diff --git a/config/config b/config/config
index 01c20cb3..2425557e 100644
--- a/config/config
+++ b/config/config
@@ -345,6 +345,11 @@ xoffset=0
 # --ascii 'distro', path/to/ascii
 ascii="distro"
 
+# Ascii distro
+# Which distro's ascii art to display.
+# --ascii_distro 'auto', 'distro_name'
+ascii_distro="auto"
+
 # Ascii colors
 # When this is set to distro it will use your
 # ditro's colors to color the ascii.
diff --git a/neofetch b/neofetch
index 56715639..3ea4d96b 100755
--- a/neofetch
+++ b/neofetch
@@ -2979,7 +2979,9 @@ trap 'printf "\033[?25h"; clear; exit' 2
 
 # Distro detection
 getdistro
-[ -z "$ascii_distro" ] && ascii_distro="$(trim "$distro")"
+case "${ascii_distro:-auto}" in
+    "auto") ascii_distro="$(trim "$distro")" ;;
+esac
 
 # Get colors and bold
 bold