diff --git a/dask_jobqueue/core.py b/dask_jobqueue/core.py
index 994bc886..97eb0e4f 100644
--- a/dask_jobqueue/core.py
+++ b/dask_jobqueue/core.py
@@ -477,7 +477,9 @@ def __init__(
         if interface is None:
             interface = dask.config.get("jobqueue.%s.interface" % config_name)
         if scheduler_options is None:
-            scheduler_options = {}
+            scheduler_options = dask.config.get(
+                "jobqueue.%s.scheduler-options" % config_name, {}
+            )
 
         default_scheduler_options = {
             "protocol": protocol,
diff --git a/dask_jobqueue/jobqueue.yaml b/dask_jobqueue/jobqueue.yaml
index 14fdb67e..ec8045f8 100644
--- a/dask_jobqueue/jobqueue.yaml
+++ b/dask_jobqueue/jobqueue.yaml
@@ -10,17 +10,20 @@ jobqueue:
     interface: null             # Network interface to use like eth0 or ib0
     death-timeout: 60           # Number of seconds to wait if a worker can not find a scheduler
     local-directory: null       # Location of fast local storage like /scratch or $TMPDIR
+    extra: []
 
     # OAR resource manager options
     shebang: "#!/usr/bin/env bash"
     queue: null
     project: null
     walltime: '00:30:00'
-    extra: []
     env-extra: []
     resource-spec: null
     job-extra: []
     log-directory: null
+    
+    # Scheduler options
+    scheduler-options: {}
 
   pbs:
     name: dask-worker
@@ -33,17 +36,20 @@ jobqueue:
     interface: null             # Network interface to use like eth0 or ib0
     death-timeout: 60           # Number of seconds to wait if a worker can not find a scheduler
     local-directory: null       # Location of fast local storage like /scratch or $TMPDIR
+    extra: []
 
     # PBS resource manager options
     shebang: "#!/usr/bin/env bash"
     queue: null
     project: null
     walltime: '00:30:00'
-    extra: []
     env-extra: []
     resource-spec: null
     job-extra: []
     log-directory: null
+    
+    # Scheduler options
+    scheduler-options: {}
 
   sge:
     name: dask-worker
@@ -56,18 +62,20 @@ jobqueue:
     interface: null             # Network interface to use like eth0 or ib0
     death-timeout: 60           # Number of seconds to wait if a worker can not find a scheduler
     local-directory: null       # Location of fast local storage like /scratch or $TMPDIR
+    extra: []
 
     # SGE resource manager options
     shebang: "#!/usr/bin/env bash"
     queue: null
     project: null
     walltime: '00:30:00'
-    extra: []
     env-extra: []
     job-extra: []
     log-directory: null
-
     resource-spec: null
+    
+    # Scheduler options
+    scheduler-options: {}
 
   slurm:
     name: dask-worker
@@ -80,18 +88,21 @@ jobqueue:
     interface: null             # Network interface to use like eth0 or ib0
     death-timeout: 60           # Number of seconds to wait if a worker can not find a scheduler
     local-directory: null       # Location of fast local storage like /scratch or $TMPDIR
+    extra: []
 
     # SLURM resource manager options
     shebang: "#!/usr/bin/env bash"
     queue: null
     project: null
     walltime: '00:30:00'
-    extra: []
     env-extra: []
     job-cpu: null
     job-mem: null
     job-extra: []
     log-directory: null
+    
+    # Scheduler options
+    scheduler-options: {}
 
   moab:
     name: dask-worker
@@ -104,17 +115,20 @@ jobqueue:
     interface: null             # Network interface to use like eth0 or ib0
     death-timeout: 60           # Number of seconds to wait if a worker can not find a scheduler
     local-directory: null       # Location of fast local storage like /scratch or $TMPDIR
+    extra: []
 
     # PBS resource manager options
     shebang: "#!/usr/bin/env bash"
     queue: null
     project: null
     walltime: '00:30:00'
-    extra: []
     env-extra: []
     resource-spec: null
     job-extra: []
     log-directory: null
+    
+    # Scheduler options
+    scheduler-options: {}
 
   lsf:
     name: dask-worker
@@ -127,13 +141,13 @@ jobqueue:
     interface: null             # Network interface to use like eth0 or ib0
     death-timeout: 60           # Number of seconds to wait if a worker can not find a scheduler
     local-directory: null       # Location of fast local storage like /scratch or $TMPDIR
+    extra: []
 
     # LSF resource manager options
     shebang: "#!/usr/bin/env bash"
     queue: null
     project: null
     walltime: '00:30'
-    extra: []
     env-extra: []
     ncpus: null
     mem: null
@@ -141,6 +155,9 @@ jobqueue:
     log-directory: null
     lsf-units: null
     use-stdin: True             # (bool) How jobs are launched, i.e. 'bsub jobscript.sh' or 'bsub < jobscript.sh'
+    
+    # Scheduler options
+    scheduler-options: {}
 
   htcondor:
     name: dask-worker
@@ -153,14 +170,17 @@ jobqueue:
     interface: null             # Network interface to use like eth0 or ib0
     death-timeout: 60           # Number of seconds to wait if a worker can not find a scheduler
     local-directory: null       # Location of fast local storage like /scratch or $TMPDIR
+    extra: []
 
     # HTCondor Resource Manager options
     disk: null                  # Total amount of disk per job
-    extra: []
     env-extra: []
     job-extra: {}               # Extra submit attributes
     log-directory: null
     shebang: "#!/usr/bin/env condor_submit"
+    
+    # Scheduler options
+    scheduler-options: {}
 
   local:
     name: dask-worker
@@ -172,8 +192,11 @@ jobqueue:
     interface: null             # Network interface to use like eth0 or ib0
     death-timeout: 60           # Number of seconds to wait if a worker can not find a scheduler
     local-directory: null       # Location of fast local storage like /scratch or $TMPDIR
-
     extra: []
+
     env-extra: []
     job-extra: []
     log-directory: null
+    
+    # Scheduler options
+    scheduler-options: {}
diff --git a/dask_jobqueue/tests/test_jobqueue_core.py b/dask_jobqueue/tests/test_jobqueue_core.py
index bc9c94e0..db44002b 100644
--- a/dask_jobqueue/tests/test_jobqueue_core.py
+++ b/dask_jobqueue/tests/test_jobqueue_core.py
@@ -343,3 +343,42 @@ def test_cluster_error_scheduler_arguments_should_use_scheduler_options(Cluster)
     with pytest.raises(ValueError, match=message):
         with Cluster(cores=1, memory="1GB", dashboard_address=":8787"):
             pass
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "Cluster",
+    [PBSCluster, MoabCluster, SLURMCluster, SGECluster, LSFCluster, OARCluster],
+)
+def test_import_scheduler_options_from_config(Cluster):
+
+    net_if_addrs = psutil.net_if_addrs()
+
+    config_scheduler_interface = list(net_if_addrs.keys())[0]
+    config_scheduler_port = 8804
+
+    pass_scheduler_interface = list(net_if_addrs.keys())[1]
+
+    scheduler_options = {
+        "interface": config_scheduler_interface,
+        "port": config_scheduler_port,
+    }
+
+    default_config_name = Cluster.job_cls.config_name
+
+    with dask.config.set(
+        {"jobqueue.%s.scheduler-options" % default_config_name: scheduler_options}
+    ):
+
+        with Cluster(cores=2, memory="2GB") as cluster:
+            scheduler_options = cluster.scheduler_spec["options"]
+            assert scheduler_options.get("interface") == config_scheduler_interface
+            assert scheduler_options.get("port") == config_scheduler_port
+
+        with Cluster(
+            cores=2,
+            memory="2GB",
+            scheduler_options={"interface": pass_scheduler_interface},
+        ) as cluster:
+            scheduler_options = cluster.scheduler_spec["options"]
+            assert scheduler_options.get("interface") == pass_scheduler_interface
+            assert scheduler_options.get("port") is None
diff --git a/docs/source/changelog.rst b/docs/source/changelog.rst
index a918dae2..c017867b 100644
--- a/docs/source/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/source/changelog.rst
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ Development version
   the Dask scheduler. For example ``scheduler_options={'interface': 'eth0',
   dashboard_addresses=':12435')`` (:pr:`384`). Breaking change: using ``port``
   or ``dashboard_addresses`` arguments raises an error. They have to be passed
-  through ``scheduler_options``.
+  through ``scheduler_options``. ``scheduler_options`` can be set through the
+  config file in the ``scheduler-options`` section (:pr:`405`).
 - all cluster classes: ``processes`` parameter default has changed. By default,
   ``processes ~= sqrt(cores)`` so that the number of processes and the number
   of threads per process is roughly the same. Old default was to use one