diff --git a/extra/snap-pac.ini b/extra/snap-pac.ini
index 92c9825..2ce6d94 100644
--- a/extra/snap-pac.ini
+++ b/extra/snap-pac.ini
@@ -21,12 +21,14 @@ cleanup_algorithm = number
 #post_description = pacman post snapshot
 
 # Uncomment to add "important=yes" to userdata for snapshots referring to these packages
-#important_packages = ["linux"]
+#important_packages = ["linux", "linux-lts]
 
-# Uncomment to add "important=yes" to userdata for snapshots that were created with the
-#following commands
+# Uncomment to add "important=yes" to userdata for snapshots that were created with the following commands
 #important_commands = ["pacman -Syu"]
 
+# Add custom userdata. Each key-value pair should be an item in the list
+#userdata = ["key=value","foo=bar"]
+
 # Example for another snapper configuration named "home"
 # [home]
 # snapshot = True
diff --git a/scripts/snap_pac.py b/scripts/snap_pac.py
index 7838fa1..b387483 100755
--- a/scripts/snap_pac.py
+++ b/scripts/snap_pac.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ logging.basicConfig(format="%(message)s", level=logging.INFO)
 class SnapperCmd:
 
     def __init__(self, config, snapshot_type, cleanup_algorithm, description="",
-                 nodbus=False, pre_number=None, important=False):
+                 nodbus=False, pre_number=None, userdata=""):
         self.cmd = ["snapper"]
         if nodbus:
             self.cmd.append("--no-dbus")
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ class SnapperCmd:
         self.cmd.append("--print-number")
         if description:
             self.cmd.append(f"--description \"{description}\"")
-        if important:
-            self.cmd.append("--userdata \"important=yes\"")
+        if userdata:
+            self.cmd.append(f"--userdata \"{userdata}\"")
         if snapshot_type == "post":
             if pre_number is not None:
                 self.cmd.append(f"--pre-number {pre_number}")
@@ -76,7 +76,8 @@ def setup_config_parser(ini_file, parent_cmd, packages):
         "post_description": " ".join(packages),
         "desc_limit": 72,
         "important_packages": [],
-        "important_commands": []
+        "important_commands": [],
+        "userdata": set()
     }
     config["root"] = {
         "snapshot": True
@@ -116,6 +117,13 @@ def check_important_packages(config, snapper_config, packages):
     return any(x in important_packages for x in packages)
 
 
+def get_userdata(config, snapper_config, important):
+    userdata = set(json.loads(config.get(snapper_config, "userdata")))
+    if important:
+        userdata.add("important=yes")
+    return ",".join(sorted(list(userdata)))
+
+
 def main(snap_pac_ini, snapper_conf_file, args):
 
     if os.getenv("SNAP_PAC_SKIP", "n").lower() in ["y", "yes", "true", "1"]:
@@ -142,8 +150,10 @@ def main(snap_pac_ini, snapper_conf_file, args):
             important = (check_important_commands(config, snapper_config, parent_cmd) or
                          check_important_packages(config, snapper_config, packages))
 
+            userdata = get_userdata(config, snapper_config, important)
+
             snapper_cmd = SnapperCmd(snapper_config, args.type, cleanup_algorithm,
-                                     description, chroot, pre_number, important)
+                                     description, chroot, pre_number, userdata)
             num = snapper_cmd()
             logging.info(f"==> {snapper_config}: {num}")
 
diff --git a/tests/test_script.py b/tests/test_script.py
index 291f17a..e479062 100644
--- a/tests/test_script.py
+++ b/tests/test_script.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import pytest
 
 from scripts.snap_pac import (
    SnapperCmd, check_important_commands, check_important_packages, get_pre_number, get_snapper_configs,
-   main, setup_config_parser, get_description
+   get_userdata, main, setup_config_parser, get_description
 )
 
 
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ def config():
         "post_description":  "bar",
         "desc_limit": 72,
         "important_packages": [],
-        "important_commands": []
+        "important_commands": [],
+        "userdata": set()
     }
     config["root"] = {
         "snapshot": True
@@ -58,9 +59,14 @@ def prefile():
         " --description \"bar\" --pre-number 1234"
     ),
     (
-        SnapperCmd("root", "post", "number", "bar", False, 1234, True),
+        SnapperCmd("root", "post", "number", "bar", False, 1234, "important=yes"),
         "snapper --config root create --type post --cleanup-algorithm number --print-number"
         " --description \"bar\" --userdata \"important=yes\" --pre-number 1234"
+    ),
+    (
+        SnapperCmd("root", "post", "number", "bar", False, 1234, "foo=bar,important=yes"),
+        "snapper --config root create --type post --cleanup-algorithm number --print-number"
+        " --description \"bar\" --userdata \"foo=bar,important=yes\" --pre-number 1234"
     )
 ])
 def test_snapper_cmd(snapper_cmd, actual_cmd):
@@ -133,3 +139,23 @@ def test_important_packages():
     config = setup_config_parser(name, "pacman -S", packages)
     important = check_important_packages(config, "root", packages)
     assert important
+
+
+def test_load_userdata():
+    with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile("w", delete=False) as f:
+        f.write("[DEFAULT]\n")
+        f.write("userdata = [\"foo=bar\", \"requestid=42\"]\n")
+        name = f.name
+    config = setup_config_parser(name, "pacman -Syu", ["bar"])
+    userdata = get_userdata(config, "root", False)
+    assert userdata == "foo=bar,requestid=42"
+
+
+def test_load_userdata_and_important():
+    with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile("w", delete=False) as f:
+        f.write("[DEFAULT]\n")
+        f.write("userdata = [\"foo=bar\", \"requestid=42\"]\n")
+        name = f.name
+    config = setup_config_parser(name, "pacman -Syu", ["bar"])
+    userdata = get_userdata(config, "root", True)
+    assert userdata == "foo=bar,important=yes,requestid=42"