diff --git a/lib/swarm/tracker/tracker.ex b/lib/swarm/tracker/tracker.ex
index 920a912..e29e804 100644
--- a/lib/swarm/tracker/tracker.ex
+++ b/lib/swarm/tracker/tracker.ex
@@ -1545,13 +1545,24 @@ defmodule Swarm.Tracker do
     end
   end
 
-  @global_blacklist MapSet.new([~r/^remsh.*$/, ~r/^.+_upgrader_.+$/, ~r/^.+_maint_.+$/])
+  defp global_blacklist() do
+    case :persistent_term.get(:swarm_global_node_blacklist, :undefined) do
+      :undefined ->
+        global_blacklist = MapSet.new([~r/^remsh.*$/, ~r/^.+_upgrader_.+$/, ~r/^.+_maint_.+$/])
+        :persistent_term.put(:swarm_global_node_blacklist, global_blacklist)
+        global_blacklist
+
+      blacklist ->
+        blacklist
+    end
+  end
+
   # The list of configured ignore patterns for nodes
   # This is only applied if no blacklist is provided.
   defp node_blacklist() do
     Application.get_env(:swarm, :node_blacklist, [])
     |> MapSet.new()
-    |> MapSet.union(@global_blacklist)
+    |> MapSet.union(global_blacklist())
     |> MapSet.to_list()
   end