diff --git a/gallery_dl/downloader/common.py b/gallery_dl/downloader/common.py
index 1168d83d..cd142d48 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/downloader/common.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/downloader/common.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
-# Copyright 2014-2022 Mike Fährmann
+# Copyright 2014-2025 Mike Fährmann
 #
 # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
@@ -17,8 +17,15 @@ class DownloaderBase():
     scheme = ""
 
     def __init__(self, job):
+        extractor = job.extractor
+
+        opts = self._extractor_config(extractor)
+        if opts:
+            self.opts = opts
+            self.config = self.config_opts
+
         self.out = job.out
-        self.session = job.extractor.session
+        self.session = extractor.session
         self.part = self.config("part", True)
         self.partdir = self.config("part-directory")
         self.log = job.get_logger("downloader." + self.scheme)
@@ -29,7 +36,7 @@ class DownloaderBase():
 
         proxies = self.config("proxy", util.SENTINEL)
         if proxies is util.SENTINEL:
-            self.proxies = job.extractor._proxies
+            self.proxies = extractor._proxies
         else:
             self.proxies = util.build_proxy_map(proxies, self.log)
 
@@ -37,5 +44,43 @@ class DownloaderBase():
         """Interpolate downloader config value for 'key'"""
         return config.interpolate(("downloader", self.scheme), key, default)
 
+    def config_opts(self, key, default=None):
+        value = self.opts.get(key, util.SENTINEL)
+        if value is not util.SENTINEL:
+            return value
+        return config.interpolate(("downloader", self.scheme), key, default)
+
+    def _extractor_config(self, extractor):
+        path = extractor._cfgpath
+        if not isinstance(path, list):
+            return self._extractor_opts(path[1], path[2])
+
+        opts = {}
+        for cat, sub in reversed(path):
+            popts = self._extractor_opts(cat, sub)
+            if popts:
+                opts.update(popts)
+        return opts
+
+    def _extractor_opts(self, category, subcategory):
+        cfg = config.get(("extractor",), category)
+        if not cfg:
+            return None
+
+        copts = cfg.get(self.scheme)
+        if copts:
+            if subcategory in cfg:
+                sopts = cfg[subcategory].get(self.scheme)
+                if sopts:
+                    opts = copts.copy()
+                    opts.update(sopts)
+                    return opts
+            return copts
+
+        if subcategory in cfg:
+            return cfg[subcategory].get(self.scheme)
+
+        return None
+
     def download(self, url, pathfmt):
         """Write data from 'url' into the file specified by 'pathfmt'"""
diff --git a/test/test_downloader.py b/test/test_downloader.py
index 35cccc40..e4f66c2d 100644
--- a/test/test_downloader.py
+++ b/test/test_downloader.py
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import tempfile
 import threading
 import http.server
 
-
 sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))))
 from gallery_dl import downloader, extractor, output, config, path  # noqa E402
 from gallery_dl.downloader.http import MIME_TYPES, SIGNATURE_CHECKS # noqa E402
@@ -55,6 +54,9 @@ class TestDownloaderModule(unittest.TestCase):
         else:
             del sys.modules["youtube_dl"]
 
+    def setUp(self):
+        downloader._cache.clear()
+
     def tearDown(self):
         downloader._cache.clear()
 
@@ -107,6 +109,63 @@ class TestDownloaderModule(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(import_module.call_count, 1)
 
 
+class TestDownloaderConfig(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        config.clear()
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        config.clear()
+
+    def test_default_http(self):
+        job = FakeJob()
+        extr = job.extractor
+        dl = downloader.find("http")(job)
+
+        self.assertEqual(dl.adjust_extension, True)
+        self.assertEqual(dl.chunk_size, 32768)
+        self.assertEqual(dl.metadata, None)
+        self.assertEqual(dl.progress, 3.0)
+        self.assertEqual(dl.validate, True)
+        self.assertEqual(dl.headers, None)
+        self.assertEqual(dl.minsize, None)
+        self.assertEqual(dl.maxsize, None)
+        self.assertEqual(dl.mtime, True)
+        self.assertEqual(dl.rate, None)
+        self.assertEqual(dl.part, True)
+        self.assertEqual(dl.partdir, None)
+
+        self.assertIs(dl.interval_429, extr._interval_429)
+        self.assertIs(dl.retry_codes, extr._retry_codes)
+        self.assertIs(dl.retries, extr._retries)
+        self.assertIs(dl.timeout, extr._timeout)
+        self.assertIs(dl.proxies, extr._proxies)
+        self.assertIs(dl.verify, extr._verify)
+
+    def test_config_http(self):
+        config.set((), "rate", 42)
+        config.set((), "mtime", False)
+        config.set((), "headers", {"foo": "bar"})
+        config.set(("downloader",), "retries", -1)
+        config.set(("downloader", "http"), "filesize-min", "10k")
+        config.set(("extractor", "generic"), "verify", False)
+        config.set(("extractor", "generic", "example.org"), "timeout", 10)
+        config.set(("extractor", "generic", "http"), "rate", "1k")
+        config.set(
+            ("extractor", "generic", "example.org", "http"), "headers", {})
+
+        job = FakeJob()
+        dl = downloader.find("http")(job)
+
+        self.assertEqual(dl.headers, {})
+        self.assertEqual(dl.minsize, 10240)
+        self.assertEqual(dl.retries, float("inf"))
+        self.assertEqual(dl.timeout, 10)
+        self.assertEqual(dl.verify, False)
+        self.assertEqual(dl.mtime, False)
+        self.assertEqual(dl.rate, 1024)
+
+
 class TestDownloaderBase(unittest.TestCase):
 
     @classmethod