diff --git a/src/daemon/pipewire.conf.in b/src/daemon/pipewire.conf.in
index 686404348..e51b70b44 100644
--- a/src/daemon/pipewire.conf.in
+++ b/src/daemon/pipewire.conf.in
@@ -54,14 +54,6 @@ context.properties = {
     #
     #settings.check-quantum      = false
     #settings.check-rate         = false
-
-    # keys checked below to disable module loading
-    module.x11.bell = true
-    # enables autoloading of access module, when disabled an alternative
-    # access module needs to be loaded.
-    module.access = true
-    # enables autoloading of module-jackdbus-detect
-    module.jackdbus-detect = true
 }
 
 context.properties.rules = [
@@ -114,6 +106,7 @@ context.modules = [
     # RTKit if the user doesn't have permission to use regular realtime
     # scheduling. You can also clamp utilisation values to improve scheduling
     # on embedded and heterogeneous systems, e.g. Arm big.LITTLE devices.
+    # use module.rt.args = { ... } to override the arguments.
     { name = libpipewire-module-rt
         args = {
             nice.level    = -11
@@ -124,6 +117,7 @@ context.modules = [
             #uclamp.max = 1024
         }
         flags = [ ifexists nofail ]
+        condition = [ { module.rt = !false } ]
     }
 
     # The native communication protocol.
@@ -137,34 +131,51 @@ context.modules = [
     # The profile module. Allows application to access profiler
     # and performance data. It provides an interface that is used
     # by pw-top and pw-profiler.
-    { name = libpipewire-module-profiler }
+    # use module.profiler.args = { ... } to override the arguments.
+    { name = libpipewire-module-profiler
+        args = {
+            #profile.interval.ms = 0
+        }
+        condition = [ { module.profiler = !false } ]
+    }
 
     # Allows applications to create metadata objects. It creates
     # a factory for Metadata objects.
-    { name = libpipewire-module-metadata }
+    { name = libpipewire-module-metadata
+        condition = [ { module.metadata = !false } ]
+    }
 
     # Creates a factory for making devices that run in the
     # context of the PipeWire server.
-    { name = libpipewire-module-spa-device-factory }
+    { name = libpipewire-module-spa-device-factory
+        condition = [ { module.spa-device-factory = !false } ]
+    }
 
     # Creates a factory for making nodes that run in the
     # context of the PipeWire server.
-    { name = libpipewire-module-spa-node-factory }
+    { name = libpipewire-module-spa-node-factory
+        condition = [ { module.spa-node-factory = !false } ]
+    }
 
     # Allows creating nodes that run in the context of the
     # client. Is used by all clients that want to provide
     # data to PipeWire.
-    { name = libpipewire-module-client-node }
+    { name = libpipewire-module-client-node
+        condition = [ { module.client-node = !false } ]
+    }
 
     # Allows creating devices that run in the context of the
     # client. Is used by the session manager.
-    { name = libpipewire-module-client-device }
+    { name = libpipewire-module-client-device
+        condition = [ { module.client-device = !false } ]
+    }
 
     # The portal module monitors the PID of the portal process
     # and tags connections with the same PID as portal
     # connections.
     { name = libpipewire-module-portal
         flags = [ ifexists nofail ]
+        condition = [ { module.portal = !false } ]
     }
 
     # The access module can perform access checks and block
@@ -178,18 +189,24 @@ context.modules = [
             # for now enabled by default if access.socket is not specified
             #access.legacy = true
         }
-        condition = [ { module.access = true } ]
+        condition = [ { module.access = !false } ]
     }
 
     # Makes a factory for wrapping nodes in an adapter with a
     # converter and resampler.
-    { name = libpipewire-module-adapter }
+    { name = libpipewire-module-adapter
+        condition = [ { module.adapter = !false } ]
+    }
 
     # Makes a factory for creating links between ports.
-    { name = libpipewire-module-link-factory }
+    { name = libpipewire-module-link-factory
+        condition = [ { module.link-factory = !false } ]
+    }
 
     # Provides factories to make session manager objects.
-    { name = libpipewire-module-session-manager }
+    { name = libpipewire-module-session-manager
+        condition = [ { module.session-manager = !false } ]
+    }
 
     # Use libcanberra to play X11 Bell
     { name = libpipewire-module-x11-bell
@@ -200,8 +217,11 @@ context.modules = [
             #x11.xauthority = null
         }
         flags = [ ifexists nofail ]
-        condition = [ { module.x11.bell = true } ]
+        condition = [ { module.x11.bell = !false } ]
     }
+    # The JACK DBus detection module. When jackdbus is started, this
+    # will automatically make PipeWire become a JACK client.
+    # use module.jackdbus-detect.args = { ... } to override the arguments.
     { name = libpipewire-module-jackdbus-detect
         args = {
             #jack.library     = libjack.so.0
@@ -223,7 +243,7 @@ context.modules = [
             }
         }
         flags = [ ifexists nofail ]
-        condition = [ { module.jackdbus-detect = true } ]
+        condition = [ { module.jackdbus-detect = !false } ]
     }
 ]
 
@@ -258,6 +278,7 @@ context.objects = [
             #clock.id       = monotonic # realtime | tai | monotonic-raw | boottime
             #clock.name     = "clock.system.monotonic"
         }
+        condition = [ { factory.dummy-driver = !false } ]
     }
     { factory = spa-node-factory
         args = {
@@ -269,6 +290,7 @@ context.objects = [
             node.freewheel  = true
             #freewheel.wait = 10
         }
+        condition = [ { factory.freewheel-driver = !false } ]
     }
 
     # This creates a new Source node. It will have input ports
@@ -332,7 +354,7 @@ context.exec = [
     # Run the session manager with -h for options.
     #
     @sm_comment@{ path = "@session_manager_path@" args = "@session_manager_args@"
-    @sm_comment@  condition = [ { exec.session-manager = null } { exec.session-manager = true } ] }
+    @sm_comment@  condition = [ { exec.session-manager = !false } ] }
     #
     # You can optionally start the pulseaudio-server here as well
     # but it is better to start it as a systemd service.
@@ -340,5 +362,5 @@ context.exec = [
     # on another address with the -a option (eg. -a tcp:4713).
     #
     @pulse_comment@{ path = "@pipewire_path@" args = [ "-c" "pipewire-pulse.conf" ]
-    @pulse_comment@  condition = [ { exec.pipewire-pulse = null } { exec.pipewire-pulse = true } ] }
+    @pulse_comment@  condition = [ { exec.pipewire-pulse = !false } ] }
 ]
diff --git a/src/modules/module-jackdbus-detect.c b/src/modules/module-jackdbus-detect.c
index 152ba6c93..701a21b14 100644
--- a/src/modules/module-jackdbus-detect.c
+++ b/src/modules/module-jackdbus-detect.c
@@ -61,6 +61,17 @@
  *  }
  * ]
  *\endcode
+
+ * ## Config override
+ *
+ * A `module.jackdbus-detect.args` config section can be added in the override directory
+ * to override the module arguments.
+ *
+ *\code{.unparsed}
+ * module.jackdbus-detect.args = {
+ *     #tunnel.mode    = duplex
+ * }
+ *\endcode
  *
  */
 
@@ -359,6 +370,9 @@ int pipewire__module_init(struct pw_impl_module *module, const char *args)
 	impl->context = context;
 	impl->properties = args ? pw_properties_new_string(args) : NULL;
 
+	if (impl->properties)
+		pw_context_conf_update_props(context, "module."NAME".args", impl->properties);
+
 	impl->conn = spa_dbus_get_connection(dbus, SPA_DBUS_TYPE_SESSION);
 	if (impl->conn == NULL) {
 		res = -errno;
diff --git a/src/modules/module-profiler.c b/src/modules/module-profiler.c
index 150614c64..d7a4bb153 100644
--- a/src/modules/module-profiler.c
+++ b/src/modules/module-profiler.c
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
  *
  * - `profile.interval.ms`: Can be used to avoid gathering profiling information
  *			    on every processing cycle. This allows trading off
- *			    CPU usage for profiling accuracy.
+ *			    CPU usage for profiling accuracy. Default 0
  *
  * ## Example configuration
  *
@@ -47,9 +47,24 @@
  *
  *\code{.unparsed}
  * context.modules = [
- * { name = libpipewire-module-profiler }
+ * { name = libpipewire-module-profiler
+ *   args = {
+ *       #profile.interval.ms = 0
+ *   }
+ * }
  * ]
  *\endcode
+
+ * ## Config override
+ *
+ * A `module.profiler.args` config section can be added in the override directory
+ * to override the module arguments.
+ *
+ *\code{.unparsed}
+ * module.profiler.args = {
+ *     #profile.interval.ms = 10
+ * }
+ *\endcode
  *
  * ## See also
  *
@@ -513,6 +528,8 @@ int pipewire__module_init(struct pw_impl_module *module, const char *args)
 	impl->properties = props;
 	impl->main_loop = pw_context_get_main_loop(impl->context);
 
+	pw_context_conf_update_props(context, "module."NAME".args", props);
+
 	impl->interval = SPA_NSEC_PER_MSEC *
 		pw_properties_get_uint32(props, "profile.interval.ms", DEFAULT_INTERVAL);
 	impl->last_signal_time = 0;
diff --git a/src/modules/module-rt.c b/src/modules/module-rt.c
index af22e624a..66fe95ae8 100644
--- a/src/modules/module-rt.c
+++ b/src/modules/module-rt.c
@@ -115,6 +115,17 @@
  * }
  * ]
  *\endcode
+ *
+ * ## Config override
+ *
+ * A `module.rt.args` config section can be added in the override directory
+ * to override the module arguments.
+ *
+ *\code{.unparsed}
+ * module.rt.args = {
+ *      nice.level = 22
+ * }
+ *\endcode
  */
 
 #define NAME "rt"
@@ -1076,6 +1087,7 @@ int pipewire__module_init(struct pw_impl_module *module, const char *args)
 		res = -errno;
 		goto error;
 	}
+	pw_context_conf_update_props(context, "module."NAME".args", props);
 
 	impl->context = context;
 	impl->nice_level = pw_properties_get_int32(props, "nice.level", DEFAULT_NICE_LEVEL);