diff --git a/packages/playwright-test/src/common/configLoader.ts b/packages/playwright-test/src/common/configLoader.ts
index 4e30273f3a..4d72ed73a0 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-test/src/common/configLoader.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-test/src/common/configLoader.ts
@@ -27,9 +27,53 @@ import { addToCompilationCache } from '../transform/compilationCache';
 import { initializeEsmLoader } from './esmLoaderHost';
 
 const kDefineConfigWasUsed = Symbol('defineConfigWasUsed');
-export const defineConfig = (config: any) => {
-  config[kDefineConfigWasUsed] = true;
-  return config;
+export const defineConfig = (...configs: any[]) => {
+  let result = configs[0];
+  for (let i = 1; i < configs.length; ++i) {
+    const config = configs[i];
+    result = {
+      ...result,
+      ...config,
+      expect: {
+        ...result.expect,
+        ...config.expect,
+      },
+      use: {
+        ...result.use,
+        ...config.use,
+      },
+      webServer: [
+        ...(Array.isArray(result.webServer) ? result.webServer : (result.webServer ? [result.webServer] : [])),
+        ...(Array.isArray(config.webServer) ? config.webServer : (config.webServer ? [config.webServer] : [])),
+      ]
+    };
+
+    const projectOverrides = new Map<string, any>();
+    for (const project of config.projects || [])
+      projectOverrides.set(project.name, project);
+
+    const projects = [];
+    for (const project of result.projects || []) {
+      const projectOverride = projectOverrides.get(project.name);
+      if (projectOverride) {
+        projects.push({
+          ...project,
+          ...projectOverride,
+          use: {
+            ...project.use,
+            ...projectOverride.use,
+          }
+        });
+        projectOverrides.delete(project.name);
+      } else {
+        projects.push(project);
+      }
+    }
+    projects.push(...projectOverrides.values());
+    result.projects = projects;
+  }
+  result[kDefineConfigWasUsed] = true;
+  return result;
 };
 
 export class ConfigLoader {
diff --git a/packages/playwright-test/types/test.d.ts b/packages/playwright-test/types/test.d.ts
index 835987141b..8f72539faa 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-test/types/test.d.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-test/types/test.d.ts
@@ -5022,6 +5022,9 @@ export const expect: Expect;
 export function defineConfig(config: PlaywrightTestConfig): PlaywrightTestConfig;
 export function defineConfig<T>(config: PlaywrightTestConfig<T>): PlaywrightTestConfig<T>;
 export function defineConfig<T, W>(config: PlaywrightTestConfig<T, W>): PlaywrightTestConfig<T, W>;
+export function defineConfig(config: PlaywrightTestConfig, ...configs: PlaywrightTestConfig[]): PlaywrightTestConfig;
+export function defineConfig<T>(config: PlaywrightTestConfig<T>, ...configs: PlaywrightTestConfig[]): PlaywrightTestConfig<T>;
+export function defineConfig<T, W>(config: PlaywrightTestConfig<T, W>, ...configs: PlaywrightTestConfig[]): PlaywrightTestConfig<T, W>;
 
 // This is required to not export everything by default. See https://github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript/issues/19545#issuecomment-340490459
 export {};
diff --git a/tests/library/playwright.config.ts b/tests/library/playwright.config.ts
index 0fc1605c71..69c433825f 100644
--- a/tests/library/playwright.config.ts
+++ b/tests/library/playwright.config.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 import { config as loadEnv } from 'dotenv';
 loadEnv({ path: path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', '.env'), override: true });
 
-import type { Config, PlaywrightTestOptions, PlaywrightWorkerOptions, ReporterDescription } from '@playwright/test';
+import { type Config, type PlaywrightTestOptions, type PlaywrightWorkerOptions, type ReporterDescription } from '@playwright/test';
 import * as path from 'path';
 import type { TestModeWorkerOptions } from '../config/testModeFixtures';
 import type { TestModeName } from '../config/testMode';
diff --git a/tests/playwright-test/config.spec.ts b/tests/playwright-test/config.spec.ts
index 76c8e416c5..bddbde5f57 100644
--- a/tests/playwright-test/config.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/playwright-test/config.spec.ts
@@ -497,3 +497,60 @@ test('should not allow tracesDir in launchOptions', async ({ runTSC }) => {
   });
   expect(result.exitCode).not.toBe(0);
 });
+
+test('should merge configs', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
+  const result = await runInlineTest({
+    'playwright.config.ts': `
+      import { defineConfig, expect } from '@playwright/test';
+      const baseConfig = defineConfig({
+        timeout: 10,
+        use: {
+          foo: 1,
+        },
+        expect: {
+          timeout: 11,
+        },
+        projects: [
+          {
+            name: 'A',
+            timeout: 20,
+          }
+        ],
+      });
+      const derivedConfig = defineConfig(baseConfig, {
+        timeout: 30,
+        use: {
+          bar: 2,
+        },
+        expect: {
+          timeout: 12,
+        },
+        projects: [
+          { name: 'B', timeout: 40 },
+          { name: 'A', timeout: 50 },
+        ],
+        webServer: {
+          command: 'echo 123',
+        }
+      });
+
+      expect(derivedConfig).toEqual(expect.objectContaining({
+        timeout: 30,
+        use: { foo: 1, bar: 2 },
+        expect: { timeout: 12 },
+        projects: [
+          { name: 'B', timeout: 40, use: {} },
+          { name: 'A', timeout: 50, use: {} }
+        ],
+        webServer: [{
+          command: 'echo 123',
+        }]
+      }));
+    `,
+    'a.test.ts': `
+      import { test } from '@playwright/test';
+      test('pass', async ({}) => {});
+    `
+  });
+  expect(result.exitCode).toBe(0);
+});
diff --git a/utils/generate_types/overrides-test.d.ts b/utils/generate_types/overrides-test.d.ts
index 014453e0ae..0b199d0357 100644
--- a/utils/generate_types/overrides-test.d.ts
+++ b/utils/generate_types/overrides-test.d.ts
@@ -400,6 +400,9 @@ export const expect: Expect;
 export function defineConfig(config: PlaywrightTestConfig): PlaywrightTestConfig;
 export function defineConfig<T>(config: PlaywrightTestConfig<T>): PlaywrightTestConfig<T>;
 export function defineConfig<T, W>(config: PlaywrightTestConfig<T, W>): PlaywrightTestConfig<T, W>;
+export function defineConfig(config: PlaywrightTestConfig, ...configs: PlaywrightTestConfig[]): PlaywrightTestConfig;
+export function defineConfig<T>(config: PlaywrightTestConfig<T>, ...configs: PlaywrightTestConfig[]): PlaywrightTestConfig<T>;
+export function defineConfig<T, W>(config: PlaywrightTestConfig<T, W>, ...configs: PlaywrightTestConfig[]): PlaywrightTestConfig<T, W>;
 
 // This is required to not export everything by default. See https://github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript/issues/19545#issuecomment-340490459
 export {};