diff --git a/ansible/roles/skydive/tasks/config.yml b/ansible/roles/skydive/tasks/config.yml
index fe08155964..6fb80e2805 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/skydive/tasks/config.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/skydive/tasks/config.yml
@@ -30,8 +30,12 @@
     - Restart {{ item.key }} container
 
 - name: Copying over skydive config file
-  template:
-    src: "{{ item.key }}.conf.j2"
+  merge_yaml:
+    sources:
+      - "{{ role_path }}/templates/{{ item.key }}.conf.j2"
+      - "{{ node_custom_config }}/skydive.conf"
+      - "{{ node_custom_config }}/skydive/{{ item.key }}.conf"
+      - "{{ node_custom_config }}/skydive/{{ inventory_hostname }}/{{ item.key }}.conf"
     dest: "{{ node_config_directory }}/{{ item.key }}/skydive.conf"
     mode: "0660"
   become: true
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/skydive-custom-config-4f9f523cf72acaba.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/skydive-custom-config-4f9f523cf72acaba.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..73d22c83e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/skydive-custom-config-4f9f523cf72acaba.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+features:
+  - |
+    Adds a mechanism to customize ``skydive.conf``.