diff --git a/components/lib/basecomponent/BaseComponent.vue b/components/lib/basecomponent/BaseComponent.vue
index 034e94238..90e007b97 100644
--- a/components/lib/basecomponent/BaseComponent.vue
+++ b/components/lib/basecomponent/BaseComponent.vue
@@ -471,7 +471,7 @@ export default {
         _getPTValue(obj = {}, key = '', params = {}, searchInDefaultPT = true) {
             const datasetPrefix = 'data-pc-';
             const searchOut = /./g.test(key) && !!params[key.split('.')[0]];
-            const { mergeSections = true, mergeProps: useMergeProps = false } = this._getPropValue('ptOptions') || {};
+            const { mergeSections = true, mergeProps: useMergeProps = false } = this._getPropValue('ptOptions') || this.$config?.ptOptions || {};
             const global = searchInDefaultPT ? (searchOut ? this._useGlobalPT(this._getPTClassValue, key, params) : this._useDefaultPT(this._getPTClassValue, key, params)) : undefined;
             const self = searchOut ? undefined : this._usePT(this._getPT(obj, this.$name), this._getPTClassValue, key, { ...params, global: global || {} });
             const datasets = key !== 'transition' && {
@@ -509,7 +509,7 @@ export default {
             const fn = (value) => callback(value, key, params);
 
             if (pt?.hasOwnProperty('_usept')) {
-                const { mergeSections = true, mergeProps: useMergeProps = false } = pt['_usept'] || {};
+                const { mergeSections = true, mergeProps: useMergeProps = false } = pt['_usept'] || this.$config?.ptOptions || {};
                 const originalValue = fn(pt.originalValue);
                 const value = fn(pt.value);
 
diff --git a/components/lib/basedirective/BaseDirective.js b/components/lib/basedirective/BaseDirective.js
index 5fb89479d..368d41689 100644
--- a/components/lib/basedirective/BaseDirective.js
+++ b/components/lib/basedirective/BaseDirective.js
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ const BaseDirective = {
         };
 
         const datasetPrefix = 'data-pc-';
-        const { mergeSections = true, mergeProps: useMergeProps = false } = instance.binding?.value?.ptOptions || {};
+        const { mergeSections = true, mergeProps: useMergeProps = false } = instance.binding?.value?.ptOptions || instance.$config?.ptOptions || {};
         const global = searchInDefaultPT ? BaseDirective._useDefaultPT(instance, instance.defaultPT, getValue, key, params) : undefined;
         const self = BaseDirective._usePT(instance, BaseDirective._getPT(obj, instance.$name), getValue, key, { ...params, global: global || {} });
         const datasets = {
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ const BaseDirective = {
         const fn = (value) => callback(value, key, params);
 
         if (pt?.hasOwnProperty('_usept')) {
-            const { mergeSections = true, mergeProps: useMergeProps = false } = pt['_usept'] || {};
+            const { mergeSections = true, mergeProps: useMergeProps = false } = pt['_usept'] || instance.$config?.ptOptions || {};
             const originalValue = fn(pt.originalValue);
             const value = fn(pt.value);
 
diff --git a/components/lib/config/PrimeVue.d.ts b/components/lib/config/PrimeVue.d.ts
index 59dafff04..c46016675 100644
--- a/components/lib/config/PrimeVue.d.ts
+++ b/components/lib/config/PrimeVue.d.ts
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ import { OverlayPanelPassThroughOptions } from '../overlaypanel';
 import { PaginatorPassThroughOptions } from '../paginator';
 import { PanelPassThroughOptions } from '../panel';
 import { PanelMenuPassThroughOptions } from '../panelmenu';
+import { PassThroughOptions } from '../passthrough';
 import { PasswordPassThroughOptions } from '../password';
 import { PickListPassThroughOptions } from '../picklist';
 import { ProgressBarPassThroughOptions } from '../progressbar';
@@ -102,6 +103,7 @@ export interface PrimeVueConfiguration {
     filterMatchModeOptions?: any;
     zIndex?: PrimeVueZIndexOptions;
     pt?: PassThrough<PrimeVuePTOptions>;
+    ptOptions?: PassThroughOptions;
     unstyled?: boolean;
     csp?: PrimeVueCSPOptions;
 }
diff --git a/components/lib/config/PrimeVue.js b/components/lib/config/PrimeVue.js
index 04c8ba576..5ed983652 100644
--- a/components/lib/config/PrimeVue.js
+++ b/components/lib/config/PrimeVue.js
@@ -134,6 +134,10 @@ export const defaultOptions = {
         tooltip: 1100
     },
     pt: undefined,
+    ptOptions: {
+        mergeSections: true,
+        mergeProps: false
+    },
     unstyled: false,
     csp: {
         nonce: undefined
diff --git a/components/lib/passthrough/index.js b/components/lib/passthrough/index.js
index 9f4c04900..07b2c8ece 100644
--- a/components/lib/passthrough/index.js
+++ b/components/lib/passthrough/index.js
@@ -5,12 +5,9 @@
  * usePassThrough(pt1, pt2, pt3, pt*, { mergeSections: true });
  * usePassThrough(pt1, { mergeSections: true });
  */
-export const usePassThrough = (pt1 = {}, pt2 = {}, { mergeSections = true, mergeProps = false } = {}) => {
+export const usePassThrough = (pt1 = {}, pt2 = {}, ptOptions) => {
     return {
-        _usept: {
-            mergeSections,
-            mergeProps
-        },
+        _usept: ptOptions,
         originalValue: pt1,
         value: { ...pt1, ...pt2 }
     };