diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 0ee5af99bb..772589686b 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -4589,6 +4589,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "reqwest 0.10.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "serde_json 1.0.46 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "solana-clap-utils 1.1.0",
+ "solana-cli-config 1.1.0",
  "solana-client 1.1.0",
  "solana-logger 1.1.0",
  "solana-metrics 1.1.0",
diff --git a/watchtower/Cargo.toml b/watchtower/Cargo.toml
index f7da7df562..52b18d4793 100644
--- a/watchtower/Cargo.toml
+++ b/watchtower/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ log = "0.4.8"
 reqwest = { version = "0.10.1", default-features = false, features = ["blocking", "rustls-tls", "json"] }
 serde_json = "1.0"
 solana-clap-utils = { path = "../clap-utils", version = "1.1.0" }
+solana-cli-config = { path = "../cli-config", version = "1.1.0" }
 solana-client = { path = "../client", version = "1.1.0" }
 solana-logger = { path = "../logger", version = "1.1.0" }
 solana-metrics = { path = "../metrics", version = "1.1.0" }
diff --git a/watchtower/src/main.rs b/watchtower/src/main.rs
index 4d370cbcea..f39e3b492e 100644
--- a/watchtower/src/main.rs
+++ b/watchtower/src/main.rs
@@ -3,12 +3,13 @@
 mod notifier;
 
 use crate::notifier::Notifier;
-use clap::{crate_description, crate_name, value_t_or_exit, App, Arg};
+use clap::{crate_description, crate_name, value_t, value_t_or_exit, App, Arg};
 use log::*;
 use solana_clap_utils::{
     input_parsers::pubkey_of,
     input_validators::{is_pubkey_or_keypair, is_url},
 };
+use solana_cli_config::{Config, CONFIG_FILE};
 use solana_client::rpc_client::RpcClient;
 use solana_metrics::{datapoint_error, datapoint_info};
 use std::{error, io, thread::sleep, time::Duration};
@@ -17,12 +18,25 @@ fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn error::Error>> {
     let matches = App::new(crate_name!())
         .about(crate_description!())
         .version(solana_clap_utils::version!())
+        .arg({
+            let arg = Arg::with_name("config_file")
+                .short("C")
+                .long("config")
+                .value_name("PATH")
+                .takes_value(true)
+                .global(true)
+                .help("Configuration file to use");
+            if let Some(ref config_file) = *CONFIG_FILE {
+                arg.default_value(&config_file)
+            } else {
+                arg
+            }
+        })
         .arg(
             Arg::with_name("json_rpc_url")
                 .long("url")
                 .value_name("URL")
                 .takes_value(true)
-                .required(true)
                 .validator(is_url)
                 .help("JSON RPC URL for the cluster"),
         )
@@ -50,14 +64,22 @@ fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn error::Error>> {
         )
         .get_matches();
 
+    let config = if let Some(config_file) = matches.value_of("config_file") {
+        Config::load(config_file).unwrap_or_default()
+    } else {
+        Config::default()
+    };
+
     let interval = Duration::from_secs(value_t_or_exit!(matches, "interval", u64));
-    let json_rpc_url = value_t_or_exit!(matches, "json_rpc_url", String);
+    let json_rpc_url =
+        value_t!(matches, "json_rpc_url", String).unwrap_or_else(|_| config.json_rpc_url);
     let validator_identity = pubkey_of(&matches, "validator_identity").map(|i| i.to_string());
     let no_duplicate_notifications = matches.is_present("no_duplicate_notifications");
 
     solana_logger::setup_with_default("solana=info");
     solana_metrics::set_panic_hook("watchtower");
 
+    info!("RPC URL: {}", json_rpc_url);
     let rpc_client = RpcClient::new(json_rpc_url);
 
     let notifier = Notifier::new();