diff --git a/pacman-zfs-snapshot.conf b/pacman-zfs-snapshot.conf
index ee67f3b..8bbb50d 100644
--- a/pacman-zfs-snapshot.conf
+++ b/pacman-zfs-snapshot.conf
@@ -11,3 +11,5 @@ snaps_important_keep='5'
 
 snaps_trivial_suffix='trv'
 snaps_important_suffix='imp'
+
+pkgs_list_max_length='24'
diff --git a/pacman-zfs-snapshot.sh b/pacman-zfs-snapshot.sh
index d015bef..e6c501e 100755
--- a/pacman-zfs-snapshot.sh
+++ b/pacman-zfs-snapshot.sh
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ if [[ ! "${snaps_trivial_keep}" ]]; then snaps_trivial_keep='5'; fi
 if [[ ! "${snaps_important_keep}" ]]; then snaps_important_keep='5'; fi
 if [[ ! "${snaps_trivial_suffix}" ]]; then snaps_trivial_suffix='trv'; fi
 if [[ ! "${snaps_important_suffix}" ]]; then snaps_important_suffix='imp'; fi
+if [[ ! "${pkgs_list_max_length}" ]]; then pkgs_list_max_length='24'; fi
 
 function split_pkgs_by_importance () {
     local pkgs_in_transaction