diff --git a/avocado/core/nrunner/runnable.py b/avocado/core/nrunner/runnable.py
index 800675e78d..7669f5835b 100644
--- a/avocado/core/nrunner/runnable.py
+++ b/avocado/core/nrunner/runnable.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import base64
 import collections
+import copy
 import json
 import logging
 import os
@@ -105,10 +106,7 @@ def __init__(self, kind, uri, *args, config=None, identifier=None, **kwargs):
         #: that is passed to runners, as long as a runner declares
         #: its interest in using them with
         #: attr:`avocado.core.nrunner.runner.BaseRunner.CONFIGURATION_USED`
-        self._config = {}
-        if config is None:
-            config = {}
-        self.config = self.filter_runnable_config(kind, config)
+        self.config = config or {}
         self.args = args
         self.tags = kwargs.pop("tags", None)
         self.dependencies = self.read_dependencies(kwargs.pop("dependencies", None))
@@ -188,21 +186,30 @@ def identifier(self):
 
     @property
     def config(self):
-        return self._config
+        if not self._config:
+            return self._default_config
+        config_with_defaults = copy.copy(self._default_config)
+        config_with_defaults.update(self._config)
+        return config_with_defaults
 
     @property
     def default_config(self):
         return self._default_config
 
-    def _config_setter_warning(self, config):
+    def _config_setter_warning(self, config, default_config=False):
         configuration_used = Runnable.get_configuration_used_by_kind(self.kind)
-        if not set(configuration_used).issubset(set(config.keys())):
-            LOG.warning(
-                "The runnable config should have only values "
-                "essential for its runner. In the next version of "
-                "avocado, this will raise a ValueError. Please "
-                "use avocado.core.nrunner.runnable.Runnable.filter_runnable_config"
-            )
+        if default_config:
+            if set(configuration_used) == (set(config.keys())):
+                return
+        else:
+            if set(config.keys()).issubset(set(configuration_used)):
+                return
+        LOG.warning(
+            "The runnable config should have only values "
+            "essential for its runner. In the next version of "
+            "avocado, this will raise a ValueError. Please "
+            "use avocado.core.nrunner.runnable.Runnable.filter_runnable_config"
+        )
 
     @config.setter
     def config(self, config):
@@ -232,7 +239,7 @@ def default_config(self, config):
         :param config: A config dict with default values for this Runnable.
         :type config: dict
         """
-        self._config_setter_warning(config)
+        self._config_setter_warning(config, True)
         self._default_config = config
 
     @classmethod
diff --git a/avocado/core/suite.py b/avocado/core/suite.py
index 88949f526d..286c532406 100644
--- a/avocado/core/suite.py
+++ b/avocado/core/suite.py
@@ -76,7 +76,9 @@ def resolutions_to_runnables(resolutions, config):
         if resolution.result != ReferenceResolutionResult.SUCCESS:
             continue
         for runnable in resolution.resolutions:
-            runnable.config = runnable.filter_runnable_config(runnable.kind, config)
+            runnable.default_config = runnable.filter_runnable_config(
+                runnable.kind, config
+            )
             result.append(runnable)
     return result
 
diff --git a/examples/nrunner/recipes/runnable/noop_config.json b/examples/nrunner/recipes/runnable/noop_config.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..009060233a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/nrunner/recipes/runnable/noop_config.json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{"kind": "noop", "uri": "noop", "config": {"runner.identifier_format": "nothing-op"}}
diff --git a/selftests/check.py b/selftests/check.py
index e88b0ac898..ea81932dfa 100755
--- a/selftests/check.py
+++ b/selftests/check.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     "job-api-7": 1,
     "nrunner-interface": 70,
     "nrunner-requirement": 28,
-    "unit": 677,
+    "unit": 678,
     "jobs": 11,
     "functional-parallel": 307,
     "functional-serial": 7,
diff --git a/selftests/functional/resolver.py b/selftests/functional/resolver.py
index 6b0eea5ee8..f9b64449db 100644
--- a/selftests/functional/resolver.py
+++ b/selftests/functional/resolver.py
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ def test_runnables_recipe(self):
 ==================
 asset: 1
 exec-test: 3
-noop: 2
+noop: 3
 package: 1
 python-unittest: 1
 sysinfo: 1"""
diff --git a/selftests/unit/suite.py b/selftests/unit/suite.py
index 51c967e8b9..af91128439 100644
--- a/selftests/unit/suite.py
+++ b/selftests/unit/suite.py
@@ -85,6 +85,17 @@ def test_config_runnable(self):
         runnable = suite.tests[0]
         self.assertEqual(runnable.config.get("runner.identifier_format"), "NOT FOO")
 
+    def test_config_runnable_and_suite(self):
+        config = {
+            "resolver.references": [
+                "examples/nrunner/recipes/runnable/noop_config.json",
+            ],
+            "runner.identifier_format": "NOT FOO",
+        }
+        suite = TestSuite.from_config(config)
+        runnable = suite.tests[0]
+        self.assertEqual(runnable.config.get("runner.identifier_format"), "nothing-op")
+
     def tearDown(self):
         self.tmpdir.cleanup()