diff --git a/internal/store/builder.go b/internal/store/builder.go
index f7941794e..3b253295c 100644
--- a/internal/store/builder.go
+++ b/internal/store/builder.go
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"reflect"
-	"sort"
+	"slices"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
@@ -113,12 +113,10 @@ func (b *Builder) WithEnabledResources(r []string) error {
 		}
 	}
 
-	var sortedResources []string
-	sortedResources = append(sortedResources, r...)
+	b.enabledResources = append(b.enabledResources, r...)
+	slices.Sort(b.enabledResources)
+	b.enabledResources = slices.Compact(b.enabledResources)
 
-	sort.Strings(sortedResources)
-
-	b.enabledResources = append(b.enabledResources, sortedResources...)
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/internal/store/builder_test.go b/internal/store/builder_test.go
index 3bb5dea3a..d9ea5813e 100644
--- a/internal/store/builder_test.go
+++ b/internal/store/builder_test.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package store
 
 import (
 	"reflect"
+	"slices"
 	"testing"
 
 	"k8s.io/kube-state-metrics/v2/pkg/options"
@@ -196,3 +197,64 @@ func TestWithAllowAnnotations(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+func TestWithEnabledResources(t *testing.T) {
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		Desc             string
+		EnabledResources []string
+		Wanted           []string
+		err              expectedError
+	}{
+		{
+			Desc:             "sorts enabled resources",
+			EnabledResources: []string{"pods", "cronjobs", "deployments"},
+			Wanted: []string{
+				"cronjobs",
+				"deployments",
+				"pods",
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			Desc:             "de-duplicates enabled resources",
+			EnabledResources: []string{"pods", "cronjobs", "deployments", "pods"},
+			Wanted: []string{
+				"cronjobs",
+				"deployments",
+				"pods",
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			Desc:             "error if not exist",
+			EnabledResources: []string{"pods", "cronjobs", "deployments", "foo"},
+			Wanted:           []string{},
+			err: expectedError{
+				expectedResourceError: true,
+			},
+		},
+	}
+	for _, test := range tests {
+		b := NewBuilder()
+
+		// Set the enabled resources.
+		err := b.WithEnabledResources(test.EnabledResources)
+		if test.err.expectedResourceError {
+			if err == nil {
+				t.Log("Did not expect error while setting resources (--resources).")
+				t.Fatalf("Test error for Desc: %s. Got Error: %v", test.Desc, err)
+			} else {
+				return
+			}
+		}
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Log("...")
+			t.Fatal("...", test.Desc, err)
+		}
+
+		// Evaluate.
+		if !slices.Equal(b.enabledResources, test.Wanted) {
+			t.Log("Expected enabled resources to be equal.")
+			t.Errorf("Test error for Desc: %s\n Want: \n%+v\n Got: \n%#+v", test.Desc, test.Wanted, b.enabledResources)
+		}
+	}
+}