diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patcher/extensions/AnnotationExtensions.kt b/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patcher/extensions/AnnotationExtensions.kt
index 2d09716..abad2b9 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patcher/extensions/AnnotationExtensions.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patcher/extensions/AnnotationExtensions.kt
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ object PatchExtensions {
     val Class<out Patch<Data>>.patchName: String
         get() = recursiveAnnotation(Name::class)?.name ?: this.javaClass.simpleName
     val Class<out Patch<Data>>.version get() = recursiveAnnotation(Version::class)?.version
-    val Class<out Patch<Data>>.excludeByDefault get() = recursiveAnnotation(app.revanced.patcher.patch.annotations.Patch::class)!!.excludeByDefault
+    val Class<out Patch<Data>>.include get() = recursiveAnnotation(app.revanced.patcher.patch.annotations.Patch::class)!!.include
     val Class<out Patch<Data>>.description get() = recursiveAnnotation(Description::class)?.description
     val Class<out Patch<Data>>.dependencies get() = recursiveAnnotation(app.revanced.patcher.patch.annotations.Dependencies::class)?.dependencies
     val Class<out Patch<Data>>.compatiblePackages get() = recursiveAnnotation(Compatibility::class)?.compatiblePackages
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patcher/patch/annotations/PatchAnnotation.kt b/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patcher/patch/annotations/PatchAnnotation.kt
index c302d28..901f616 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patcher/patch/annotations/PatchAnnotation.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patcher/patch/annotations/PatchAnnotation.kt
@@ -6,11 +6,12 @@ import kotlin.reflect.KClass
 
 /**
  * Annotation to mark a Class as a patch.
+ * @param include If false, the patch should be treated as optional by default.
  */
 @Target(AnnotationTarget.CLASS)
 @Retention(AnnotationRetention.RUNTIME)
 @MustBeDocumented
-annotation class Patch(val excludeByDefault: Boolean = false)
+annotation class Patch(val include: Boolean = true)
 
 /**
  * Annotation for dependencies of [Patch]es .