diff --git a/.idea/codeStyles/Project.xml b/.idea/codeStyles/Project.xml
index 7056c82..de2d1a2 100644
--- a/.idea/codeStyles/Project.xml
+++ b/.idea/codeStyles/Project.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 <component name="ProjectCodeStyleConfiguration">
   <code_scheme name="Project" version="173">
+    <option name="FORMATTER_TAGS_ENABLED" value="true" />
     <JavaCodeStyleSettings>
       <option name="VISIBILITY" value="packageLocal" />
       <option name="CLASS_COUNT_TO_USE_IMPORT_ON_DEMAND" value="99" />
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/integrations/common/CheckAvailability.java b/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/integrations/common/CheckAvailability.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0b29c4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/integrations/common/CheckAvailability.java
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+package org.cryptomator.integrations.common;
+
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.ApiStatus;
+
+import java.lang.annotation.Documented;
+import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
+import java.lang.annotation.Inherited;
+import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
+import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
+import java.lang.annotation.Target;
+
+/**
+ * Identifies 0..n public methods to check preconditions for the integration to work. These are the rules:
+ *
+ * <ul>
+ *     <li>Both the type and the method(s) must be annotated with {@code @CheckAvailability}</li>
+ *     <li>Only public no-arg boolean methods are considered</li>
+ *     <li>Methods <em>may</em> be {@code static}, in which case they get invoked before instantiating the service</li>
+ *     <li>Should the method throw an exception, it has the same effect as returning {@code false}</li>
+ *     <li>No specific execution order is guaranteed in case of multiple annotated methods</li>
+ *     <li>Annotations must be present on classes or ancestor classes, not on interfaces</li>
+ * </ul>
+ *
+ * Example:
+ * <pre>
+ * {@code
+ * @CheckAvailability
+ * public class Foo {
+ *	@CheckAvailability
+ *	public static boolean isSupported() {
+ *		return "enabled".equals(System.getProperty("plugin.status"));
+ *	}
+ * }
+ * }
+ * </pre>
+ * <p>
+ * Annotations are discovered at runtime using reflection, so make sure to make relevant classes accessible to this
+ * module ({@code opens X to org.cryptomator.integrations.api}).
+ *
+ * @since 1.1.0
+ */
+@Documented
+@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
+@Target({ElementType.TYPE, ElementType.METHOD})
+@Inherited
+@ApiStatus.Experimental
+public @interface CheckAvailability {
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/integrations/common/IntegrationsLoader.java b/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/integrations/common/IntegrationsLoader.java
index fb5381c..2fef2a3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/integrations/common/IntegrationsLoader.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/integrations/common/IntegrationsLoader.java
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 package org.cryptomator.integrations.common;
 
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.VisibleForTesting;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.Method;
+import java.lang.reflect.Modifier;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Comparator;
 import java.util.Optional;
@@ -8,7 +13,8 @@
 
 public class IntegrationsLoader {
 
-	private IntegrationsLoader(){}
+	private IntegrationsLoader() {
+	}
 
 	/**
 	 * Loads the best suited service, i.e. the one with the highest priority that is supported.
@@ -34,8 +40,10 @@ public static <T> Stream<T> loadAll(Class<T> clazz) {
 		return ServiceLoader.load(clazz, ClassLoaderFactory.forPluginDir())
 				.stream()
 				.filter(IntegrationsLoader::isSupportedOperatingSystem)
+				.filter(IntegrationsLoader::passesStaticAvailabilityCheck)
 				.sorted(Comparator.comparingInt(IntegrationsLoader::getPriority).reversed())
-				.map(ServiceLoader.Provider::get);
+				.map(ServiceLoader.Provider::get)
+				.filter(IntegrationsLoader::passesInstanceAvailabilityCheck);
 	}
 
 	private static int getPriority(ServiceLoader.Provider<?> provider) {
@@ -48,4 +56,43 @@ private static boolean isSupportedOperatingSystem(ServiceLoader.Provider<?> prov
 		return annotations.length == 0 || Arrays.stream(annotations).anyMatch(OperatingSystem.Value::isCurrent);
 	}
 
+	private static boolean passesStaticAvailabilityCheck(ServiceLoader.Provider<?> provider) {
+		return passesStaticAvailabilityCheck(provider.type());
+	}
+
+	@VisibleForTesting
+	static boolean passesStaticAvailabilityCheck(Class<?> type) {
+		return passesAvailabilityCheck(type, null);
+	}
+
+	@VisibleForTesting
+	static boolean passesInstanceAvailabilityCheck(Object instance) {
+		return passesAvailabilityCheck(instance.getClass(), instance);
+	}
+
+	private static <T> boolean passesAvailabilityCheck(Class<? extends T> type, @Nullable T instance) {
+		if (!type.isAnnotationPresent(CheckAvailability.class)) {
+			return true; // if type is not annotated, skip tests
+		}
+		return Arrays.stream(type.getMethods())
+				.filter(m -> isAvailabilityCheck(m, instance == null))
+				.allMatch(m -> passesAvailabilityCheck(m, instance));
+	}
+
+	private static boolean passesAvailabilityCheck(Method m, @Nullable Object instance) {
+		assert Boolean.TYPE.equals(m.getReturnType());
+		try {
+			return (boolean) m.invoke(instance);
+		} catch (ReflectiveOperationException e) {
+			return false;
+		}
+	}
+
+	private static boolean isAvailabilityCheck(Method m, boolean isStatic) {
+		return m.isAnnotationPresent(CheckAvailability.class)
+				&& Boolean.TYPE.equals(m.getReturnType())
+				&& m.getParameterCount() == 0
+				&& Modifier.isStatic(m.getModifiers()) == isStatic;
+	}
+
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/cryptomator/integrations/common/IntegrationsLoaderTest.java b/src/test/java/org/cryptomator/integrations/common/IntegrationsLoaderTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5c7c41a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/org/cryptomator/integrations/common/IntegrationsLoaderTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,195 @@
+package org.cryptomator.integrations.common;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.DisplayName;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Nested;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+public class IntegrationsLoaderTest {
+
+	@Nested
+	@DisplayName("@CheckAvailability on static methods")
+	public class StaticAvailabilityChecks {
+
+		@CheckAvailability
+		private static class StaticTrue {
+			@CheckAvailability
+			public static boolean test() {
+				return true;
+			}
+		}
+
+		@CheckAvailability
+		private static class StaticFalse {
+			@CheckAvailability
+			public static boolean test() {
+				return false;
+			}
+		}
+
+		@Test
+		@DisplayName("no @CheckAvailability will always pass")
+		public void testPassesAvailabilityCheck0() {
+			// @formatter:off
+			class C1 {}
+			@CheckAvailability class C2 {}
+			class C3 {
+				@CheckAvailability public static boolean test() { return false; }
+			}
+			// @formatter:on
+
+			Assertions.assertTrue(IntegrationsLoader.passesStaticAvailabilityCheck(C1.class));
+			Assertions.assertTrue(IntegrationsLoader.passesStaticAvailabilityCheck(C2.class));
+			Assertions.assertTrue(IntegrationsLoader.passesStaticAvailabilityCheck(C3.class));
+		}
+
+		@Test
+		@DisplayName("@CheckAvailability on non-conforming methods will be skipped")
+		public void testPassesAvailabilityCheck1() {
+			// @formatter:off
+			@CheckAvailability class C1 {
+				@CheckAvailability private static boolean test1() { return false; }
+				@CheckAvailability public static boolean test2(String foo) { return false; }
+				@CheckAvailability public static String test3() { return "false"; }
+			}
+			// @formatter:on
+
+			Assertions.assertTrue(IntegrationsLoader.passesStaticAvailabilityCheck(C1.class));
+		}
+
+		@Test
+		@DisplayName("@CheckAvailability on static method")
+		public void testPassesAvailabilityCheck2() {
+			Assertions.assertTrue(IntegrationsLoader.passesStaticAvailabilityCheck(StaticTrue.class));
+			Assertions.assertFalse(IntegrationsLoader.passesStaticAvailabilityCheck(StaticFalse.class));
+		}
+
+		@Test
+		@DisplayName("@CheckAvailability on inherited static method")
+		public void testPassesAvailabilityCheck3() {
+			// @formatter:off
+			class C1 extends StaticTrue {}
+			class C2 extends StaticFalse {}
+			// @formatter:on
+
+			Assertions.assertTrue(IntegrationsLoader.passesStaticAvailabilityCheck(C1.class));
+			Assertions.assertFalse(IntegrationsLoader.passesStaticAvailabilityCheck(C2.class));
+		}
+
+		@Test
+		@DisplayName("multiple @CheckAvailability methods")
+		public void testPassesAvailabilityCheck4() {
+			// @formatter:off
+			class C1 extends StaticTrue {
+				@CheckAvailability public static boolean test1() { return false; }
+			}
+			class C2 extends StaticFalse {
+				@CheckAvailability public static boolean test1() { return true; }
+			}
+			@CheckAvailability class C3 {
+				@CheckAvailability public static boolean test1() { return true; }
+				@CheckAvailability public static boolean test2() { return false; }
+			}
+			// @formatter:on
+
+			Assertions.assertFalse(IntegrationsLoader.passesStaticAvailabilityCheck(C1.class));
+			Assertions.assertFalse(IntegrationsLoader.passesStaticAvailabilityCheck(C2.class));
+			Assertions.assertFalse(IntegrationsLoader.passesStaticAvailabilityCheck(C3.class));
+		}
+
+
+	}
+
+	@Nested
+	@DisplayName("@CheckAvailability on instance methods")
+	public class InstanceAvailabilityChecks {
+
+		@CheckAvailability
+		private static class InstanceTrue {
+			@CheckAvailability
+			public boolean test() {
+				return true;
+			}
+		}
+
+		@CheckAvailability
+		private static class InstanceFalse {
+			@CheckAvailability
+			public boolean test() {
+				return false;
+			}
+		}
+
+		@Test
+		@DisplayName("no @CheckAvailability will always pass")
+		public void testPassesAvailabilityCheck0() {
+			// @formatter:off
+			class C1 {}
+			@CheckAvailability class C2 {}
+			class C3 {
+				@CheckAvailability public boolean test() { return false; }
+			}
+			// @formatter:on
+
+			Assertions.assertTrue(IntegrationsLoader.passesInstanceAvailabilityCheck(new C1()));
+			Assertions.assertTrue(IntegrationsLoader.passesInstanceAvailabilityCheck(new C2()));
+			Assertions.assertTrue(IntegrationsLoader.passesInstanceAvailabilityCheck(new C3()));
+		}
+
+		@Test
+		@DisplayName("@CheckAvailability on non-conforming instance methods will be skipped")
+		public void testPassesAvailabilityCheck1() {
+			// @formatter:off
+			@CheckAvailability class C1 {
+				@CheckAvailability private boolean test1() { return false; }
+				@CheckAvailability public boolean test2(String foo) { return false; }
+				@CheckAvailability public String test3() { return "false"; }
+			}
+			// @formatter:on
+
+			Assertions.assertTrue(IntegrationsLoader.passesInstanceAvailabilityCheck(C1.class));
+		}
+
+		@Test
+		@DisplayName("@CheckAvailability on instance method")
+		public void testPassesAvailabilityCheck2() {
+			Assertions.assertTrue(IntegrationsLoader.passesInstanceAvailabilityCheck(new InstanceTrue()));
+			Assertions.assertFalse(IntegrationsLoader.passesInstanceAvailabilityCheck(new InstanceFalse()));
+		}
+
+		@Test
+		@DisplayName("@CheckAvailability on inherited instance method")
+		public void testPassesAvailabilityCheck3() {
+			// @formatter:off
+			class C1 extends InstanceTrue {}
+			class C2 extends InstanceFalse {}
+			// @formatter:on
+
+			Assertions.assertTrue(IntegrationsLoader.passesInstanceAvailabilityCheck(new C1()));
+			Assertions.assertFalse(IntegrationsLoader.passesInstanceAvailabilityCheck(new C2()));
+		}
+
+		@Test
+		@DisplayName("multiple @CheckAvailability methods")
+		public void testPassesAvailabilityCheck4() {
+			// @formatter:off
+			class C1 extends InstanceTrue {
+				@CheckAvailability public boolean test1() { return false; }
+			}
+			class C2 extends InstanceFalse {
+				@CheckAvailability public boolean test1() { return true; }
+			}
+			@CheckAvailability class C3 {
+				@CheckAvailability public boolean test1() { return true; }
+				@CheckAvailability public boolean test2() { return false; }
+			}
+			// @formatter:on
+
+			Assertions.assertFalse(IntegrationsLoader.passesInstanceAvailabilityCheck(new C1()));
+			Assertions.assertFalse(IntegrationsLoader.passesInstanceAvailabilityCheck(new C2()));
+			Assertions.assertFalse(IntegrationsLoader.passesInstanceAvailabilityCheck(new C3()));
+		}
+
+	}
+
+}
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