diff --git a/libkineto/libkineto_defs.bzl b/libkineto/libkineto_defs.bzl
index e0f5bf972..a9924b727 100644
--- a/libkineto/libkineto_defs.bzl
+++ b/libkineto/libkineto_defs.bzl
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ def get_libkineto_xpupti_srcs(with_api = True):
         "src/plugin/xpupti/XpuptiActivityApi.cpp",
         "src/plugin/xpupti/XpuptiActivityProfiler.cpp",
         "src/plugin/xpupti/XpuptiActivityHandlers.cpp",
+        "src/plugin/xpupti/XpuptiScopeProfilerConfig.cpp",
     ] + (get_libkineto_cpu_only_srcs(with_api))
 
 def get_libkineto_aiupti_srcs(with_api = True):
diff --git a/libkineto/src/init.cpp b/libkineto/src/init.cpp
index 79b1f0625..2c14b99bd 100644
--- a/libkineto/src/init.cpp
+++ b/libkineto/src/init.cpp
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #ifdef HAS_XPUPTI
 #include "plugin/xpupti/XpuptiActivityApi.h"
 #include "plugin/xpupti/XpuptiActivityProfiler.h"
+#include "plugin/xpupti/XpuptiScopeProfilerConfig.h"
 #endif
 #ifdef HAS_AIUPTI
 #include "plugin/aiupti/AiuptiActivityApi.h"
@@ -193,6 +194,8 @@ void libkineto_init(bool cpuOnly, bool logOnError) {
           throw std::runtime_error(errPrefixMsg);
 #endif
         }
+
+        XpuptiScopeProfilerConfig::registerFactory();
         return std::make_unique<XPUActivityProfiler>();
       });
 #endif // HAS_XPUPTI
diff --git a/libkineto/src/plugin/xpupti/XpuptiScopeProfilerConfig.cpp b/libkineto/src/plugin/xpupti/XpuptiScopeProfilerConfig.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..117d7e1ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libkineto/src/plugin/xpupti/XpuptiScopeProfilerConfig.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the BSD-style license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ */
+
+#include "XpuptiScopeProfilerConfig.h"
+
+#include <Logger.h>
+
+#include <fmt/core.h>
+#include <fmt/ostream.h>
+#include <fmt/ranges.h>
+
+namespace KINETO_NAMESPACE {
+
+// number of scopes affect the size of counter data binary used by
+// the XPUPTI Profiler. these defaults can be tuned
+constexpr int KMaxAutoScopes = 1500; // supports 1500 kernels
+constexpr int KMaxUserScopes = 10; // enable upto 10 sub regions marked by user
+
+bool XpuptiScopeProfilerConfig::handleOption(
+    const std::string& name,
+    std::string& val) {
+  VLOG(0) << " handling : " << name << " = " << val;
+  // Xpupti Scope based Profiler configuration
+  using namespace std::literals::string_view_literals;
+  if (name == "XPUPTI_PROFILER_METRICS"sv) {
+    activitiesXpuptiMetrics_ = splitAndTrim(val, ',');
+  } else if (name == "XPUPTI_PROFILER_ENABLE_PER_KERNEL"sv) {
+    xpuptiProfilerPerKernel_ = toBool(val);
+  } else if (name == "XPUPTI_PROFILER_MAX_SCOPES"sv) {
+    xpuptiProfilerMaxScopes_ = toInt64(val);
+  } else {
+    return false;
+  }
+  return true;
+}
+
+void XpuptiScopeProfilerConfig::setDefaults() {
+  if (activitiesXpuptiMetrics_.size() > 0 && xpuptiProfilerMaxScopes_ == 0) {
+    xpuptiProfilerMaxScopes_ =
+        xpuptiProfilerPerKernel_ ? KMaxAutoScopes : KMaxUserScopes;
+  }
+}
+
+void XpuptiScopeProfilerConfig::printActivityProfilerConfig(
+    std::ostream& s) const {
+  if (activitiesXpuptiMetrics_.size() > 0) {
+    fmt::print(
+        s,
+        "Xpupti Profiler metrics : {}\n"
+        "Xpupti Profiler measure per kernel : {}\n"
+        "Xpupti Profiler max scopes : {}\n",
+        fmt::join(activitiesXpuptiMetrics_, ", "),
+        xpuptiProfilerPerKernel_,
+        xpuptiProfilerMaxScopes_);
+  }
+}
+
+void XpuptiScopeProfilerConfig::registerFactory() {
+  Config::addConfigFactory(kXpuptiProfilerConfigName, [](Config& cfg) {
+    return new XpuptiScopeProfilerConfig(cfg);
+  });
+}
+
+} // namespace KINETO_NAMESPACE
diff --git a/libkineto/src/plugin/xpupti/XpuptiScopeProfilerConfig.h b/libkineto/src/plugin/xpupti/XpuptiScopeProfilerConfig.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1344bcf38
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libkineto/src/plugin/xpupti/XpuptiScopeProfilerConfig.h
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the BSD-style license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include "Config.h"
+
+#include <chrono>
+#include <vector>
+
+namespace KINETO_NAMESPACE {
+
+constexpr char kXpuptiProfilerConfigName[] = "xpupti_scope_profiler";
+
+class XpuptiScopeProfilerConfig : public AbstractConfig {
+ public:
+  bool handleOption(const std::string& name, std::string& val) override;
+
+  void validate(
+      const std::chrono::time_point<std::chrono::system_clock>&
+          fallbackProfileStartTime) override {}
+
+  static XpuptiScopeProfilerConfig& get(const Config& cfg) {
+    return dynamic_cast<XpuptiScopeProfilerConfig&>(
+        cfg.feature(kXpuptiProfilerConfigName));
+  }
+
+  Config& parent() const {
+    return *parent_;
+  }
+
+  std::vector<std::string> activitiesXpuptiMetrics() const {
+    return activitiesXpuptiMetrics_;
+  }
+
+  bool xpuptiProfilerPerKernel() const {
+    return xpuptiProfilerPerKernel_;
+  }
+
+  int64_t xpuptiProfilerMaxScopes() const {
+    return xpuptiProfilerMaxScopes_;
+  }
+
+  void setSignalDefaults() override {
+    setDefaults();
+  }
+
+  void setClientDefaults() override {
+    setDefaults();
+  }
+
+  void printActivityProfilerConfig(std::ostream& s) const override;
+  void setActivityDependentConfig() override {}
+  static void registerFactory();
+
+ protected:
+  AbstractConfig* cloneDerived(AbstractConfig& parent) const override {
+    XpuptiScopeProfilerConfig* clone = new XpuptiScopeProfilerConfig(*this);
+    clone->parent_ = dynamic_cast<Config*>(&parent);
+    return clone;
+  }
+
+ private:
+  XpuptiScopeProfilerConfig() = delete;
+  explicit XpuptiScopeProfilerConfig(Config& parent) : parent_(&parent) {}
+  explicit XpuptiScopeProfilerConfig(const XpuptiScopeProfilerConfig& other) =
+      default;
+
+  // some defaults will depend on other configuration
+  void setDefaults();
+
+  // Associated Config object
+  Config* parent_;
+
+  // Counter metrics exposed via XPUPTI Profiler API
+  std::vector<std::string> activitiesXpuptiMetrics_;
+
+  // Collect profiler metrics per kernel - autoscope made
+  bool xpuptiProfilerPerKernel_{false};
+
+  // max number of scopes to configure the profiler for.
+  // this has to be set before hand to reserve space for the output
+  int64_t xpuptiProfilerMaxScopes_ = 0;
+};
+
+} // namespace KINETO_NAMESPACE
diff --git a/libkineto/test/CMakeLists.txt b/libkineto/test/CMakeLists.txt
index fe15a4a70..81184b0ec 100644
--- a/libkineto/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/libkineto/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ endif()
 
 if(DEFINED LIBKINETO_NOXPUPTI AND NOT LIBKINETO_NOXPUPTI)
     set(XPU_XPUPTI_LIBRARY ${PTI_LIBRARY} ${SYCL_LIBRARY})
+    add_subdirectory(xpupti)
 else()
     set(XPU_XPUPTI_LIBRARY "")
 endif()
diff --git a/libkineto/test/xpupti/CMakeLists.txt b/libkineto/test/xpupti/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0c833b8c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libkineto/test/xpupti/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
+# All rights reserved.
+#
+# This source code is licensed under the BSD-style license found in the
+# LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+
+set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
+
+set(LINK_LIBRARIES
+  gtest_main
+  kineto_base
+  kineto_api
+  $<BUILD_INTERFACE:fmt::fmt-header-only>
+  ${SYCL_LIBRARY}
+  ${PTI_LIBRARY}
+)
+
+add_executable(XpuptiScopeProfilerConfigTest XpuptiScopeProfilerConfigTest.cpp)
+target_link_libraries(XpuptiScopeProfilerConfigTest PRIVATE ${LINK_LIBRARIES})
+gtest_discover_tests(XpuptiScopeProfilerConfigTest)
diff --git a/libkineto/test/xpupti/XpuptiScopeProfilerConfigTest.cpp b/libkineto/test/xpupti/XpuptiScopeProfilerConfigTest.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b16d5fbfc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libkineto/test/xpupti/XpuptiScopeProfilerConfigTest.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the BSD-style license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ */
+
+#include "src/plugin/xpupti/XpuptiScopeProfilerConfig.h"
+#include "include/Config.h"
+
+#include <fmt/core.h>
+#include <fmt/ranges.h>
+
+#include <gtest/gtest.h>
+
+namespace KN = KINETO_NAMESPACE;
+
+class XpuptiScopeProfilerConfigTest : public ::testing::Test {
+ protected:
+  void SetUp() override {
+    KN::XpuptiScopeProfilerConfig::registerFactory();
+  }
+};
+
+TEST_F(XpuptiScopeProfilerConfigTest, ConfigureProfiler) {
+  KN::Config cfg;
+  std::vector<std::string> metrics = {
+      "metric1",
+      "metric2",
+      "metric3",
+  };
+  auto metricsConfigStr =
+      fmt::format("XPUPTI_PROFILER_METRICS = {}", fmt::join(metrics, ","));
+
+  EXPECT_TRUE(cfg.parse(metricsConfigStr));
+  EXPECT_TRUE(cfg.parse("XPUPTI_PROFILER_ENABLE_PER_KERNEL = true"));
+  EXPECT_TRUE(cfg.parse("XPUPTI_PROFILER_MAX_SCOPES = 314159"));
+
+  const KN::XpuptiScopeProfilerConfig& xpupti_cfg =
+      KN::XpuptiScopeProfilerConfig::get(cfg);
+
+  EXPECT_EQ(xpupti_cfg.activitiesXpuptiMetrics(), metrics);
+  EXPECT_EQ(xpupti_cfg.xpuptiProfilerPerKernel(), true);
+  EXPECT_EQ(xpupti_cfg.xpuptiProfilerMaxScopes(), 314159);
+}
+
+TEST_F(XpuptiScopeProfilerConfigTest, ScopesDefaults) {
+  KN::Config cfg, cfg_auto;
+
+  // do not set max scopes in config, check defaults are sane
+  EXPECT_TRUE(cfg.parse("XPUPTI_PROFILER_METRICS = metric1"));
+  EXPECT_TRUE(cfg.parse("XPUPTI_PROFILER_ENABLE_PER_KERNEL = false"));
+
+  cfg.setSignalDefaults();
+
+  EXPECT_TRUE(cfg_auto.parse("XPUPTI_PROFILER_METRICS = metric2"));
+  EXPECT_TRUE(cfg_auto.parse("XPUPTI_PROFILER_ENABLE_PER_KERNEL = true"));
+
+  cfg_auto.setClientDefaults();
+
+  int user_scopes, auto_scopes;
+
+  user_scopes =
+      KN::XpuptiScopeProfilerConfig::get(cfg).xpuptiProfilerMaxScopes();
+  auto_scopes =
+      KN::XpuptiScopeProfilerConfig::get(cfg_auto).xpuptiProfilerMaxScopes();
+
+  EXPECT_EQ(user_scopes, 10);
+  EXPECT_EQ(auto_scopes, 1500);
+}