diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 75d5ed634..547d4f06e 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -88,6 +88,15 @@ if(NOT BINARY_LINK_TYPE IN_LIST BINARY_LINK_TYPE_OPTIONS)
     message(FATAL_ERROR "BINARY_LINK_TYPE must be one of ${BINARY_LINK_TYPE_OPTIONS}")
 endif()
 
+set(PACKAGE_MANAGERS AM APK BREW CHOCO DPKG EMERGE EOPKG FLATPAK GUIX LINGLONG LPKG LPKGBUILD MACPORTS NIX OPKG PACMAN PALUDIS PKG PKGTOOL RPM SCOOP SNAP SORCERY WINGET XBPS)
+foreach(package_manager ${PACKAGE_MANAGERS})
+    if(package_manager STREQUAL "WINGET")
+        option(PACKAGES_DISABLE_${package_manager} "Disable ${package_manager} package manager detection by default" ON)
+    else()
+        option(PACKAGES_DISABLE_${package_manager} "Disable ${package_manager} package manager detection by default" OFF)
+    endif()
+endforeach()
+
 if (LINUX)
     set(CUSTOM_PCI_IDS_PATH "" CACHE STRING "Custom path to file pci.ids, defaults to `/usr/share/hwdata/pci.ids`")
     set(CUSTOM_AMDGPU_IDS_PATH "" CACHE STRING "Custom path to file amdgpu.ids, defaults to `/usr/share/libdrm/amdgpu.ids`")
@@ -1264,6 +1273,22 @@ if(NOT WIN32)
     endif()
 endif()
 
+set(PACKAGES_DISABLE_LIST "")
+foreach(package_manager ${PACKAGE_MANAGERS})
+    if(PACKAGES_DISABLE_${package_manager})
+        list(APPEND PACKAGES_DISABLE_LIST "${package_manager}")
+    endif()
+endforeach()
+if("${PACKAGES_DISABLE_LIST}" STREQUAL "")
+    set(PACKAGES_DISABLE_LIST "FF_PACKAGES_FLAG_NONE")
+else()
+    message(STATUS "Disabled package managers: ${PACKAGES_DISABLE_LIST}")
+    list(TRANSFORM PACKAGES_DISABLE_LIST PREPEND "FF_PACKAGES_FLAG_")
+    list(TRANSFORM PACKAGES_DISABLE_LIST APPEND "_BIT")
+    list(JOIN PACKAGES_DISABLE_LIST " | " PACKAGES_DISABLE_LIST)
+endif()
+target_compile_definitions(libfastfetch PRIVATE FF_PACKAGES_DISABLE_LIST=${PACKAGES_DISABLE_LIST})
+
 ######################
 # Executable targets #
 ######################
diff --git a/src/modules/packages/packages.c b/src/modules/packages/packages.c
index 3d056c12d..3e2b09fc7 100644
--- a/src/modules/packages/packages.c
+++ b/src/modules/packages/packages.c
@@ -336,6 +336,7 @@ void ffGeneratePackagesJsonConfig(FFPackagesOptions* options, yyjson_mut_doc* do
         yyjson_mut_val* arr = yyjson_mut_obj_add_arr(doc, module, "disabled");
         #define FF_TEST_PACKAGE_NAME(name) else if ((options->disabled & FF_PACKAGES_FLAG_ ## name ## _BIT) != (defaultOptions.disabled & FF_PACKAGES_FLAG_ ## name ## _BIT)) { yyjson_mut_arr_add_str(doc, arr, #name); }
         if (false);
+        FF_TEST_PACKAGE_NAME(AM)
         FF_TEST_PACKAGE_NAME(APK)
         FF_TEST_PACKAGE_NAME(BREW)
         FF_TEST_PACKAGE_NAME(CHOCO)
@@ -343,24 +344,23 @@ void ffGeneratePackagesJsonConfig(FFPackagesOptions* options, yyjson_mut_doc* do
         FF_TEST_PACKAGE_NAME(EMERGE)
         FF_TEST_PACKAGE_NAME(EOPKG)
         FF_TEST_PACKAGE_NAME(FLATPAK)
+        FF_TEST_PACKAGE_NAME(GUIX)
+        FF_TEST_PACKAGE_NAME(LINGLONG)
         FF_TEST_PACKAGE_NAME(LPKG)
         FF_TEST_PACKAGE_NAME(LPKGBUILD)
+        FF_TEST_PACKAGE_NAME(MACPORTS)
         FF_TEST_PACKAGE_NAME(NIX)
         FF_TEST_PACKAGE_NAME(OPKG)
         FF_TEST_PACKAGE_NAME(PACMAN)
         FF_TEST_PACKAGE_NAME(PALUDIS)
         FF_TEST_PACKAGE_NAME(PKG)
         FF_TEST_PACKAGE_NAME(PKGTOOL)
-        FF_TEST_PACKAGE_NAME(MACPORTS)
         FF_TEST_PACKAGE_NAME(RPM)
         FF_TEST_PACKAGE_NAME(SCOOP)
         FF_TEST_PACKAGE_NAME(SNAP)
+        FF_TEST_PACKAGE_NAME(SORCERY)
         FF_TEST_PACKAGE_NAME(WINGET)
         FF_TEST_PACKAGE_NAME(XBPS)
-        FF_TEST_PACKAGE_NAME(AM)
-        FF_TEST_PACKAGE_NAME(SORCERY)
-        FF_TEST_PACKAGE_NAME(GUIX)
-        FF_TEST_PACKAGE_NAME(LINGLONG)
         #undef FF_TEST_PACKAGE_NAME
     }
 }
@@ -473,7 +473,7 @@ void ffInitPackagesOptions(FFPackagesOptions* options)
     );
     ffOptionInitModuleArg(&options->moduleArgs, "󰏖");
 
-    options->disabled = FF_PACKAGES_FLAG_WINGET_BIT;
+    options->disabled = FF_PACKAGES_DISABLE_LIST;
 }
 
 void ffDestroyPackagesOptions(FFPackagesOptions* options)