diff --git a/R/zzz.R b/R/zzz.R
index 78d4020..226ece6 100644
--- a/R/zzz.R
+++ b/R/zzz.R
@@ -1,12 +1,16 @@
 .onLoad <- function(libname = find.package("kableExtra"), pkgname = "kableExtra") {
-  usepackage_latex("booktabs")
-  usepackage_latex("longtable")
-  usepackage_latex("array")
-  usepackage_latex("multirow")
-  usepackage_latex("xcolor", "table")
-  usepackage_latex("wrapfig")
-  usepackage_latex("colortbl")
-  usepackage_latex("pdflscape")
-  usepackage_latex("tabu")
-  usepackage_latex("threeparttable")
+  load_packages <- getOption("kableExtra.latex.load_packages", default = TRUE)
+  if (load_packages) {
+    usepackage_latex("booktabs")
+    usepackage_latex("longtable")
+    usepackage_latex("array")
+    usepackage_latex("multirow")
+    usepackage_latex("xcolor", "table")
+    usepackage_latex("wrapfig")
+    usepackage_latex("float")
+    usepackage_latex("colortbl")
+    usepackage_latex("pdflscape")
+    usepackage_latex("tabu")
+    usepackage_latex("threeparttable")
+  }
 }