diff --git a/docs/docs/user-setup.md b/docs/docs/user-setup.md
index 2785096d..adf43488 100644
--- a/docs/docs/user-setup.md
+++ b/docs/docs/user-setup.md
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://zmkfirmware.dev/setup.sh)"
 <TabItem value="wget">
 
 ```
-bash -c "$(wget https://zmkfirmware.dev/setup.sh -O -)"
+bash -c "$(wget https://zmkfirmware.dev/setup.sh -O -)" '' --wget
 ```
 
 </TabItem>
diff --git a/docs/static/setup.sh b/docs/static/setup.sh
index e45a7ed7..c868cd8f 100644
--- a/docs/static/setup.sh
+++ b/docs/static/setup.sh
@@ -9,15 +9,25 @@ set -e
 check_exists() {
     command_to_run=$1
     error_message=$2
+    local __resultvar=$3
 
     if ! eval "$command_to_run" &> /dev/null; then
-        printf "%s\n" "$error_message"
-        exit 1
+        if [[ "$__resultvar" != "" ]]; then
+            eval $__resultvar="'false'"
+        else
+            printf "%s\n" "$error_message"
+            exit 1
+        fi
+    else
+        if [[ "$__resultvar" != "" ]]; then
+            eval $__resultvar="'true'"
+        fi
     fi
 }
 
 check_exists "command -v git" "git is not installed, and is required for this script!"
-check_exists "command -v curl" "curl is not installed, and is required for this script!"
+check_exists "command -v curl" "curl is not installed, and is required for this script!" curl_exists
+check_exists "command -v wget" "wget is not installed, and is required for this script!" wget_exists
 
 check_exists "git config user.name" "Git username not set!\nRun: git config --global user.name 'My Name'"
 check_exists "git config user.email" "Git email not set!\nRun: git config --global user.email 'example@myemail.com'"
@@ -29,6 +39,30 @@ if [ ! -w `pwd` ]; then
     exit 1
 fi
 
+# Parse all commandline options
+while [[ "$#" -gt 0 ]]; do
+    case $1 in
+        -w|--wget) force_wget="true"; break;;
+        *) echo "Unknown parameter: $1"; exit 1;;
+    esac
+    shift
+done
+
+if [[ $curl_exists == "true" && $wget_exists == "true" ]]; then
+    if [[ $force_wget == "true" ]]; then
+        download_command="wget "
+    else
+        download_command="curl -O "
+    fi
+elif [[ $curl_exists == "true" ]]; then
+    download_command="curl -O "
+elif [[ $wget_exists == "true" ]]; then
+    download_command="wget "
+else
+    echo 'Neither curl nor wget are installed. One of the two is required for this script!'
+    exit 1
+fi
+
 repo_path="https://github.com/zmkfirmware/zmk-config-split-template.git"
 title="ZMK Config Setup:"
 
@@ -136,10 +170,10 @@ cd ${repo_name}
 
 pushd config
 
-curl -O "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/zmkfirmware/zmk/main/app/boards/shields/${shield}/${shield}.conf"
+$download_command "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/zmkfirmware/zmk/main/app/boards/shields/${shield}/${shield}.conf"
 
 if [ "$copy_keymap" == "yes" ]; then
-    curl -O "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/zmkfirmware/zmk/main/app/boards/shields/${shield}/${shield}.keymap"
+    $download_command "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/zmkfirmware/zmk/main/app/boards/shields/${shield}/${shield}.keymap"
 fi
 
 popd