diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 5b5b976569..4f9002efd6 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -387,6 +387,8 @@ include::config/branch.txt[]
 
 include::config/browser.txt[]
 
+include::config/bundle.txt[]
+
 include::config/checkout.txt[]
 
 include::config/clean.txt[]
diff --git a/Documentation/config/bundle.txt b/Documentation/config/bundle.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..daa21eb674
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/config/bundle.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+bundle.*::
+	The `bundle.*` keys may appear in a bundle list file found via the
+	`git clone --bundle-uri` option. These keys currently have no effect
+	if placed in a repository config file, though this will change in the
+	future. See link:technical/bundle-uri.html[the bundle URI design
+	document] for more details.
+
+bundle.version::
+	This integer value advertises the version of the bundle list format
+	used by the bundle list. Currently, the only accepted value is `1`.
+
+bundle.mode::
+	This string value should be either `all` or `any`. This value describes
+	whether all of the advertised bundles are required to unbundle a
+	complete understanding of the bundled information (`all`) or if any one
+	of the listed bundle URIs is sufficient (`any`).
+
+bundle.<id>.*::
+	The `bundle.<id>.*` keys are used to describe a single item in the
+	bundle list, grouped under `<id>` for identification purposes.
+
+bundle.<id>.uri::
+	This string value defines the URI by which Git can reach the contents
+	of this `<id>`. This URI may be a bundle file or another bundle list.
diff --git a/bundle-uri.c b/bundle-uri.c
index f9a8db221b..0bc59dd9c3 100644
--- a/bundle-uri.c
+++ b/bundle-uri.c
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #include "run-command.h"
 #include "hashmap.h"
 #include "pkt-line.h"
+#include "config.h"
 
 static int compare_bundles(const void *hashmap_cmp_fn_data,
 			   const struct hashmap_entry *he1,
@@ -65,6 +66,81 @@ int for_all_bundles_in_list(struct bundle_list *list,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Given a key-value pair, update the state of the given bundle list.
+ * Returns 0 if the key-value pair is understood. Returns -1 if the key
+ * is not understood or the value is malformed.
+ */
+MAYBE_UNUSED
+static int bundle_list_update(const char *key, const char *value,
+			      struct bundle_list *list)
+{
+	struct strbuf id = STRBUF_INIT;
+	struct remote_bundle_info lookup = REMOTE_BUNDLE_INFO_INIT;
+	struct remote_bundle_info *bundle;
+	const char *subsection, *subkey;
+	size_t subsection_len;
+
+	if (parse_config_key(key, "bundle", &subsection, &subsection_len, &subkey))
+		return -1;
+
+	if (!subsection_len) {
+		if (!strcmp(subkey, "version")) {
+			int version;
+			if (!git_parse_int(value, &version))
+				return -1;
+			if (version != 1)
+				return -1;
+
+			list->version = version;
+			return 0;
+		}
+
+		if (!strcmp(subkey, "mode")) {
+			if (!strcmp(value, "all"))
+				list->mode = BUNDLE_MODE_ALL;
+			else if (!strcmp(value, "any"))
+				list->mode = BUNDLE_MODE_ANY;
+			else
+				return -1;
+			return 0;
+		}
+
+		/* Ignore other unknown global keys. */
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	strbuf_add(&id, subsection, subsection_len);
+
+	/*
+	 * Check for an existing bundle with this <id>, or create one
+	 * if necessary.
+	 */
+	lookup.id = id.buf;
+	hashmap_entry_init(&lookup.ent, strhash(lookup.id));
+	if (!(bundle = hashmap_get_entry(&list->bundles, &lookup, ent, NULL))) {
+		CALLOC_ARRAY(bundle, 1);
+		bundle->id = strbuf_detach(&id, NULL);
+		hashmap_entry_init(&bundle->ent, strhash(bundle->id));
+		hashmap_add(&list->bundles, &bundle->ent);
+	}
+	strbuf_release(&id);
+
+	if (!strcmp(subkey, "uri")) {
+		if (bundle->uri)
+			return -1;
+		bundle->uri = xstrdup(value);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * At this point, we ignore any information that we don't
+	 * understand, assuming it to be hints for a heuristic the client
+	 * does not currently understand.
+	 */
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static char *find_temp_filename(void)
 {
 	int fd;
diff --git a/config.c b/config.c
index e8ebef77d5..1cb35bea2f 100644
--- a/config.c
+++ b/config.c
@@ -1214,7 +1214,7 @@ static int git_parse_unsigned(const char *value, uintmax_t *ret, uintmax_t max)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int git_parse_int(const char *value, int *ret)
+int git_parse_int(const char *value, int *ret)
 {
 	intmax_t tmp;
 	if (!git_parse_signed(value, &tmp, maximum_signed_value_of_type(int)))
diff --git a/config.h b/config.h
index ca994d7714..ef9eade641 100644
--- a/config.h
+++ b/config.h
@@ -206,6 +206,7 @@ int config_with_options(config_fn_t fn, void *,
 
 int git_parse_ssize_t(const char *, ssize_t *);
 int git_parse_ulong(const char *, unsigned long *);
+int git_parse_int(const char *value, int *ret);
 
 /**
  * Same as `git_config_bool`, except that it returns -1 on error rather