diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perfconfig.example b/tools/perf/Documentation/perfconfig.example
index 42c6fd2ae85d..767ea2436e1c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perfconfig.example
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perfconfig.example
@@ -19,3 +19,11 @@
 
 	# Default, disable using /dev/null
 	dir = /root/.debug
+
+[annotate]
+
+	# Defaults
+	hide_src_code = false
+	use_offset = true
+	jump_arrows = true
+	show_nr_jumps = false
diff --git a/tools/perf/ui/browser.c b/tools/perf/ui/browser.c
index cde4d0f0ddb9..c3a769ad90c5 100644
--- a/tools/perf/ui/browser.c
+++ b/tools/perf/ui/browser.c
@@ -708,4 +708,6 @@ void ui_browser__init(void)
 		struct ui_browser__colorset *c = &ui_browser__colorsets[i++];
 		sltt_set_color(c->colorset, c->name, c->fg, c->bg);
 	}
+
+	annotate_browser__init();
 }
diff --git a/tools/perf/ui/browser.h b/tools/perf/ui/browser.h
index dd96d8229902..af70314605e5 100644
--- a/tools/perf/ui/browser.h
+++ b/tools/perf/ui/browser.h
@@ -69,4 +69,5 @@ void ui_browser__list_head_seek(struct ui_browser *self, off_t offset, int whenc
 unsigned int ui_browser__list_head_refresh(struct ui_browser *self);
 
 void ui_browser__init(void);
+void annotate_browser__init(void);
 #endif /* _PERF_UI_BROWSER_H_ */
diff --git a/tools/perf/ui/browsers/annotate.c b/tools/perf/ui/browsers/annotate.c
index 02afa036dfa9..77b5b1280834 100644
--- a/tools/perf/ui/browsers/annotate.c
+++ b/tools/perf/ui/browsers/annotate.c
@@ -900,3 +900,52 @@ int symbol__tui_annotate(struct symbol *sym, struct map *map, int evidx,
 	free(browser.offsets);
 	return ret;
 }
+
+#define ANNOTATE_CFG(n) \
+	{ .name = #n, .value = &annotate_browser__opts.n, }
+	
+/*
+ * Keep the entries sorted, they are bsearch'ed
+ */
+static struct annotate__config {
+	const char *name;
+	bool *value;
+} annotate__configs[] = {
+	ANNOTATE_CFG(hide_src_code),
+	ANNOTATE_CFG(jump_arrows),
+	ANNOTATE_CFG(show_nr_jumps),
+	ANNOTATE_CFG(use_offset),
+};
+
+#undef ANNOTATE_CFG
+
+static int annotate_config__cmp(const void *name, const void *cfgp)
+{
+	const struct annotate__config *cfg = cfgp;
+
+	return strcmp(name, cfg->name);
+}
+
+static int annotate__config(const char *var, const char *value, void *data __used)
+{
+	struct annotate__config *cfg;
+	const char *name;
+
+	if (prefixcmp(var, "annotate.") != 0)
+		return 0;
+
+	name = var + 9;
+	cfg = bsearch(name, annotate__configs, ARRAY_SIZE(annotate__configs),
+		      sizeof(struct annotate__config), annotate_config__cmp);
+
+	if (cfg == NULL)
+		return -1;
+
+	*cfg->value = perf_config_bool(name, value);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+void annotate_browser__init(void)
+{
+	perf_config(annotate__config, NULL);
+}