diff --git a/client/src/client.ts b/client/src/client.ts
index 06c4a37..dd97827 100644
--- a/client/src/client.ts
+++ b/client/src/client.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@ export async function activate(context: ExtensionContext) {
                 workspace.createFileSystemWatcher('**/rebar.config'),
                 workspace.createFileSystemWatcher('**/rebar.lock')
             ]
+        },
+        initializationOptions: {
+           erlang: {
+               config_path: workspace.getConfiguration('erlang_ls').get('config.path'),
+           }
         }
     };
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 286935e..6bc1854 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -55,6 +55,11 @@
           "description":
           "Override the default path of the erlang_ls executable with a custom one."
         },
+        "erlang_ls.config.path": {
+          "type": "string",
+          "description": "Path to the erlang_ls.config file. This can either be absolute or relative to the project root",
+          "default": ""
+        },
         "erlang_ls.logPath": {
           "scope": "window",
           "type": "string",
@@ -77,6 +82,7 @@
           "default": "info",
           "description": "Log level of LS server"
         }
+
       }
     },
     "languages": [