diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 12eca30..6302859 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -233,15 +233,19 @@
           ],
           "description": "Have VSCode download the language server automatically (MacOS/Windows only for Swift-MesonLSP)"
         },
-        "mesonbuild.setupCppTools": {
-          "type": "boolean",
-          "default": true,
-          "markdownDescription": "Setup the [Microsoft C/C++ extension](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ms-vscode.cpptools) to work with Meson"
-        },
-        "mesonbuild.setupRustAnalyzer": {
-          "type": "boolean",
+        "mesonbuild.modifySettings": {
+          "type": [
+            "boolean",
+            "array"
+          ],
+          "items": {
+            "enum": [
+              "ms-vscode.cpptools",
+              "rust-lang.rust-analyzer"
+            ]
+          },
           "default": true,
-          "markdownDescription": "Setup the [rust-analyzer extension](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ms-vscode.cpptools) to work with Meson"
+          "markdownDescription": "Automatically setup other extensions to use files generated by Meson. Set it to `false` if for example `.vscode/settings.json` is committed into git and should not be modified. It can also be an array of extension IDs of the following:\n- [`ms-vscode.cpptools`](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ms-vscode.cpptools)\n- [`rust-lang.rust-analyzer`](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=rust-lang.rust-analyzer)."
         },
         "mesonbuild.Swift-MesonLSP.others.ignoreDiagnosticsFromSubprojects": {
           "type": [
diff --git a/src/extension.ts b/src/extension.ts
index 8149fe2..e22807c 100644
--- a/src/extension.ts
+++ b/src/extension.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import {
   getBuildDirectory,
   whenFileExists,
   mesonRootDirs,
+  shouldModifySetting,
 } from "./utils";
 import { DebugConfigurationProviderCppdbg } from "./debug/cppdbg";
 import { DebugConfigurationProviderLldb } from "./debug/lldb";
@@ -134,7 +135,7 @@ export async function activate(ctx: vscode.ExtensionContext) {
 
   const compileCommandsFile = `${buildDir}/compile_commands.json`;
   whenFileExists(ctx, compileCommandsFile, async () => {
-    if (extensionConfiguration("setupCppTools")) {
+    if (shouldModifySetting("ms-vscode.cpptools")) {
       const conf = vscode.workspace.getConfiguration("C_Cpp");
       conf.update("default.compileCommands", compileCommandsFile, vscode.ConfigurationTarget.Workspace);
     }
@@ -142,7 +143,7 @@ export async function activate(ctx: vscode.ExtensionContext) {
 
   const rustProjectFile = `${buildDir}/rust-project.json`;
   whenFileExists(ctx, rustProjectFile, async () => {
-    if (extensionConfiguration("setupRustAnalyzer")) {
+    if (shouldModifySetting("rust-lang.rust-analyzer")) {
       const conf = vscode.workspace.getConfiguration("rust-analyzer");
       conf.update("linkedProjects", [rustProjectFile], vscode.ConfigurationTarget.Workspace);
     }
diff --git a/src/types.ts b/src/types.ts
index f5972ca..06582bc 100644
--- a/src/types.ts
+++ b/src/types.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ export type LinterConfiguration = {
 };
 
 export type LanguageServer = "Swift-MesonLSP" | null;
+export type ModifiableExtension = "ms-vscode.cpptools" | "rust-lang.rust-analyzer";
 
 export interface ExtensionConfiguration {
   configureOnOpen: boolean | "ask";
@@ -33,8 +34,7 @@ export interface ExtensionConfiguration {
   languageServerPath: string;
   downloadLanguageServer: boolean | "ask";
   selectRootDir: boolean;
-  setupCppTools: boolean;
-  setupRustAnalyzer: boolean;
+  modifySettings: boolean | ModifiableExtension[];
 }
 
 export interface TaskQuickPickItem extends vscode.QuickPickItem {
@@ -133,6 +133,5 @@ export enum SettingsKey {
   languageServer = "languageServer",
   configureOnOpen = "configureOnOpen",
   selectRootDir = "selectRootDir",
-  setupCppTools = "setupCppTools",
-  setupRustAnalyzer = "setupRustAnalyzer",
+  modifySettings = "modifySettings",
 }
diff --git a/src/utils.ts b/src/utils.ts
index e5dff85..e7ef8a1 100644
--- a/src/utils.ts
+++ b/src/utils.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import * as vscode from "vscode";
 import * as which from "which";
 
 import { createHash, BinaryLike } from "crypto";
-import { ExtensionConfiguration, Target } from "./types";
+import { ExtensionConfiguration, Target, SettingsKey, ModifiableExtension } from "./types";
 import { getMesonBuildOptions } from "./introspection";
 import { extensionPath, workspaceState } from "./extension";
 
@@ -123,6 +123,13 @@ export function extensionConfigurationSet<K extends keyof ExtensionConfiguration
   return getConfiguration().update(key, value, target);
 }
 
+export function shouldModifySetting(key: ModifiableExtension) {
+  const modifySettings = extensionConfiguration(SettingsKey.modifySettings);
+  if (typeof modifySettings == "boolean") return modifySettings;
+  if (modifySettings.includes(key)) return true;
+  return false;
+}
+
 export function arrayIncludes<T>(array: T[], value: T) {
   return array.indexOf(value) !== -1;
 }