diff --git a/home/dotfiles/profile b/home/dotfiles/profile
index c8eda23..f2e91db 100644
--- a/home/dotfiles/profile
+++ b/home/dotfiles/profile
@@ -3,26 +3,6 @@
 # just for this profile code
 PROFILE_DEBUG="${PROFILE_DEBUG:-0}"
 
-# features
-PROFILE_ALIAS=${PROFILE_ALIAS:-1}
-PROFILE_BIN=${PROFILE_BIN:-1}
-PROFILE_DEFAULT_TERM=${PROFILE_DEFAULT_TERM:-1}
-PROFILE_GO=${PROFILE_GO:-1}
-PROFILE_GPG_PINENTRY_FIX=${PROFILE_GPG_PINENTRY_FIX:-1}
-PROFILE_IBUS=${PROFILE_IBUS:-1}
-PROFILE_KEYCHAIN=${PROFILE_KEYCHAIN:-0}
-PROFILE_NANO=${PROFILE_NANO:-1}
-PROFILE_NANO_EXPLICIT_WIDE=${PROFILE_NANO_EXPLICIT_WIDE:-0}
-PROFILE_NO_BEEPS=${PROFILE_NO_BEEPS:-1}
-PROFILE_NODE=${PROFILE_NODE:-1}
-PROFILE_PRINT_REBOOT_REQUIRED=${PROFILE_PRINT_REBOOT_REQUIRED:-0} # hacky, see below
-PROFILE_RUBY=${PROFILE_RUBY:-1}
-PROFILE_RUST=${PROFILE_RUST:-1}
-PROFILE_SSH_AGENT=${PROFILE_SSH_AGENT:-1}
-PROFILE_SYSTEMD=${PROFILE_SYSTEMD:-1}
-PROFILE_THEFUCK=${PROFILE_THEFUCK:-1}
-PROFILE_YARN=${PROFILE_YARN:-1}
-
 ##############################################################################
 # Profile helper code from here
 
@@ -32,6 +12,19 @@ PROFILE_DEBUG_SECTION_END_TEXT="/"
 
 DEBUG_INDENT=0
 
+when_binary_available() {
+	if has_binary "$@"; then
+		printf '1'
+		return
+	fi
+	printf '0'
+	return
+}
+
+has_binary() {
+	command -v "$@" >/dev/null 2>&1
+}
+
 section() {
 	if [ $PROFILE_DEBUG -gt 0 ]; then
 		echo "${PROFILE_DEBUG_SECTION_START_PREFIX}$(tput smso)$*$(tput rmso)"
@@ -60,6 +53,28 @@ log() {
 	fi
 }
 
+##############################################################################
+# Profile tweaks and features
+
+PROFILE_ALIAS=${PROFILE_ALIAS:-1}
+PROFILE_BIN=${PROFILE_BIN:-1}
+PROFILE_DEFAULT_TERM=${PROFILE_DEFAULT_TERM:-1}
+PROFILE_GO=${PROFILE_GO:-$(when_binary_available go)}
+PROFILE_GPG_PINENTRY_FIX=${PROFILE_GPG_PINENTRY_FIX:-1}
+PROFILE_IBUS=${PROFILE_IBUS:-$(when_binary_available ibus)}
+PROFILE_KEYCHAIN=${PROFILE_KEYCHAIN:-$(when_binary_available keychain)}
+PROFILE_NANO=${PROFILE_NANO:-$(when_binary_available nano)}
+PROFILE_NANO_EXPLICIT_WIDE=${PROFILE_NANO_EXPLICIT_WIDE:-0}
+PROFILE_NO_BEEPS=${PROFILE_NO_BEEPS:-$(when_binary_available xset)}
+PROFILE_NODE=${PROFILE_NODE:-$(when_binary_available node)}
+PROFILE_PRINT_REBOOT_REQUIRED=${PROFILE_PRINT_REBOOT_REQUIRED:-0} # hacky, see below
+PROFILE_RUBY=${PROFILE_RUBY:-$(when_binary_available ruby)}
+PROFILE_RUST=${PROFILE_RUST:-$(when_binary_available rust)}
+PROFILE_SSH_AGENT=${PROFILE_SSH_AGENT:-$(when_binary_available ssh-agent)}
+PROFILE_SYSTEMD=${PROFILE_SYSTEMD:-$(when_binary_available systemctl)}
+PROFILE_THEFUCK=${PROFILE_THEFUCK:-$(when_binary_available thefuck)}
+PROFILE_YARN=${PROFILE_YARN:-$(when_binary_available yarn)}
+
 ##############################################################################
 # Actual profile code from here