diff --git a/tools/perf/ui/browsers/hists.c b/tools/perf/ui/browsers/hists.c
index 5fa2e181ef0cb63349b7badcff2df685bc8e00e9..a94b11fc5e00263bd1adf50a456925fbc895d5aa 100644
--- a/tools/perf/ui/browsers/hists.c
+++ b/tools/perf/ui/browsers/hists.c
@@ -1284,7 +1284,7 @@ static struct hist_browser *hist_browser__new(struct hists *hists)
 		browser->b.refresh_dimensions = hist_browser__refresh_dimensions;
 		browser->b.seek = ui_browser__hists_seek;
 		browser->b.use_navkeypressed = true;
-		browser->show_headers = true;
+		browser->show_headers = symbol_conf.show_hist_headers;
 	}
 
 	return browser;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/config.c b/tools/perf/util/config.c
index 24519e14ac569cf62a8cadce29c9073d5ac9ae64..1e5e2e5af6b1d05b18b1f6b92b88c4e62e85f33c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/config.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/config.c
@@ -350,6 +350,16 @@ static int perf_default_core_config(const char *var __maybe_unused,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int perf_ui_config(const char *var, const char *value)
+{
+	/* Add other config variables here. */
+	if (!strcmp(var, "ui.show-headers")) {
+		symbol_conf.show_hist_headers = perf_config_bool(var, value);
+		return 0;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
 int perf_default_config(const char *var, const char *value,
 			void *dummy __maybe_unused)
 {
@@ -359,6 +369,9 @@ int perf_default_config(const char *var, const char *value,
 	if (!prefixcmp(var, "hist."))
 		return perf_hist_config(var, value);
 
+	if (!prefixcmp(var, "ui."))
+		return perf_ui_config(var, value);
+
 	/* Add other config variables here. */
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
index 7b9096f29cdbf7f8c2afabb041e2563b0e70c0da..2e6a2e219eb95f4dc33a44332635f90b02077523 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ struct symbol_conf symbol_conf = {
 	.annotate_src		= true,
 	.demangle		= true,
 	.cumulate_callchain	= true,
+	.show_hist_headers	= true,
 	.symfs			= "",
 };
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol.h b/tools/perf/util/symbol.h
index 615c752dd7673600b33f8e051f35ba85ce1cd866..a81877b1dee0ec65efe783ec90e6a504b29d7518 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/symbol.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol.h
@@ -118,7 +118,8 @@ struct symbol_conf {
 			annotate_src,
 			event_group,
 			demangle,
-			filter_relative;
+			filter_relative,
+			show_hist_headers;
 	const char	*vmlinux_name,
 			*kallsyms_name,
 			*source_prefix,