diff --git a/R/duckplyr-package.R b/R/duckplyr-package.R
index e352bc2b..1c97cdca 100644
--- a/R/duckplyr-package.R
+++ b/R/duckplyr-package.R
@@ -543,7 +543,7 @@ tidyselect::where
 dplyr_mode <- FALSE
 
 on_load({
-  if (!identical(Sys.getenv("TESTTHAT"), "true")) {
+  if (!identical(Sys.getenv("TESTTHAT"), "true") && is.null(getOption("duckdb.materialize_message"))) {
     options(duckdb.materialize_message = TRUE)
   }
 })