diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-config.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-config.txt
index 153bde14bbe0..154a1ced72b2 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-config.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-config.txt
@@ -393,6 +393,12 @@ annotate.*::
 
 		This option works with tui, stdio2 browsers.
 
+	annotate.demangle::
+		Demangle symbol names to human readable form. Default is 'true'.
+
+	annotate.demangle_kernel::
+		Demangle kernel symbol names to human readable form. Default is 'true'.
+
 hist.*::
 	hist.percentage::
 		This option control the way to calculate overhead of filtered entries -
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/annotate.c b/tools/perf/util/annotate.c
index e60841b86d27..f54224586a3d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/annotate.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/annotate.c
@@ -3144,6 +3144,10 @@ static int annotation__config(const char *var, const char *value, void *data)
 		opt->use_offset = perf_config_bool("use_offset", value);
 	} else if (!strcmp(var, "annotate.disassembler_style")) {
 		opt->disassembler_style = value;
+	} else if (!strcmp(var, "annotate.demangle")) {
+		symbol_conf.demangle = perf_config_bool("demangle", value);
+	} else if (!strcmp(var, "annotate.demangle_kernel")) {
+		symbol_conf.demangle_kernel = perf_config_bool("demangle_kernel", value);
 	} else {
 		pr_debug("%s variable unknown, ignoring...", var);
 	}