diff --git a/inc/private/dmod_mgr.h b/inc/private/dmod_mgr.h
index e52b34f..2f656f5 100644
--- a/inc/private/dmod_mgr.h
+++ b/inc/private/dmod_mgr.h
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ extern "C" {
 #   error "This is private DMOD header. Don't include this outside DMOD library"
 #endif
 
+extern bool Dmod_Mgr_BuildSystemModuleList( void );
+extern void Dmod_Mgr_FreeSystemModuleList( void );
 extern bool Dmod_Mgr_IsSystemModule( const char* ModuleName );
 extern void Dmod_Mgr_PrintSystemModules( void );
 extern bool Dmod_Mgr_IsLoaded( const char* ModuleName );
diff --git a/src/system/dmod_system.c b/src/system/dmod_system.c
index 6820e59..4a83a52 100644
--- a/src/system/dmod_system.c
+++ b/src/system/dmod_system.c
@@ -147,6 +147,10 @@ bool Dmod_Initialize( size_t NumIrqs, size_t MaxHandlersPerIrq )
     {
         return false;
     }
+    if( !Dmod_Mgr_BuildSystemModuleList() )
+    {
+        DMOD_LOG_WARN("Cannot build the list of system modules - built-in APIs will be checked one by one\n");
+    }
     return Dmod_BuiltinInputApi.InputSection != NULL && Dmod_BuiltinOutputApi.OutputSection != NULL;
 }
 
@@ -157,6 +161,7 @@ bool Dmod_Initialize( size_t NumIrqs, size_t MaxHandlersPerIrq )
  */
 bool Dmod_Deinitialize(void)
 {
+    Dmod_Mgr_FreeSystemModuleList();
     Dmod_Irq_Deinit();
     return true;
 }
diff --git a/src/system/private/dmod_mgr.c b/src/system/private/dmod_mgr.c
index 173b417..7288f81 100644
--- a/src/system/private/dmod_mgr.c
+++ b/src/system/private/dmod_mgr.c
@@ -1,23 +1,152 @@
 #define DMOD_PRIVATE
+#include <string.h>
 #include "dmod.h"
 #include "private/dmod_vars.h"
 #include "private/dmod_ctx.h"
 #include "private/dmod_mgr.h"
 
 /**
- * @brief checks if the given module is a system module
- * 
- * @param ModuleName Name of the module to check
- * 
- * @return True if module is a system module, false otherwise
+ * @brief Names of the system modules - the modules the built-in input APIs belong to
+ *
+ * Packed one after another, each terminated with '\0', the list itself with an
+ * empty name. Built once (see Dmod_Mgr_BuildSystemModuleList), so that
+ * Dmod_Mgr_IsSystemModule() does not have to check the signature of every
+ * built-in API on each call.
  */
-bool Dmod_Mgr_IsSystemModule( const char* ModuleName )
+static char* SystemModuleNames = NULL;
+
+/**
+ * @brief Read the module name of a built-in API signature that names a module
+ *
+ * @param Signature API signature
+ * @param outModuleName Buffer for the module name (DMOD_MAX_MODULE_NAME_LENGTH bytes)
+ *
+ * @return True if the signature is one that Dmod_ApiSignature_IsModule() accepts
+ */
+static bool ReadSystemModuleName( const char* Signature, char* outModuleName )
 {
-    if(ModuleName == NULL || ModuleName[0] == 0)
+    if(
+        strncmp( Signature, DMOD_SIGNATURE_PREFIX, sizeof( DMOD_SIGNATURE_PREFIX ) - 1 ) != 0
+     && strncmp( Signature, DMOD_BUILTIN_SIGNATURE_PREFIX, sizeof( DMOD_BUILTIN_SIGNATURE_PREFIX ) - 1 ) != 0
+     && strncmp( Signature, DMOD_MAL_SIGNATURE_PREFIX, sizeof( DMOD_MAL_SIGNATURE_PREFIX ) - 1 ) != 0
+     && strncmp( Signature, DMOD_DIF_SIGNATURE_PREFIX, sizeof( DMOD_DIF_SIGNATURE_PREFIX ) - 1 ) != 0
+        )
     {
-        DMOD_LOG_ERROR("Cannot check if module is system module - invalid module name (empty or NULL)\n");
         return false;
     }
+
+    memset( outModuleName, 0, DMOD_MAX_MODULE_NAME_LENGTH );
+    return Dmod_ApiSignature_ReadModuleName( Signature, outModuleName, DMOD_MAX_MODULE_NAME_LENGTH - 1 );
+}
+
+/**
+ * @brief Find a system module name in the packed list
+ *
+ * @param Names Packed list of names (see SystemModuleNames)
+ * @param ModuleName Name to look for
+ * @param Length Number of characters of ModuleName to compare
+ *
+ * @return True if a name in the list starts with the first Length characters of ModuleName
+ */
+static bool FindSystemModuleName( const char* Names, const char* ModuleName, size_t Length )
+{
+    for( const char* name = Names; *name != '\0'; name += strlen( name ) + 1 )
+    {
+        if( strncmp( name, ModuleName, Length ) == 0 )
+        {
+            return true;
+        }
+    }
+    return false;
+}
+
+/**
+ * @brief Add a module name to the packed list of names, unless it is already there
+ *
+ * @param Names Packed list of names (NULL for an empty one)
+ * @param Size Size of the list in bytes, updated on return
+ * @param ModuleName Name to add
+ *
+ * @return The list (possibly reallocated), or NULL on allocation failure
+ */
+static char* AddSystemModuleName( char* Names, size_t* Size, const char* ModuleName )
+{
+    size_t length = strlen( ModuleName );
+    if( Names != NULL && FindSystemModuleName( Names, ModuleName, length + 1 ) )
+    {
+        return Names;
+    }
+
+    size_t used = ( Names == NULL ) ? 0 : *Size - 1;
+    char* names = Dmod_Realloc( Names, used + length + 2 );
+    if( names == NULL )
+    {
+        Dmod_Free( Names );
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    memcpy( &names[used], ModuleName, length + 1 );
+    names[used + length + 1] = '\0';
+    *Size = used + length + 2;
+    return names;
+}
+
+/**
+ * @brief Build the list of the system module names, if it is not built yet
+ *
+ * @return True if the list is available
+ */
+bool Dmod_Mgr_BuildSystemModuleList( void )
+{
+    if( SystemModuleNames != NULL )
+    {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    Dmod_BuiltinInputApi.SectionSize = (size_t)((void*)&__dmod_inputs_end - (void*)&__dmod_inputs_start);
+    size_t numberOfEntries = Dmod_Api_GetNumberOfEntries( &Dmod_BuiltinInputApi );
+    char* names = NULL;
+    size_t size = 0;
+    char moduleName[DMOD_MAX_MODULE_NAME_LENGTH];
+    for(size_t i = 0; i < numberOfEntries; i++)
+    {
+        const char* signature = Dmod_BuiltinInputApi.InputSection->Entries[i].Signature;
+        if( !Dmod_ApiSignature_IsValid( signature ) || !ReadSystemModuleName( signature, moduleName ) || moduleName[0] == '\0' )
+        {
+            continue;
+        }
+        names = AddSystemModuleName( names, &size, moduleName );
+        if( names == NULL )
+        {
+            DMOD_LOG_ERROR("Cannot allocate memory for the list of system modules\n");
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+
+    SystemModuleNames = names;
+    return SystemModuleNames != NULL;
+}
+
+/**
+ * @brief Free the list of the system module names
+ */
+void Dmod_Mgr_FreeSystemModuleList( void )
+{
+    Dmod_Free( SystemModuleNames );
+    SystemModuleNames = NULL;
+}
+
+/**
+ * @brief Check if the given module is a system module by checking every built-in API
+ *
+ * Fallback for when the list of the system module names cannot be built.
+ *
+ * @param ModuleName Name of the module to check
+ *
+ * @return True if module is a system module, false otherwise
+ */
+static bool IsSystemModuleInApis( const char* ModuleName )
+{
     Dmod_BuiltinInputApi.SectionSize = (size_t)((void*)&__dmod_inputs_end - (void*)&__dmod_inputs_start);
     size_t numberOfEntries = Dmod_Api_GetNumberOfEntries( &Dmod_BuiltinInputApi );
     for(size_t i = 0; i < numberOfEntries; i++)
@@ -30,6 +159,27 @@ bool Dmod_Mgr_IsSystemModule( const char* ModuleName )
     return false;
 }
 
+/**
+ * @brief checks if the given module is a system module
+ * 
+ * @param ModuleName Name of the module to check
+ * 
+ * @return True if module is a system module, false otherwise
+ */
+bool Dmod_Mgr_IsSystemModule( const char* ModuleName )
+{
+    if(ModuleName == NULL || ModuleName[0] == 0)
+    {
+        DMOD_LOG_ERROR("Cannot check if module is system module - invalid module name (empty or NULL)\n");
+        return false;
+    }
+    if( !Dmod_Mgr_BuildSystemModuleList() )
+    {
+        return IsSystemModuleInApis( ModuleName );
+    }
+    return FindSystemModuleName( SystemModuleNames, ModuleName, strlen( ModuleName ) );
+}
+
 /**
  * @brief Prints all system modules to the log
  */
@@ -53,12 +203,14 @@ void Dmod_Mgr_PrintSystemModules( void )
  */
 bool Dmod_Mgr_IsLoaded( const char* ModuleName )
 {
-    if(Dmod_Mgr_IsSystemModule( ModuleName ))
+    /* Loaded modules first: a lookup in the context table is cheap, while
+     * Dmod_Mgr_IsSystemModule() checks the signature of every built-in API. */
+    if(Dmod_Context_Get( ModuleName ) != NULL)
     {
-        return true; 
+        return true;
     }
 
-    return Dmod_Context_Get( ModuleName ) != NULL;
+    return Dmod_Mgr_IsSystemModule( ModuleName );
 }
 
 /**
@@ -70,10 +222,12 @@ bool Dmod_Mgr_IsLoaded( const char* ModuleName )
  */
 bool Dmod_Mgr_IsEnabled( const char* ModuleName )
 {
-    if(Dmod_Mgr_IsSystemModule( ModuleName ))
+    /* See Dmod_Mgr_IsLoaded() for why loaded modules are checked first */
+    Dmod_Context_t* context = Dmod_Context_Get( ModuleName );
+    if(context != NULL && Dmod_IsEnabled( context ))
     {
-        return true; 
+        return true;
     }
-    Dmod_Context_t* context = Dmod_Context_Get( ModuleName );
-    return context != NULL && Dmod_IsEnabled( context );
+
+    return Dmod_Mgr_IsSystemModule( ModuleName );
 }
diff --git a/tests/system/private/tests_dmod_mgr.cpp b/tests/system/private/tests_dmod_mgr.cpp
index b70e850..2f7f638 100644
--- a/tests/system/private/tests_dmod_mgr.cpp
+++ b/tests/system/private/tests_dmod_mgr.cpp
@@ -64,6 +64,63 @@ TEST_F(DmodMgrTest, IsNullModule)
     ASSERT_FALSE(Dmod_Mgr_IsSystemModule(NULL));
 }
 
+/**
+ * @brief Test for Dmod_Mgr_BuildSystemModuleList
+ *
+ * The test checks if the list of the system modules can be built more than
+ * once, and if the result of Dmod_Mgr_IsSystemModule does not change with it.
+ */
+TEST_F(DmodMgrTest, BuildSystemModuleList)
+{
+    ASSERT_TRUE(Dmod_Mgr_BuildSystemModuleList());
+    ASSERT_TRUE(Dmod_Mgr_BuildSystemModuleList());
+    ASSERT_TRUE(Dmod_Mgr_IsSystemModule("Dmod"));
+    ASSERT_FALSE(Dmod_Mgr_IsSystemModule("Test"));
+}
+
+/**
+ * @brief Test for Dmod_Mgr_FreeSystemModuleList
+ *
+ * The test checks if Dmod_Mgr_IsSystemModule builds the list of the system
+ * modules again when it has been freed.
+ */
+TEST_F(DmodMgrTest, IsSystemModuleAfterFreeingList)
+{
+    Dmod_Mgr_FreeSystemModuleList();
+    ASSERT_TRUE(Dmod_Mgr_IsSystemModule("Dmod"));
+    ASSERT_FALSE(Dmod_Mgr_IsSystemModule("Test"));
+}
+
+/**
+ * @brief Test for Dmod_Mgr_IsSystemModule
+ *
+ * The test checks if every module named by a built-in API signature is
+ * reported as a system module.
+ */
+TEST_F(DmodMgrTest, IsSystemModuleForEveryBuiltinApi)
+{
+    Dmod_BuiltinInputApi.SectionSize = (size_t)((uint8_t*)&__dmod_inputs_end - (uint8_t*)&__dmod_inputs_start);
+    size_t numberOfEntries = Dmod_Api_GetNumberOfEntries(&Dmod_BuiltinInputApi);
+    ASSERT_GT(numberOfEntries, 0u);
+    size_t checked = 0;
+    for(size_t i = 0; i < numberOfEntries; i++)
+    {
+        const char* signature = Dmod_BuiltinInputApi.InputSection->Entries[i].Signature;
+        char moduleName[DMOD_MAX_MODULE_NAME_LENGTH] = {0};
+        if(!Dmod_ApiSignature_IsValid(signature)
+        || Dmod_ApiSignature_IsTest(signature)
+        || strncmp(signature, DMOD_IRQ_SIGNATURE_PREFIX, sizeof(DMOD_IRQ_SIGNATURE_PREFIX) - 1) == 0
+        || !Dmod_ApiSignature_ReadModuleName(signature, moduleName, sizeof(moduleName) - 1)
+        || moduleName[0] == '\0')
+        {
+            continue;
+        }
+        EXPECT_TRUE(Dmod_Mgr_IsSystemModule(moduleName)) << moduleName;
+        checked++;
+    }
+    ASSERT_GT(checked, 0u);
+}
+
 // ===============================================================
 //                  Tests for Dmod_Mgr_IsLoaded
 // ===============================================================