diff --git a/modules/programs/qutebrowser.nix b/modules/programs/qutebrowser.nix
index 282861d90..9521dc2a4 100644
--- a/modules/programs/qutebrowser.nix
+++ b/modules/programs/qutebrowser.nix
@@ -51,6 +51,14 @@ in {
       '';
     };
 
+    loadAutoconfig = mkOption {
+      type = types.bool;
+      default = false;
+      description = ''
+        Load settings configured via the GUI.
+      '';
+    };
+
     searchEngines = mkOption {
       type = types.attrsOf types.str;
       default = { };
@@ -256,7 +264,12 @@ in {
     home.packages = [ cfg.package ];
 
     xdg.configFile."qutebrowser/config.py".text = concatStringsSep "\n" ([ ]
-      ++ mapAttrsToList (formatLine "c.") cfg.settings
+      ++ [
+        "${if cfg.loadAutoconfig then
+          "config.load_autoconfig()"
+        else
+          "config.load_autoconfig(False)"}"
+      ] ++ mapAttrsToList (formatLine "c.") cfg.settings
       ++ mapAttrsToList (formatDictLine "c.aliases") cfg.aliases
       ++ mapAttrsToList (formatDictLine "c.url.searchengines") cfg.searchEngines
       ++ mapAttrsToList (formatDictLine "c.bindings.key_mappings")
diff --git a/tests/modules/programs/qutebrowser/keybindings.nix b/tests/modules/programs/qutebrowser/keybindings.nix
index e89e44b46..917bf9baa 100644
--- a/tests/modules/programs/qutebrowser/keybindings.nix
+++ b/tests/modules/programs/qutebrowser/keybindings.nix
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ with lib;
         home-files/.config/qutebrowser/config.py \
         ${
           pkgs.writeText "qutebrowser-expected-config.py" ''
+            config.load_autoconfig(False)
             c.bindings.default = {}
             config.bind(",l", "config-cycle spellcheck.languages [\"en-GB\"] [\"en-US\"]", mode="normal")
             config.bind("<Ctrl-v>", "spawn mpv {url}", mode="normal")
diff --git a/tests/modules/programs/qutebrowser/settings.nix b/tests/modules/programs/qutebrowser/settings.nix
index 1f0f5db04..0eda01710 100644
--- a/tests/modules/programs/qutebrowser/settings.nix
+++ b/tests/modules/programs/qutebrowser/settings.nix
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ with lib;
         home-files/.config/qutebrowser/config.py \
         ${
           pkgs.writeText "qutebrowser-expected-config.py" ''
+            config.load_autoconfig(False)
             c.colors.hints.bg = "#000000"
             c.colors.hints.fg = "#ffffff"
             c.colors.tabs.bar.bg = "#000000"