diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c05a046d4..2f50eb22c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 ### Features
 
 - Add catalogs.yml v2 support (requires `use_catalogs_v2: true` in dbt-core) ([1440](https://github.com/databricks/dbt-databricks/pull/1440))
+- Add `skip_optimize` model config to opt out of the post-materialization `OPTIMIZE` call without dropping `zorder` / `liquid_clustered_by` / `auto_liquid_cluster` from the table definition. Useful when `OPTIMIZE` is delegated to Predictive Optimization or scheduled out of band. Complements the existing run-wide `DATABRICKS_SKIP_OPTIMIZE` var by allowing project-, folder-, or model-level opt-out via standard dbt config inheritance ([#703](https://github.com/databricks/dbt-databricks/issues/703)).
 
 ### Fixes
 - Apply column-level `databricks_tags` for incremental models on the V1 materialization path (`use_materialization_v2: false`, the default). They were silently dropped at create and on subsequent tag changes; the V1 incremental materialization now applies them, matching the `table` materialization and the V2 path. ([#1520](https://github.com/databricks/dbt-databricks/pull/1520) closes [#1307](https://github.com/databricks/dbt-databricks/issues/1307))
diff --git a/dbt/adapters/databricks/impl.py b/dbt/adapters/databricks/impl.py
index a2fe37500..a32f5a97f 100644
--- a/dbt/adapters/databricks/impl.py
+++ b/dbt/adapters/databricks/impl.py
@@ -205,6 +205,7 @@ class DatabricksConfig(AdapterConfig):
     query_tags: Optional[str] = None
     tblproperties: Optional[dict[str, str]] = None
     zorder: Optional[Union[list[str], str]] = None
+    skip_optimize: Optional[bool] = None
     unique_tmp_table_suffix: bool = False
     skip_non_matched_step: Optional[bool] = None
     skip_matched_step: Optional[bool] = None
diff --git a/dbt/include/databricks/macros/relations/optimize.sql b/dbt/include/databricks/macros/relations/optimize.sql
index 0f8fcfd89..318c41217 100644
--- a/dbt/include/databricks/macros/relations/optimize.sql
+++ b/dbt/include/databricks/macros/relations/optimize.sql
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
 {% endmacro %}
 
 {%- macro databricks__optimize(relation) -%}
-  {%- if var('DATABRICKS_SKIP_OPTIMIZE', 'false')|lower != 'true' and
+  {%- if config.get('skip_optimize', false) | as_bool -%}
+  {%- elif var('DATABRICKS_SKIP_OPTIMIZE', 'false')|lower != 'true' and
         var('databricks_skip_optimize', 'false')|lower != 'true' and
         adapter.resolve_file_format(config) == 'delta' -%}
     {%- if (config.get('zorder', False) or config.get('liquid_clustered_by', False)) or config.get('auto_liquid_cluster', False) -%}
diff --git a/tests/unit/macros/base.py b/tests/unit/macros/base.py
index c7a04a98a..c888b958c 100644
--- a/tests/unit/macros/base.py
+++ b/tests/unit/macros/base.py
@@ -116,13 +116,25 @@ def databricks_env(self, macro_folders_to_load) -> Environment:
         """
         The environment used for rendering Databricks macros
         """
-        return Environment(
+        env = Environment(
             loader=FileSystemLoader(
                 [f"dbt/include/databricks/{folder}" for folder in macro_folders_to_load]
             ),
             extensions=["jinja2.ext.do"],
         )
 
+        def _as_bool(value):
+            if isinstance(value, bool):
+                return value
+            if str(value).lower() in ("true", "1", "yes"):
+                return True
+            if str(value).lower() in ("false", "0", "no"):
+                return False
+            raise ValueError(f"Cannot convert {value!r} to bool")
+
+        env.filters["as_bool"] = _as_bool
+        return env
+
     @pytest.fixture
     def databricks_template_names(self) -> list:
         """
diff --git a/tests/unit/macros/relations/test_optimize_macros.py b/tests/unit/macros/relations/test_optimize_macros.py
index ef452ed9f..efcf5032e 100644
--- a/tests/unit/macros/relations/test_optimize_macros.py
+++ b/tests/unit/macros/relations/test_optimize_macros.py
@@ -41,3 +41,20 @@ def test_macros_optimize_with_skip(self, key_val, var, template_bundle):
         r = self.render_bundle(template_bundle, "optimize")
 
         assert r == ""
+
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize(
+        "cluster_key,cluster_val",
+        [
+            ("zorder", "foo"),
+            ("liquid_clustered_by", ["foo"]),
+            ("auto_liquid_cluster", True),
+        ],
+    )
+    def test_macros_optimize_with_skip_optimize_config(
+        self, cluster_key, cluster_val, config, template_bundle
+    ):
+        config[cluster_key] = cluster_val
+        config["skip_optimize"] = True
+        r = self.render_bundle(template_bundle, "optimize")
+
+        assert r == ""