diff --git a/src/agent/Cargo.lock b/src/agent/Cargo.lock
index f922acba94..44a4674440 100644
--- a/src/agent/Cargo.lock
+++ b/src/agent/Cargo.lock
@@ -544,6 +544,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "rustjail",
  "scan_fmt",
  "scopeguard",
+ "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "slog",
  "slog-scope",
@@ -552,6 +553,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "thiserror",
  "tokio",
  "tokio-vsock",
+ "toml",
  "tracing",
  "tracing-opentelemetry",
  "tracing-subscriber",
@@ -1323,18 +1325,18 @@ checksum = "d29ab0c6d3fc0ee92fe66e2d99f700eab17a8d57d1c1d3b748380fb20baa78cd"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "serde"
-version = "1.0.126"
+version = "1.0.129"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ec7505abeacaec74ae4778d9d9328fe5a5d04253220a85c4ee022239fc996d03"
+checksum = "d1f72836d2aa753853178eda473a3b9d8e4eefdaf20523b919677e6de489f8f1"
 dependencies = [
  "serde_derive",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "serde_derive"
-version = "1.0.126"
+version = "1.0.129"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "963a7dbc9895aeac7ac90e74f34a5d5261828f79df35cbed41e10189d3804d43"
+checksum = "e57ae87ad533d9a56427558b516d0adac283614e347abf85b0dc0cbbf0a249f3"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2 1.0.26",
  "quote 1.0.9",
@@ -1618,6 +1620,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "vsock",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "toml"
+version = "0.5.8"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a31142970826733df8241ef35dc040ef98c679ab14d7c3e54d827099b3acecaa"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tracing"
 version = "0.1.26"
diff --git a/src/agent/Cargo.toml b/src/agent/Cargo.toml
index 10cf2082c5..3715da42fc 100644
--- a/src/agent/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/agent/Cargo.toml
@@ -58,6 +58,10 @@ tracing-opentelemetry = "0.13.0"
 opentelemetry = { version = "0.14.0", features = ["rt-tokio-current-thread"]}
 vsock-exporter = { path = "vsock-exporter" }
 
+# Configuration
+serde = { version = "1.0.129", features = ["derive"] }
+toml = "0.5.8"
+
 [dev-dependencies]
 tempfile = "3.1.0"
 
diff --git a/src/agent/src/config.rs b/src/agent/src/config.rs
index 960dda552c..108464a4a5 100644
--- a/src/agent/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/agent/src/config.rs
@@ -4,8 +4,10 @@
 //
 use crate::tracer;
 use anyhow::{bail, ensure, Context, Result};
+use serde::Deserialize;
 use std::env;
 use std::fs;
+use std::str::FromStr;
 use std::time;
 use tracing::instrument;
 
@@ -19,6 +21,7 @@ const DEBUG_CONSOLE_VPORT_OPTION: &str = "agent.debug_console_vport";
 const LOG_VPORT_OPTION: &str = "agent.log_vport";
 const CONTAINER_PIPE_SIZE_OPTION: &str = "agent.container_pipe_size";
 const UNIFIED_CGROUP_HIERARCHY_OPTION: &str = "agent.unified_cgroup_hierarchy";
+const CONFIG_FILE: &str = "agent.config_file";
 
 const DEFAULT_LOG_LEVEL: slog::Level = slog::Level::Info;
 const DEFAULT_HOTPLUG_TIMEOUT: time::Duration = time::Duration::from_secs(3);
@@ -47,7 +50,7 @@ const ERR_INVALID_CONTAINER_PIPE_SIZE_PARAM: &str = "unable to parse container p
 const ERR_INVALID_CONTAINER_PIPE_SIZE_KEY: &str = "invalid container pipe size key name";
 const ERR_INVALID_CONTAINER_PIPE_NEGATIVE: &str = "container pipe size should not be negative";
 
-#[derive(Debug, Default)]
+#[derive(Debug, Default, Deserialize)]
 pub struct EndpointsConfig {
     pub allowed: Vec<String>,
 }
@@ -67,6 +70,35 @@ pub struct AgentConfig {
     pub endpoints: EndpointsConfig,
 }
 
+#[derive(Debug, Deserialize)]
+pub struct AgentConfigBuilder {
+    pub debug_console: Option<bool>,
+    pub dev_mode: Option<bool>,
+    pub log_level: Option<String>,
+    pub hotplug_timeout: Option<time::Duration>,
+    pub debug_console_vport: Option<i32>,
+    pub log_vport: Option<i32>,
+    pub container_pipe_size: Option<i32>,
+    pub server_addr: Option<String>,
+    pub unified_cgroup_hierarchy: Option<bool>,
+    pub tracing: Option<tracer::TraceType>,
+    pub endpoints: Option<EndpointsConfig>,
+}
+
+macro_rules! config_override {
+    ($builder:ident, $config:ident, $field:ident) => {
+        if let Some(v) = $builder.$field {
+            $config.$field = v;
+        }
+    };
+
+    ($builder:ident, $config:ident, $field:ident, $func: ident) => {
+        if let Some(v) = $builder.$field {
+            $config.$field = $func(&v)?;
+        }
+    };
+}
+
 // parse_cmdline_param parse commandline parameters.
 macro_rules! parse_cmdline_param {
     // commandline flags, without func to parse the option values
@@ -115,6 +147,36 @@ impl Default for AgentConfig {
     }
 }
 
+impl FromStr for AgentConfig {
+    type Err = anyhow::Error;
+
+    fn from_str(s: &str) -> Result<Self, Self::Err> {
+        let agent_config_builder: AgentConfigBuilder =
+            toml::from_str(s).map_err(anyhow::Error::new)?;
+        let mut agent_config: AgentConfig = Default::default();
+
+        // Overwrite default values with the configuration files ones.
+        config_override!(agent_config_builder, agent_config, debug_console);
+        config_override!(agent_config_builder, agent_config, dev_mode);
+        config_override!(
+            agent_config_builder,
+            agent_config,
+            log_level,
+            logrus_to_slog_level
+        );
+        config_override!(agent_config_builder, agent_config, hotplug_timeout);
+        config_override!(agent_config_builder, agent_config, debug_console_vport);
+        config_override!(agent_config_builder, agent_config, log_vport);
+        config_override!(agent_config_builder, agent_config, container_pipe_size);
+        config_override!(agent_config_builder, agent_config, server_addr);
+        config_override!(agent_config_builder, agent_config, unified_cgroup_hierarchy);
+        config_override!(agent_config_builder, agent_config, tracing);
+        config_override!(agent_config_builder, agent_config, endpoints);
+
+        Ok(agent_config)
+    }
+}
+
 impl AgentConfig {
     #[instrument]
     pub fn from_cmdline(file: &str) -> Result<AgentConfig> {
@@ -122,6 +184,15 @@ impl AgentConfig {
         let cmdline = fs::read_to_string(file)?;
         let params: Vec<&str> = cmdline.split_ascii_whitespace().collect();
         for param in params.iter() {
+            // If we get a configuration file path from the command line, we
+            // generate our config from it.
+            // The agent will fail to start if the configuration file is not present,
+            // or if it can't be parsed properly.
+            if param.starts_with(format!("{}=", CONFIG_FILE).as_str()) {
+                let config_file = get_string_value(param)?;
+                return AgentConfig::from_config_file(&config_file);
+            }
+
             // parse cmdline flags
             parse_cmdline_param!(param, DEBUG_CONSOLE_FLAG, config.debug_console);
             parse_cmdline_param!(param, DEV_MODE_FLAG, config.dev_mode);
@@ -201,6 +272,12 @@ impl AgentConfig {
 
         Ok(config)
     }
+
+    #[instrument]
+    pub fn from_config_file(file: &str) -> Result<AgentConfig> {
+        let config = fs::read_to_string(file)?;
+        AgentConfig::from_str(&config)
+    }
 }
 
 #[instrument]
@@ -1262,4 +1339,29 @@ Caused by:
             assert_result!(d.result, result, msg);
         }
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_config_builder_from_string() {
+        let config = AgentConfig::from_str(
+            r#"
+               dev_mode = true
+               server_addr = 'vsock://8:2048'
+
+               [endpoints]
+               allowed = ["CreateContainer", "StartContainer"]
+              "#,
+        )
+        .unwrap();
+
+        // Verify that the override worked
+        assert!(config.dev_mode);
+        assert_eq!(config.server_addr, "vsock://8:2048");
+        assert_eq!(
+            config.endpoints.allowed,
+            vec!["CreateContainer".to_string(), "StartContainer".to_string()]
+        );
+
+        // Verify that the default values are valid
+        assert_eq!(config.hotplug_timeout, DEFAULT_HOTPLUG_TIMEOUT);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/agent/src/tracer.rs b/src/agent/src/tracer.rs
index 5edbf300d3..e2bf349bfb 100644
--- a/src/agent/src/tracer.rs
+++ b/src/agent/src/tracer.rs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ use crate::config::AgentConfig;
 use anyhow::Result;
 use opentelemetry::sdk::propagation::TraceContextPropagator;
 use opentelemetry::{global, sdk::trace::Config, trace::TracerProvider};
+use serde::Deserialize;
 use slog::{info, o, Logger};
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::error::Error;
@@ -17,7 +18,7 @@ use tracing_subscriber::layer::SubscriberExt;
 use tracing_subscriber::Registry;
 use ttrpc::r#async::TtrpcContext;
 
-#[derive(Debug, PartialEq)]
+#[derive(Debug, Deserialize, PartialEq)]
 pub enum TraceType {
     Disabled,
     Isolated,