diff --git a/consensus/istanbul/config.go b/consensus/istanbul/config.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e6cb762604
--- /dev/null
+++ b/consensus/istanbul/config.go
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+// Copyright 2017 The go-ethereum Authors
+// This file is part of the go-ethereum library.
+//
+// The go-ethereum library is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// The go-ethereum library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+// GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+// along with the go-ethereum library. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+package istanbul
+
+type ProposerPolicy uint64
+
+const (
+	RoundRobin ProposerPolicy = iota
+	Sticky
+)
+
+type Config struct {
+	RequestTimeout uint64         `toml:",omitempty"` // The timeout for each Istanbul round in milliseconds. This timeout should be larger than BlockPauseTime.
+	BlockPeriod    uint64         `toml:",omitempty"` // Default minimum difference between two consecutive block's timestamps in second
+	BlockPauseTime uint64         `toml:",omitempty"` // Pause time when zero tx in previous block, values should be larger than istanbul_block_period
+	ProposerPolicy ProposerPolicy `toml:",omitempty"` // The policy for proposer, the detail is not determined
+	Epoch          uint64         `toml:",omitempty"` // The number of blocks after which to checkpoint and reset the pending votes
+}
+
+var DefaultConfig = &Config{
+	RequestTimeout: 10000,
+	BlockPeriod:    1,
+	BlockPauseTime: 2,
+	ProposerPolicy: RoundRobin,
+	Epoch:          30000,
+}
diff --git a/eth/config.go b/eth/config.go
index dd7f42c7d9..6786b42bca 100644
--- a/eth/config.go
+++ b/eth/config.go
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common/hexutil"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/consensus/ethash"
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/consensus/istanbul"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/eth/downloader"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/eth/gasprice"
@@ -55,6 +56,8 @@ var DefaultConfig = Config{
 		Blocks:     20,
 		Percentile: 60,
 	},
+
+	Istanbul: *istanbul.DefaultConfig,
 }
 
 func init() {
@@ -112,6 +115,9 @@ type Config struct {
 	// Enables tracking of SHA3 preimages in the VM
 	EnablePreimageRecording bool
 
+	// Istanbul options
+	Istanbul istanbul.Config
+
 	// Miscellaneous options
 	DocRoot string `toml:"-"`
 }
diff --git a/eth/gen_config.go b/eth/gen_config.go
index 4f2e82d941..8c27a40ed3 100644
--- a/eth/gen_config.go
+++ b/eth/gen_config.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common/hexutil"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/consensus/ethash"
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/consensus/istanbul"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/eth/downloader"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/eth/gasprice"
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ func (c Config) MarshalTOML() (interface{}, error) {
 		GPO                     gasprice.Config
 		EnablePreimageRecording bool
 		DocRoot                 string `toml:"-"`
+		Istanbul                istanbul.Config
 	}
 	var enc Config
 	enc.Genesis = c.Genesis
@@ -52,6 +54,7 @@ func (c Config) MarshalTOML() (interface{}, error) {
 	enc.TxPool = c.TxPool
 	enc.GPO = c.GPO
 	enc.EnablePreimageRecording = c.EnablePreimageRecording
+	enc.Istanbul = c.Istanbul
 	enc.DocRoot = c.DocRoot
 	return &enc, nil
 }
@@ -75,6 +78,7 @@ func (c *Config) UnmarshalTOML(unmarshal func(interface{}) error) error {
 		GPO                     *gasprice.Config
 		EnablePreimageRecording *bool
 		DocRoot                 *string `toml:"-"`
+		Istanbul                *istanbul.Config
 	}
 	var dec Config
 	if err := unmarshal(&dec); err != nil {
@@ -128,6 +132,9 @@ func (c *Config) UnmarshalTOML(unmarshal func(interface{}) error) error {
 	if dec.EnablePreimageRecording != nil {
 		c.EnablePreimageRecording = *dec.EnablePreimageRecording
 	}
+	if dec.Istanbul != nil {
+		c.Istanbul = *dec.Istanbul
+	}
 	if dec.DocRoot != nil {
 		c.DocRoot = *dec.DocRoot
 	}