diff --git a/src/sound/mididevices/music_timiditypp_mididevice.cpp b/src/sound/mididevices/music_timiditypp_mididevice.cpp
index cc0c3684d..69c7f7315 100644
--- a/src/sound/mididevices/music_timiditypp_mididevice.cpp
+++ b/src/sound/mididevices/music_timiditypp_mididevice.cpp
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ CUSTOM_CVAR(String, timidity_exe, "timidity", CVAR_ARCHIVE | CVAR_GLOBALCONFIG)
 }
 
 CVAR (String, timidity_extargs, "", CVAR_ARCHIVE|CVAR_GLOBALCONFIG)	// extra args to pass to Timidity
+CVAR (String, timidity_config, "", CVAR_ARCHIVE|CVAR_GLOBALCONFIG)
 CVAR (String, timidity_chorus, "0", CVAR_ARCHIVE|CVAR_GLOBALCONFIG)
 CVAR (String, timidity_reverb, "0", CVAR_ARCHIVE|CVAR_GLOBALCONFIG)
 CVAR (Bool, timidity_stereo, true, CVAR_ARCHIVE|CVAR_GLOBALCONFIG)
@@ -184,6 +185,12 @@ TimidityPPMIDIDevice::TimidityPPMIDIDevice(const char *args)
 	CommandLine.Format("%s %s -EFchorus=%s -EFreverb=%s -s%d ",
 		args, *timidity_extargs,
 		*timidity_chorus, *timidity_reverb, *timidity_frequency);
+	if (**timidity_config != '\0')
+	{
+		CommandLine += "-c \"";
+		CommandLine += timidity_config;
+		CommandLine += "\" ";
+	}
 #endif
 
 	if (DiskName == NULL)
@@ -570,6 +577,11 @@ bool TimidityPPMIDIDevice::LaunchTimidity ()
 	arglist.push_back(exename);
 	for(size_t i = 0;i < words.we_wordc;i++)
 		arglist.push_back(words.we_wordv[i]);
+	if(**timidity_config != '\0')
+	{
+		arglist.push_back("-c");
+		arglist.push_back(timidity_config);
+	}
 	arglist.push_back(chorusarg.c_str());
 	arglist.push_back(reverbarg.c_str());
 	arglist.push_back(sratearg.c_str());