--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -142,6 +142,10 @@
 as the default configuration without you having to change the system-wide
 configuration.
 
+You can store default values for any option in an INI-file in
+`~/config/autorandr/settings.ini` in a section `config`. The most useful
+candidate for doing that is `skip-options`, if you need it.
+
 ## Hook scripts
 
 Three more scripts can be placed in the configuration directory (as 
--- a/autorandr.py
+++ b/autorandr.py
@@ -42,6 +42,11 @@
 from functools import reduce
 from itertools import chain
 
+if sys.version_info.major == 2:
+    import ConfigParser as configparser
+else:
+    import configparser
+
 try:
     input = raw_input
 except NameError:
@@ -49,6 +54,7 @@
 
 virtual_profiles = [
     # (name, description, callback)
+    ("off", "Disable all outputs", None),
     ("common", "Clone all connected outputs at the largest common resolution", None),
     ("clone-largest", "Clone all connected outputs with the largest resolution (scaled down if necessary)", None),
     ("horizontal", "Stack all connected outputs horizontally at their largest resolution", None),
@@ -799,6 +805,11 @@
                 configuration[output].options["transform"] = "{},0,{},0,{},{},0,0,1".format(scale, mov_x, scale, mov_y)
             else:
                 configuration[output].options["off"] = None
+    elif profile_name == "off":
+        for output in configuration:
+            for key in list(configuration[output].options.keys()):
+                del configuration[output].options[key]
+            configuration[output].options["off"] = None
     return configuration
 
 
@@ -1002,6 +1013,14 @@
             X11_displays_done.add(display)
 
 
+def read_config(options, directory):
+    """Parse a configuration config.ini from directory and merge it into
+    the options dictionary"""
+    config = configparser.ConfigParser()
+    config.read(os.path.join(directory, "settings.ini"))
+    for key, value in config.items("config"):
+        options.setdefault("--%s" % key, value)
+
 def main(argv):
     try:
         opts, args = getopt.getopt(argv[1:], "s:r:l:d:cfh",
@@ -1040,6 +1059,7 @@
             if os.path.isdir(system_profile_path):
                 profiles.update(load_profiles(system_profile_path))
                 profile_symlinks.update(get_symlinks(system_profile_path))
+                read_config(options, system_profile_path)
         # For the user's profiles, prefer the legacy ~/.autorandr if it already exists
         # profile_path is also used later on to store configurations
         profile_path = os.path.expanduser("~/.autorandr")
@@ -1049,6 +1069,7 @@
         if os.path.isdir(profile_path):
             profiles.update(load_profiles(profile_path))
             profile_symlinks.update(get_symlinks(profile_path))
+            read_config(options, profile_path)
         # Sort by descending mtime
         profiles = OrderedDict(sorted(profiles.items(), key=lambda x: -x[1]["config-mtime"]))
     except Exception as e: