diff --git a/falco.yaml b/falco.yaml
index 7e446b47..53235826 100644
--- a/falco.yaml
+++ b/falco.yaml
@@ -139,6 +139,22 @@ rules_file:
   - /etc/falco/falco_rules.local.yaml
   - /etc/falco/rules.d
 
+# [Experimental] `rule_matching`
+#
+# Falco has to be performant when evaluating rules against events. To quickly 
+# understand which rules could trigger on a specific event, Falco maintains 
+# buckets of rules sharing the same event type in a map. Then, the lookup 
+# in each bucket is performed through linear search. The `rule_matching`
+# configuration key's values are:
+#  - "first": when evaluating conditions of rules in a bucket, Falco will stop
+#    to evaluate rules if it finds a matching rules. Since rules are stored 
+#    in buckets in the order they are defined in the rules files, this option 
+#    could prevent other rules to trigger even if their condition is met, causing
+#    a shadowing problem.
+#  - "all": with this value Falco will continue evaluating all the rules 
+#    stored in the bucket, so that multiple rules could be triggered upon one
+#    event.
+rule_matching: first
 
 #################
 # Falco plugins #
diff --git a/userspace/engine/falco_common.cpp b/userspace/engine/falco_common.cpp
index 0b437cc8..44b7a489 100644
--- a/userspace/engine/falco_common.cpp
+++ b/userspace/engine/falco_common.cpp
@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@ static std::vector<std::string> priority_names = {
 	"Debug"
 };
 
+static std::vector<std::string> rule_matching_names = {
+	"first",
+	"all"
+};
+
 bool falco_common::parse_priority(std::string v, priority_type& out)
 {
 	for (size_t i = 0; i < priority_names.size(); i++)
@@ -79,4 +84,17 @@ std::string falco_common::format_priority(priority_type v, bool shortfmt)
 		throw falco_exception("Unknown priority enum value: " + std::to_string(v));
 	}
 	return out;
+}
+
+bool falco_common::parse_rule_matching(std::string v, rule_matching& out)
+{
+	for (size_t i = 0; i < rule_matching_names.size(); i++)
+	{
+		if (!strcasecmp(v.c_str(), rule_matching_names[i].c_str()))
+		{
+			out = (rule_matching) i;
+			return true;
+		}
+	}
+	return false;
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/userspace/engine/falco_common.h b/userspace/engine/falco_common.h
index 5a1e822f..6c63eec9 100644
--- a/userspace/engine/falco_common.h
+++ b/userspace/engine/falco_common.h
@@ -71,4 +71,12 @@ namespace falco_common
 	priority_type parse_priority(std::string v);
 	bool format_priority(priority_type v, std::string& out, bool shortfmt=false);
 	std::string format_priority(priority_type v, bool shortfmt=false);
+
+	enum rule_matching
+	{
+		FIRST = 0,
+		ALL = 1
+	};
+
+	bool parse_rule_matching(std::string v, rule_matching& out);
 };