diff --git a/nix/hm-module.nix b/nix/hm-module.nix
index 4f1f4f6b..4109fe54 100644
--- a/nix/hm-module.nix
+++ b/nix/hm-module.nix
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ self: {
 in {
   options.wayland.windowManager.hyprland = {
     enable = lib.mkEnableOption "hyprland wayland compositor";
+
     package = lib.mkOption {
       type = with lib.types; nullOr package;
       default = defaultHyprlandPackage;
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ in {
         be done if you want to use the NixOS module to install Hyprland.
       '';
     };
+
     systemdIntegration = lib.mkOption {
       type = lib.types.bool;
       default = pkgs.stdenv.isLinux;
@@ -43,6 +45,18 @@ in {
         </itemizedlist>
       '';
     };
+
+    disableAutoreload = lib.mkOption {
+      type = lib.types.bool;
+      default = false;
+      defaultText = lib.literalExpression "false";
+      example = lib.literalExpression "true";
+      description = ''
+        Whether to disable automatically reloading Hyprland's configuration when
+        rebuilding the Home Manager profile.
+      '';
+    };
+
     xwayland = {
       enable = lib.mkOption {
         type = lib.types.bool;
@@ -70,7 +84,6 @@ in {
       '';
     };
 
-
     extraConfig = lib.mkOption {
       type = lib.types.nullOr lib.types.lines;
       default = "";
@@ -119,7 +132,8 @@ in {
           if cfg.package == null
           then defaultHyprlandPackage
           else cfg.package;
-      in "HYPRLAND_INSTANCE_SIGNATURE=$(ls -w 1 /tmp/hypr | tail -1) ${hyprlandPackage}/bin/hyprctl reload config-only";
+      in
+        lib.mkIf (!cfg.disableAutoreload) "HYPRLAND_INSTANCE_SIGNATURE=$(ls -w 1 /tmp/hypr | tail -1) ${hyprlandPackage}/bin/hyprctl reload config-only";
     };
 
     systemd.user.targets.hyprland-session = lib.mkIf cfg.systemdIntegration {