diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 0d3254d..1079320 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # This file is automatically @generated by Cargo.
 # It is not intended for manual editing.
-version = 3
+version = 4
 
 [[package]]
 name = "aho-corasick"
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "snapbox",
  "tempfile",
  "toml",
+ "xdg",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -636,3 +637,9 @@ checksum = "36c1fec1a2bb5866f07c25f68c26e565c4c200aebb96d7e55710c19d3e8ac49b"
 dependencies = [
  "memchr",
 ]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "xdg"
+version = "2.5.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "213b7324336b53d2414b2db8537e56544d981803139155afa84f76eeebb7a546"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index b2ffd2e..64c9396 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ once_cell = "1.20"
 regex = "1.11"
 tempfile = "3.14"
 toml = "0.8"
+xdg = "2.5"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 assert_cmd = "2.0"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 227d0a8..504c8c6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ Note that the below environment variables are read **when a build script is link
   BUILD_WRAP_ALLOW=1 cargo build -vv
   ```
 
+  If a package must always be built with this strategy, put the package's name in [`$HOME/.config/build-wrap/allow.txt`] (see below).
+
 - `BUILD_WRAP_CMD`: Command used to execute a build script. Linux default:
 
   - With comments:
@@ -90,6 +92,17 @@ Note that the below environment variables are read **when a build script is link
   (deny network*)                                  ;; Deny network access
   ```
 
+## `$HOME/.config/build-wrap/allow.txt`
+
+If a file at `$HOME/.config/build-wrap/allow.txt` exists, `build-wrap` treats each line as the name of a package. Such packages are built as though `BUILD_WRAP_ALLOW` were set to `1`.
+
+For example, [`svm-rs-builds`] downloads information about Solc releases when it is built. So if you build [`svm-rs`] frequently, you might do the following:
+
+```sh
+mkdir -p "$HOME/.config/build-wrap"
+echo 'svm-rs-builds' > "$HOME/.config/build-wrap/allow.txt"
+```
+
 ## Environment variables that `build-wrap` treats as set
 
 Note that we say "treats as set" because these are considered only when [`BUILD_WRAP_CMD` is expanded].
@@ -134,9 +147,12 @@ The "wrapped" version of the build script does the following when invoked:
 [How `build-wrap` works]: #how-build-wrap-works
 [Ubuntu Community Wiki]: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AppArmor
 [Ubuntu Server]: https://documentation.ubuntu.com/server/how-to/security/apparmor/
+[`$HOME/.config/build-wrap/allow.txt`]: #homeconfigbuild-wrapallowtxt
 [`BUILD_WRAP_CMD` is expanded]: #how-build_wrap_cmd-is-expanded
 [`cc-rs`]: https://github.com/rust-lang/cc-rs
 [`sandbox-exec`]: https://keith.github.io/xcode-man-pages/sandbox-exec.1.html
+[`svm-rs-builds`]: https://github.com/alloy-rs/svm-rs/tree/master/crates/svm-builds
+[`svm-rs`]: https://github.com/alloy-rs/svm-rs
 [affect Bubblewrap]: https://github.com/containers/bubblewrap/issues/505#issuecomment-2093203129
 [as it would `BUILD_WRAP_CMD`]: #how-build_wrap_cmd-is-expanded
 [changed with version 24.04]: https://ubuntu.com/blog/ubuntu-23-10-restricted-unprivileged-user-namespaces
diff --git a/src/util/common.rs b/src/util/common.rs
index 0492bbe..b8a35bd 100644
--- a/src/util/common.rs
+++ b/src/util/common.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use anyhow::{anyhow, bail, ensure, Context, Result};
 use once_cell::sync::Lazy;
 use std::{
     env,
-    fs::canonicalize,
+    fs::{canonicalize, read_to_string},
     io::Write,
     os::unix::ffi::OsStrExt,
     path::Path,
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ fn exec_sibling(sibling_path_as_str: &str) -> Result<()> {
     // They will cause the wrapped build script to be rerun, however.
     let expanded_args = split_and_expand(sibling_path)?;
 
-    let allow_enabled = enabled("BUILD_WRAP_ALLOW");
+    let allow_enabled = enabled("BUILD_WRAP_ALLOW") || package_name_allowed();
 
     let mut command = Command::new(&expanded_args[0]);
     command.args(&expanded_args[1..]);
@@ -275,6 +275,22 @@ fn enabled(name: &str) -> bool {
     env::var(name).is_ok_and(|value| value != "0")
 }
 
+static ALLOWED_PACKAGE_NAMES: Lazy<Vec<String>> = Lazy::new(|| {
+    let base_directories = xdg::BaseDirectories::new().unwrap();
+    let Some(allowed) = base_directories.find_config_file("build-wrap/allow.txt") else {
+        return Vec::new();
+    };
+    let contents = read_to_string(allowed).unwrap();
+    contents.lines().map(ToOwned::to_owned).collect()
+});
+
+fn package_name_allowed() -> bool {
+    let Ok(package_name) = env::var("CARGO_PKG_NAME") else {
+        return false;
+    };
+    ALLOWED_PACKAGE_NAMES.contains(&package_name)
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 pub use test::assert_readme_contains_code_block;
 
diff --git a/src/wrapper.rs b/src/wrapper.rs
index bffdcc6..baf5bd5 100644
--- a/src/wrapper.rs
+++ b/src/wrapper.rs
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ publish = false
 anyhow = "1.0"
 once_cell = "1.19"
 tempfile = "3.10"
+xdg = "2.5"
 "#;
 
 /// A wrapper build script's src/main.rs consists of the following: