diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 791af041b7..f790044fc9 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -30,3 +30,6 @@ playgrounds/vue/auto-imports.d.ts
 playgrounds/vue/components.d.ts
 playgrounds/vue/tsconfig.app.tsbuildinfo
 playgrounds/vue/tsconfig.node.tsbuildinfo
+
+# Test snapshots
+__snapshots__/
diff --git a/src/plugins/components.ts b/src/plugins/components.ts
index 9295eca8ed..8a82b58bd7 100644
--- a/src/plugins/components.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/components.ts
@@ -44,10 +44,20 @@ export default function ComponentImportPlugin(options: NuxtUIOptions & { prefix:
   })
   const inertiaOverrideNames = new Set(inertiaOverrides.map(c => `${options.prefix}${c.replace(/\.vue$/, '')}`))
 
+  const allowlist = [
+    '@nuxt/ui',
+    '@compodium/examples',
+    ...(Array.isArray(options.allowedPackages) ? options.allowedPackages : [])
+  ]
+  const allowlistRegexGroup = allowlist.map(pkg =>
+    pkg.replace(/\//g, '\\/')
+  ).join('|')
+  const excludeRegex = new RegExp(`[\\\\/]node_modules[\\\\/](?!\\.pnpm|${allowlistRegexGroup})`)
+
   const pluginOptions = defu(options.components, <ComponentsOptions>{
     dts: options.dts ?? true,
     exclude: [
-      /[\\/]node_modules[\\/](?!\.pnpm|@nuxt\/ui|@compodium\/examples)/,
+      excludeRegex,
       /[\\/]\.git[\\/]/,
       /[\\/]\.nuxt[\\/]/
     ],
diff --git a/src/unplugin.ts b/src/unplugin.ts
index 1e404b20ca..09b825f51c 100644
--- a/src/unplugin.ts
+++ b/src/unplugin.ts
@@ -55,6 +55,10 @@ export interface NuxtUIOptions extends Omit<ModuleOptions, 'fonts' | 'colorMode'
    * Enables compatibility layer for InertiaJS
    */
   inertia?: boolean
+  /**
+   * External packages that should be scanned for Nuxt UI components
+   */
+  allowedPackages?: string[]
 }
 
 export const runtimeDir = normalize(fileURLToPath(new URL('./runtime', import.meta.url)))