diff --git a/src/debug_toolbar/core/config.py b/src/debug_toolbar/core/config.py
index 7a784f0..901d7b7 100644
--- a/src/debug_toolbar/core/config.py
+++ b/src/debug_toolbar/core/config.py
@@ -31,6 +31,11 @@ class DebugToolbarConfig:
         panel_display_depth: Max depth for nested data rendering. Defaults to 10.
         panel_display_max_items: Max items to show in arrays/objects. Defaults to 100.
         panel_display_max_string: Max string length before truncation. Defaults to 1000.
+        profiler_backend: Profiling backend: "cprofile", "pyinstrument", or "tachyon". Defaults to "cprofile".
+        profiler_top_functions: Max functions shown in the profiling panel. Defaults to 50.
+        profiler_sort_by: Sort order for profiling results. Defaults to "cumulative".
+        profiler_tachyon_interval_usec: Tachyon sampling interval in microseconds. Defaults to 1000.
+        enable_flamegraph: Whether to generate flame graph data. Defaults to True.
         async_profiler_backend: Async profiler backend. "auto" selects best available.
         async_blocking_threshold_ms: Threshold for blocking call detection. Defaults to 100.
         async_enable_blocking_detection: Whether to detect blocking calls. Defaults to True.
@@ -69,6 +74,12 @@ class DebugToolbarConfig:
     panel_display_max_items: int = 100
     panel_display_max_string: int = 1000
 
+    profiler_backend: Literal["cprofile", "pyinstrument", "tachyon"] = "cprofile"
+    profiler_top_functions: int = 50
+    profiler_sort_by: str = "cumulative"
+    profiler_tachyon_interval_usec: int = 1000
+    enable_flamegraph: bool = True
+
     async_profiler_backend: Literal["taskfactory", "yappi", "auto"] = "auto"
     async_blocking_threshold_ms: float = 100.0
     async_enable_blocking_detection: bool = True
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_profiling_panel.py b/tests/unit/test_profiling_panel.py
index d0c8c57..6949355 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_profiling_panel.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_profiling_panel.py
@@ -64,6 +64,39 @@ def test_initialization_defaults(self, mock_toolbar: MagicMock) -> None:
         assert panel._profiling_overhead == 0.0
 
 
+class TestProfilingPanelWithRealConfig:
+    """Profiling options documented in the configuration guide must be accepted by every config class."""
+
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize(
+        "config_path",
+        [
+            "debug_toolbar.core.config:DebugToolbarConfig",
+            "debug_toolbar.litestar.config:LitestarDebugToolbarConfig",
+            "debug_toolbar.starlette.config:StarletteDebugToolbarConfig",
+            "debug_toolbar.fastapi.config:FastAPIDebugToolbarConfig",
+        ],
+    )
+    def test_panel_uses_profiler_options_from_config(self, config_path: str) -> None:
+        module_name, class_name = config_path.split(":")
+        config_class = getattr(pytest.importorskip(module_name), class_name)
+        config = config_class(
+            profiler_backend="cprofile",
+            profiler_top_functions=7,
+            profiler_sort_by="tottime",
+            profiler_tachyon_interval_usec=500,
+            enable_flamegraph=False,
+        )
+        toolbar = MagicMock()
+        toolbar.config = config
+
+        panel = ProfilingPanel(toolbar)
+
+        assert panel._backend == "cprofile"
+        assert panel._top_functions == 7
+        assert panel._sort_by == "tottime"
+        assert panel._enable_flamegraph is False
+
+
 class TestProfilingPanelBackendSelection:
     """Tests for backend selection logic."""