diff --git a/jdaviz/components/tooltip.vue b/jdaviz/components/tooltip.vue
index 3195d378da..623bce2f0d 100644
--- a/jdaviz/components/tooltip.vue
+++ b/jdaviz/components/tooltip.vue
@@ -108,6 +108,11 @@ const tooltips = {
   'plugin-dq-show-all': 'Show all quality flags',
   'plugin-dq-hide-all': 'Hide all quality flags',
   'plugin-dq-color-picker': 'Change the color of this DQ flag',
+  'plugin-vo-filter-coverage': `Only show surveys that report coverage within specified radius of provided coordinates. Queries may take longer to process<br /><br />
+    <div style="border: 1px solid gray;" class="pa-2">
+      <strong>Note:</strong>
+      Surveys which have not implemented coverage information will also be excluded. If you are expecting a survey that doesn't appear, try disabling coverage filtering.
+    </div>`
 }
 
 
diff --git a/jdaviz/configs/default/plugins/virtual_observatory/vo_plugin.py b/jdaviz/configs/default/plugins/virtual_observatory/vo_plugin.py
index 81cea17122..b186717b2f 100644
--- a/jdaviz/configs/default/plugins/virtual_observatory/vo_plugin.py
+++ b/jdaviz/configs/default/plugins/virtual_observatory/vo_plugin.py
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ class VoPlugin(PluginTemplateMixin, AddResultsMixin, TableMixin):
     viewer_selected = Unicode().tag(sync=True)
 
     wavebands = List().tag(sync=True)
+    resource_filter_coverage = Bool(True).tag(sync=True)
     resources = List([]).tag(sync=True)
     resources_loading= Bool(False).tag(sync=True)
 
@@ -137,7 +138,7 @@ def vue_query_registry_resources(self, event=None):
 
         try:
             registry_args = [registry.Servicetype("sia"), registry.Waveband(self.waveband_selected)]
-            if coord != None:
+            if coord != None and self.resource_filter_coverage:
                 registry_args.append(registry.Spatial(coord, self.radius_deg, intersect="overlaps"))
             self._full_registry_results = registry.search(*registry_args)
             self.resources = list(self._full_registry_results.getcolumn("short_name"))
diff --git a/jdaviz/configs/default/plugins/virtual_observatory/vo_plugin.vue b/jdaviz/configs/default/plugins/virtual_observatory/vo_plugin.vue
index 55e8b6833f..878f6b6c05 100644
--- a/jdaviz/configs/default/plugins/virtual_observatory/vo_plugin.vue
+++ b/jdaviz/configs/default/plugins/virtual_observatory/vo_plugin.vue
@@ -52,6 +52,17 @@
 
 
     <j-plugin-section-header>Survey Collections</j-plugin-section-header>
+      <v-row>
+        <j-tooltip tipid='plugin-vo-filter-coverage'>
+        <span>
+          <v-btn icon @click.stop="resource_filter_coverage = !resource_filter_coverage">
+            <v-icon>mdi-filter{{ resource_filter_coverage ? '' : '-remove' }}</v-icon>
+          </v-btn>
+          Filter by Coverage
+        </span>
+        </j-tooltip>
+      </v-row>
+      
       <v-row>
         <v-select
           :menu-props="{ left: true }"
@@ -89,9 +100,15 @@
       </v-row>
 
     <v-row class="row-no-outside-padding">
-        <v-col>
-            <v-btn color="primary" :loading="results_loading" text @click="query_resource">Query Archive</v-btn>
-        </v-col>
+      <v-col>
+        <v-btn
+          block
+          color="primary"
+          :loading="results_loading"
+          :disabled="this.resource_selected === null"
+          text
+          @click="query_resource">Query Archive</v-btn>
+      </v-col>
     </v-row>
 
     <jupyter-widget :widget="table_widget"></jupyter-widget>