diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index be1253b..9c433a8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 ## [Unreleased]
 ### Added
 - [GH#180](https://github.com/jolicode/automapper/pull/180) Add configuration to generate code with strict types
+- [GH#183](https://github.com/jolicode/automapper/pull/183) Ability to change reload strategy from AutoMapper::create()
 
 ### Fixed
 - [GH#184](https://github.com/jolicode/automapper/pull/184) Fix error when mapping from stdClass to constructor with nullable/optional arguments
diff --git a/src/AutoMapper.php b/src/AutoMapper.php
index 45f9c00..c0c47e8 100644
--- a/src/AutoMapper.php
+++ b/src/AutoMapper.php
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ public static function create(
         if (null === $cacheDirectory) {
             $loader = new EvalLoader($mapperGenerator, $metadataFactory);
         } else {
-            $loader = new FileLoader($mapperGenerator, $metadataFactory, $cacheDirectory, $lockFactory);
+            $loader = new FileLoader($mapperGenerator, $metadataFactory, $cacheDirectory, $lockFactory, $configuration->reloadStrategy);
         }
 
         return new self($loader, $customTransformerRegistry, $metadataRegistry, $providerRegistry, $expressionLanguageProvider);
diff --git a/src/Configuration.php b/src/Configuration.php
index b2e42e7..98d929a 100644
--- a/src/Configuration.php
+++ b/src/Configuration.php
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 
 namespace AutoMapper;
 
+use AutoMapper\Loader\FileReloadStrategy;
+
 final readonly class Configuration
 {
     public function __construct(
@@ -40,6 +42,10 @@ public function __construct(
          * Add declare(strict_types=1) to generated code.
          */
         public bool $strictTypes = false,
+        /**
+         * The strategy to use to generate the mappers between each request.
+         */
+        public FileReloadStrategy $reloadStrategy = FileReloadStrategy::ON_CHANGE,
     ) {
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/DependencyInjection/AutoMapperExtension.php b/src/Symfony/Bundle/DependencyInjection/AutoMapperExtension.php
index 2df4cd4..fe33942 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/DependencyInjection/AutoMapperExtension.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/DependencyInjection/AutoMapperExtension.php
@@ -67,6 +67,9 @@ public function load(array $configs, ContainerBuilder $container): void
             ->setArgument('$autoRegister', $config['auto_register'])
             ->setArgument('$mapPrivateProperties', $config['map_private_properties'])
             ->setArgument('$allowReadOnlyTargetToPopulate', $config['allow_readonly_target_to_populate'])
+            ->setArgument('$reloadStrategy', $reloadStrategy = FileReloadStrategy::from($config['loader']['reload_strategy'] ?? (
+                $container->getParameter('kernel.debug') ? FileReloadStrategy::ALWAYS->value : FileReloadStrategy::NEVER->value
+            )))
         ;
 
         if ($config['map_private_properties']) {
@@ -83,13 +86,9 @@ public function load(array $configs, ContainerBuilder $container): void
                 ->setAlias(ClassLoaderInterface::class, EvalLoader::class)
             ;
         } else {
-            $isDebug = $container->getParameter('kernel.debug');
-            $generateStrategy = $config['loader']['reload_strategy'] ?? ($isDebug ? FileReloadStrategy::ALWAYS->value : FileReloadStrategy::NEVER->value);
-            $generateStrategy = FileReloadStrategy::tryFrom($generateStrategy);
-
             $container
                 ->getDefinition(FileLoader::class)
-                ->replaceArgument(4, $generateStrategy);
+                ->replaceArgument(4, $reloadStrategy);
 
             $container
                 ->setAlias(ClassLoaderInterface::class, FileLoader::class)