diff --git a/src/main/java/org/metanorma/fop/PDFGenerator.java b/src/main/java/org/metanorma/fop/PDFGenerator.java
index 4bc02b6..7981c59 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/metanorma/fop/PDFGenerator.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/metanorma/fop/PDFGenerator.java
@@ -88,6 +88,8 @@ public class PDFGenerator {
     private boolean isAddCommentaryPageNumbers = false;
     
     private boolean isAddMathAsAttachment = false;
+
+    private boolean isApplyAutolayoutAlgorithm = true;
     
     private boolean isAddAnnotations = false;
     
@@ -275,6 +277,8 @@ public boolean process() {
             isAddMathAsText = xsltConverter.hasParamAddMathAsText()  && isMathExists;
             isAddMathAsAttachment = xsltConverter.hasParamAddMathAsAttachment();
 
+			isApplyAutolayoutAlgorithm = xsltConverter.isApplyAutolayoutAlgorithm();
+
             if (isSyntaxHighlight) {
                 xsltParams.put("syntax-highlight", "true");
             }
@@ -1174,7 +1178,7 @@ private void setTablesWidths(fontConfig fontcfg, XSLTconverter xsltConverter, Fi
         long startMethodTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
 
         try {
-            if (isTableExists && xmlTableIF.isEmpty()) { 
+            if (isTableExists && xmlTableIF.isEmpty() && isApplyAutolayoutAlgorithm) {
                 // generate IF with table width data
                 xsltConverter.setParam("table_if", "true");
                 logger.info("[INFO] Generation of XSL-FO with information about the table's widths ...");
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/metanorma/fop/SourceXMLDocument.java b/src/main/java/org/metanorma/fop/SourceXMLDocument.java
index dbcb96d..9d31d78 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/metanorma/fop/SourceXMLDocument.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/metanorma/fop/SourceXMLDocument.java
@@ -98,7 +98,8 @@ public SourceXMLDocument(String strXML) {
     private void readMetaInformation() {
         String element_review =  readValue("//*[local-name() = 'review'][1]");
         this.hasAnnotations = element_review.length() != 0;
-        String element_table = readValue("//*[local-name() = 'table' or local-name() = 'dl'][1]");
+        // check table without colgroup/col (width) or dl
+        String element_table = readValue("//*[(local-name() = 'table' and not(*[local-name() = 'colgroup']/*[local-name() = 'col'])) or local-name() = 'dl'][1]");
         this.hasTables = element_table.length() != 0;
         String element_math = readValue("//*[local-name() = 'math'][1]");
         this.hasMath = element_math.length() != 0;
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/metanorma/fop/XSLTconverter.java b/src/main/java/org/metanorma/fop/XSLTconverter.java
index fa5fad9..346c5cb 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/metanorma/fop/XSLTconverter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/metanorma/fop/XSLTconverter.java
@@ -187,6 +187,11 @@ public boolean hasParamAddMathAsAttachment() {
         return param_add_math_as_attachment.equalsIgnoreCase("true");
     }
 
+    public boolean isApplyAutolayoutAlgorithm() {
+        String variable_isApplyAutolayoutAlgorithm = readValue("/*[local-name() = 'stylesheet']/*[local-name() = 'variable'][@name = 'isApplyAutolayoutAlgorithm_']");
+        return variable_isApplyAutolayoutAlgorithm.trim().equalsIgnoreCase("true");
+    }
+
     public void deleteTmpXSL() {
         if (tmpfileXSL != null) {
             try {