diff --git a/include/spdk/copy_engine.h b/include/spdk/copy_engine.h
index 1b87b74e5..9f9ba346e 100644
--- a/include/spdk/copy_engine.h
+++ b/include/spdk/copy_engine.h
@@ -66,6 +66,13 @@ int spdk_copy_engine_initialize(void);
  */
 void spdk_copy_engine_finish(spdk_copy_fini_cb cb_fn, void *cb_arg);
 
+/**
+ * Get the configuration for the copy engine.
+ *
+ * \param fp The pointer to a file that will be written to the configuration.
+ */
+void spdk_copy_engine_config_text(FILE *fp);
+
 /**
  * Close the copy engine module and perform any necessary cleanup.
  */
diff --git a/lib/copy/copy_engine.c b/lib/copy/copy_engine.c
index d4725268c..f8b6fb8f0 100644
--- a/lib/copy/copy_engine.c
+++ b/lib/copy/copy_engine.c
@@ -285,4 +285,16 @@ spdk_copy_engine_finish(spdk_copy_fini_cb cb_fn, void *cb_arg)
 	spdk_copy_engine_module_finish();
 }
 
+void
+spdk_copy_engine_config_text(FILE *fp)
+{
+	struct spdk_copy_module_if *copy_engine_module;
+
+	TAILQ_FOREACH(copy_engine_module, &spdk_copy_module_list, tailq) {
+		if (copy_engine_module->config_text) {
+			copy_engine_module->config_text(fp);
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 SPDK_COPY_MODULE_REGISTER(copy_engine_mem_init, NULL, NULL, copy_engine_mem_get_ctx_size)
diff --git a/lib/copy/ioat/copy_engine_ioat.c b/lib/copy/ioat/copy_engine_ioat.c
index 651942c16..f4f881944 100644
--- a/lib/copy/ioat/copy_engine_ioat.c
+++ b/lib/copy/ioat/copy_engine_ioat.c
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ struct ioat_task {
 
 static int copy_engine_ioat_init(void);
 static void copy_engine_ioat_exit(void *ctx);
+static void copy_engine_ioat_config_text(FILE *fp);
 
 static size_t
 copy_engine_ioat_get_ctx_size(void)
@@ -123,7 +124,8 @@ copy_engine_ioat_get_ctx_size(void)
 	return sizeof(struct ioat_task) + sizeof(struct spdk_copy_task);
 }
 
-SPDK_COPY_MODULE_REGISTER(copy_engine_ioat_init, copy_engine_ioat_exit, NULL,
+SPDK_COPY_MODULE_REGISTER(copy_engine_ioat_init, copy_engine_ioat_exit,
+			  copy_engine_ioat_config_text,
 			  copy_engine_ioat_get_ctx_size)
 
 static void
@@ -319,3 +321,31 @@ copy_engine_ioat_init(void)
 				sizeof(struct ioat_io_channel));
 	return 0;
 }
+
+#define COPY_ENGINE_IOAT_HEADER_TMPL \
+"[Ioat]\n" \
+"  # Users may not want to use offload even it is available.\n" \
+"  # Users may use the whitelist to initialize specified devices, IDS\n" \
+"  #  uses BUS:DEVICE.FUNCTION to identify each Ioat channel.\n"
+
+#define COPY_ENGINE_IOAT_DISABLE_TMPL \
+"  Disable %s\n"
+
+#define COPY_ENGINE_IOAT_WHITELIST_TMPL \
+"  Whitelist %.4" PRIx16 ":%.2" PRIx8 ":%.2" PRIx8 ".%" PRIx8 "\n"
+
+static void
+copy_engine_ioat_config_text(FILE *fp)
+{
+	int i;
+	struct spdk_pci_addr *dev;
+
+	fprintf(fp, COPY_ENGINE_IOAT_HEADER_TMPL);
+	fprintf(fp, COPY_ENGINE_IOAT_DISABLE_TMPL, g_ioat_disable ? "Yes" : "No");
+
+	for (i = 0; i < g_probe_ctx.num_whitelist_devices; i++) {
+		dev = &g_probe_ctx.whitelist[i];
+		fprintf(fp, COPY_ENGINE_IOAT_WHITELIST_TMPL,
+			dev->domain, dev->bus, dev->dev, dev->func);
+	}
+}
diff --git a/lib/event/subsystems/copy/copy.c b/lib/event/subsystems/copy/copy.c
index 810d848b5..9bc6e2811 100644
--- a/lib/event/subsystems/copy/copy.c
+++ b/lib/event/subsystems/copy/copy.c
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ static struct spdk_subsystem g_spdk_subsystem_copy = {
 	.name = "copy",
 	.init = spdk_copy_engine_subsystem_initialize,
 	.fini = spdk_copy_engine_subsystem_finish,
-	.config = NULL,
+	.config = spdk_copy_engine_config_text,
 };
 
 SPDK_SUBSYSTEM_REGISTER(g_spdk_subsystem_copy);