diff --git a/src/auto.ts b/src/auto.ts
index f10be5f..de47f1f 100644
--- a/src/auto.ts
+++ b/src/auto.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { Fragment, FunctionFragment } from "ethers";
 import type { AnyProvider } from "./providers.js";
 import type { ABI, ABIFunction } from "./abi.js";
 import { type ProxyResolver, DiamondProxyResolver } from "./proxies.js";
-import type { ABILoader, SignatureLookup } from "./loaders.js";
+import type { ABILoader, SignatureLookup, ContractResult } from "./loaders.js";
 import * as errors from "./errors.js";
 
 import { CompatibleProvider } from "./providers.js";
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ export type AutoloadResult = {
     /** Whether the `abi` is loaded from a verified source */
     abiLoadedFrom?: ABILoader;
 
+    /** Full contract metadata result, only included if {@link AutoloadConfig.loadContractResult} is true. */
+    contractResult?: ContractResult;
+
     /** List of resolveable proxies detected in the contract */
     proxies: ProxyResolver[],
 
@@ -82,6 +85,15 @@ export type AutoloadConfig = {
      */
     followProxies?: boolean;
 
+
+    /**
+    * Load full contract metadata result, include it in {@link AutoloadResult.ContractResult} if successful.
+    *
+    * This changes the behaviour of autoload to use {@link ABILoader.getContract} instead of {@link ABILoader.loadABI},
+    * which returns a larger superset result including all of the available verified contract metadata.
+    */
+    loadContractResult?: boolean;
+
     /**
      * Enable pulling additional metadata from WhatsABI's static analysis, still unreliable
      *