diff --git a/modules/performance.nix b/modules/performance.nix
index c12c7226..88f1ad15 100644
--- a/modules/performance.nix
+++ b/modules/performance.nix
@@ -60,6 +60,17 @@ in
       luaLib = lib.mkEnableOption "luaLib" // {
         description = "Whether to byte compile lua library.";
       };
+      excludedPlugins = lib.mkOption {
+        type = with types; listOf (either str package);
+        default = [ ];
+        example = lib.literalExpression ''
+          [
+            "faster.nvim"
+             pkgs.vimPlugins.conform-nvim
+          ];
+        '';
+        description = "List of plugins (names or packages) to exclude from byte compilation.";
+      };
     };
 
     combinePlugins = {
diff --git a/modules/top-level/plugins/byte-compile-plugins.nix b/modules/top-level/plugins/byte-compile-plugins.nix
index 10c62df6..eba2b2af 100644
--- a/modules/top-level/plugins/byte-compile-plugins.nix
+++ b/modules/top-level/plugins/byte-compile-plugins.nix
@@ -4,15 +4,25 @@
   Inputs: List of normalized plugins
   Outputs: List of normalized (compiled) plugins
 */
-{ lib, pkgs }:
+{
+  lib,
+  pkgs,
+  excludedPlugins,
+}:
+normalizedPlugins:
 let
   builders = lib.nixvim.builders.withPkgs pkgs;
   inherit (import ./utils.nix lib) mapNormalizedPlugins;
 
+  excludedNames = map (p: if builtins.isString p then p else lib.getName p) excludedPlugins;
+  isExcluded = p: builtins.elem (lib.getName p.plugin) excludedNames;
+
+  partitionedPlugins = builtins.partition isExcluded normalizedPlugins;
+
   byteCompile =
     p:
     (builders.byteCompileLuaDrv p).overrideAttrs (
       prev: lib.optionalAttrs (prev ? dependencies) { dependencies = map byteCompile prev.dependencies; }
     );
 in
-mapNormalizedPlugins byteCompile
+(mapNormalizedPlugins byteCompile partitionedPlugins.wrong) ++ partitionedPlugins.right
diff --git a/modules/top-level/plugins/default.nix b/modules/top-level/plugins/default.nix
index 64f0be40..f7acaf89 100644
--- a/modules/top-level/plugins/default.nix
+++ b/modules/top-level/plugins/default.nix
@@ -32,7 +32,10 @@ in
     build.plugins =
       let
         shouldCompilePlugins = byteCompileCfg.enable && byteCompileCfg.plugins;
-        byteCompilePlugins = pkgs.callPackage ./byte-compile-plugins.nix { inherit lib; };
+        byteCompilePlugins = pkgs.callPackage ./byte-compile-plugins.nix {
+          inherit lib;
+          inherit (config.performance.byteCompileLua) excludedPlugins;
+        };
 
         shouldCompileLuaLib = byteCompileCfg.enable && byteCompileCfg.luaLib;
         inherit (pkgs.callPackage ./byte-compile-lua-lib.nix { inherit lib; }) byteCompilePluginDeps;