNetworkFixture(
 
 export class NetworkFixture extends SetupApi<LifeCycleEventsMap> {
   #page: Page
+  #ignoreCommonAssetRequests: boolean
 
   constructor(args: {
     page: Page
+    ignoreCommonAssetRequests: boolean
     initialHandlers: Array<RequestHandler | WebSocketHandler>
   }) {
     super(...args.initialHandlers)
     this.#page = args.page
+    this.#ignoreCommonAssetRequests = args.ignoreCommonAssetRequests
   }
 
   public async start() {
@@ -88,6 +94,11 @@ export class NetworkFixture extends SetupApi<LifeCycleEventsMap> {
         body: request.postDataBuffer(),
       })
 
+      if (this.#ignoreCommonAssetRequests && isCommonAssetRequest(fetchRequest)) {
+        route.continue()
+        return
+      }
+
       const response = await getResponse(
         this.handlersController.currentHandlers().filter((handler) => {
           return handler instanceof RequestHandler
diff --git a/tests/requests.test.ts b/tests/requests.test.ts
index 38489a2..0804f35 100644
--- a/tests/requests.test.ts
+++ b/tests/requests.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { test as testBase, expect } from '@playwright/test'
-import { http } from 'msw'
+import { http, HttpResponse } from 'msw'
 import { createNetworkFixture, type NetworkFixture } from '../src/index.js'
 
 interface Fixtures {
@@ -107,3 +107,41 @@ test('intercepts a POST request with array buffer body', async ({
   expect(request.url).toBe('http://localhost:5173/action')
   await expect(request.text()).resolves.toBe('hello world')
 })
+
+test('intercepts an asset request when interceptCommonAssetRequests is true', async ({ network, page }) => {
+    network.use(
+      http.get('/index.html', () => {
+        return HttpResponse.text('NOT VALID HTML')
+      }),
+    )
+
+    await page.goto('/')
+    const htmlContent = await page.evaluate(async () => {
+      const res = await fetch('/index.html')
+      return res.text()
+    })
+
+    expect(htmlContent).toContain('DOCTYPE html')
+  })
+  
+  const testMockAssets = testBase.extend<Fixtures>({
+    network: createNetworkFixture({ ignoreCommonAssetRequests: false }),
+  })
+  
+  testMockAssets('passes through an asset request when interceptCommonAssetRequests is false', async ({ network, page }) => {
+    network.use(
+      http.get('/index.html', () => {
+        return HttpResponse.text('NOT VALID HTML')
+      }),
+    )
+    
+    await page.goto('/')
+    const htmlContent = await page.evaluate(async () => {
+      const res = await fetch('/index.html')
+      return res.text()
+    })
+    
+    expect(htmlContent).toContain('NOT VALID HTML')
+  })
+
+  
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