diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f9d7a0e..b3b471a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -32,3 +32,20 @@ extra messaging that isn't part of the changelog itself.
 ### Commit format
 
 Some assumptions are made about commit message formatting that will later be made more configurable. It is expected that commits conforms to the [Conventional Commit](https://www.conventionalcommits.org/en/v1.0.0/) scheme.
+
+### Configuration
+
+The groupings can be configured using a YAML file formatted as follows:
+
+```yaml
+groups:
+    - label: <Heading to identify the group with in the generated log>
+      prefixes: [<prefix1>, <prefix2, ...]
+    - label: ...
+      prefixes: ...
+
+```
+
+Each group is headed by its `label` value and contains a list of all the commits matching the prefix selection for that group.
+
+If not supplied, a default configuration (see `modif.configuration.get_default_config`) is substituted in.
diff --git a/modif/changelog.py b/modif/changelog.py
index 5950b2c..e0cb0cd 100644
--- a/modif/changelog.py
+++ b/modif/changelog.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 from .git import Commit
+from .configuration import Config
 
 
 def _bucket_by_prefix(commits: list[Commit]) -> dict[str, list[Commit]]:
@@ -21,27 +22,28 @@ def _bucket_by_prefix(commits: list[Commit]) -> dict[str, list[Commit]]:
     return bucketed
 
 
-def build_changelog(commits: list[Commit]) -> str:
+def build_changelog(config: Config, commits: list[Commit]) -> str:
+    """Generates a Markdown changelog from the given commits, bucketed by type."""
+
     categorized_commits = _bucket_by_prefix(commits)
 
-    features = [
-        f"- {commit.subject} ({commit.author})"
-        for commit in categorized_commits["feat"]
-    ]
-    fixes = [
-        f"- {commit.subject} ({commit.author})" for commit in categorized_commits["fix"]
-    ]
+    changelog_lines = ["# Changes"]
 
-    formatted = f"""
-# Changes
+    for group in config.groups:
+        selected_commits = []
+        for prefix in group.prefixes:
+            selected_commits.extend(categorized_commits.get(prefix, []))
 
-## Features
+        if not selected_commits:
+            continue
 
-{"\n".join(features)}
+        selected_commits.sort(key=lambda c: c.committed_at, reverse=True)
 
-## Bug fixes
+        changelog_lines.append(f"\n## {group.label}\n")
 
-{"\n".join(fixes)}
-    """
+        for commit in selected_commits:
+            changelog_lines.append(
+                f"- {commit.subject} ({commit.committed_at.date()}, {commit.author})"
+            )
 
-    return formatted
+    return "\n".join(changelog_lines)
diff --git a/modif/configuration.py b/modif/configuration.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1d77c7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modif/configuration.py
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+import pydantic
+import yaml
+
+import typing
+import pathlib
+
+
+class GroupConfig(pydantic.BaseModel):
+    label: str
+    prefixes: list[str]
+
+
+class Config(pydantic.BaseModel):
+    groups: list[GroupConfig]
+
+
+def load_configuration(path: str) -> Config | typing.NoReturn:
+    """Loads configuration from the given file."""
+    config_path = pathlib.Path(path)
+
+    if not config_path.exists():
+        raise FileNotFoundError(f"Configuration not found at {path}")
+
+    with open(config_path, "r", encoding="utf8") as config_file:
+        return Config(**yaml.safe_load(config_file))
+
+
+def get_default_config() -> Config:
+    return Config(
+        groups=[
+            GroupConfig(label="Features", prefixes=["feat"]),
+            GroupConfig(label="Fixes", prefixes=["fix", "perf"]),
+            GroupConfig(label="Other changes", prefixes=["docs", "chore", "wip", "ci"]),
+        ]
+    )
diff --git a/modif/git.py b/modif/git.py
index 33c09f3..2557e56 100644
--- a/modif/git.py
+++ b/modif/git.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import subprocess
 import dataclasses
 import json
 import functools
+import datetime
 
 
 @dataclasses.dataclass
@@ -11,6 +12,7 @@ class Commit:
     short_hash: str
     body: str
     subject: str
+    committed_at: datetime.datetime
 
 
 @functools.cache
@@ -21,6 +23,7 @@ def _get_commit_format() -> str:
         "short_hash": "%h",
         "body": "%b",
         "subject": "%s",
+        "committed_at": "%ct",
     }
 
     return json.dumps(log_format)
@@ -48,6 +51,9 @@ def log(from_ref: str, to_ref: str) -> list[Commit]:
                 short_hash=commit_parsed["short_hash"],
                 subject=commit_parsed["subject"],
                 body=commit_parsed["body"],
+                committed_at=datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(
+                    int(commit_parsed["committed_at"])
+                ),
             )
         )
 
diff --git a/modif/main.py b/modif/main.py
index 26d8cf1..5df3c5a 100644
--- a/modif/main.py
+++ b/modif/main.py
@@ -2,11 +2,20 @@ import click
 
 from . import git
 from . import changelog
+from . import configuration
 
 
 @click.group()
-def cli():
-    pass
+@click.option(
+    "--config", "-c", "config_path", type=str, help="Path to custom configuration."
+)
+@click.pass_context
+def cli(ctx, config_path: str | None):
+    ctx.obj = {
+        "config": configuration.load_configuration(config_path)
+        if config_path
+        else configuration.get_default_config()
+    }
 
 
 @cli.command()
@@ -24,9 +33,10 @@ def cli():
     default=False,
     help="Prints the changelog output only, without headers or colours.",
 )
-def log(from_ref: str, to_ref: str, raw: bool = False):
+@click.pass_obj
+def log(ctx, from_ref: str, to_ref: str, raw: bool = False):
     commits = git.log(from_ref, to_ref)
-    cl = changelog.build_changelog(commits)
+    cl = changelog.build_changelog(ctx["config"], commits)
 
     if not raw:
         click.secho(
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 0ad6bc1..f781bb7 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.12"
 dependencies = [
     "click>=8.1.7",
+    "pydantic>=2.9.2",
+    "pyyaml>=6.0.2",
 ]
 
 [project.scripts]
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index 487a4aa..075d8f9 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -1,5 +1,18 @@
 version = 1
 requires-python = ">=3.12"
+resolution-markers = [
+    "python_full_version < '3.13'",
+    "python_full_version >= '3.13'",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "annotated-types"
+version = "0.7.0"
+source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }
+sdist = { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/ee/67/531ea369ba64dcff5ec9c3402f9f51bf748cec26dde048a2f973a4eea7f5/annotated_types-0.7.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:aff07c09a53a08bc8cfccb9c85b05f1aa9a2a6f23728d790723543408344ce89", size = 16081 }
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 [[package]]
 name = "cfgv"
@@ -64,6 +77,8 @@ version = "0.0.0"
 source = { virtual = "." }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "click" },
+    { name = "pydantic" },
+    { name = "pyyaml" },
 ]
 
 [package.dev-dependencies]
@@ -73,7 +88,11 @@ dev = [
 ]
 
 [package.metadata]
-requires-dist = [{ name = "click", specifier = ">=8.1.7" }]
+requires-dist = [
+    { name = "click", specifier = ">=8.1.7" },
+    { name = "pydantic", specifier = ">=2.9.2" },
+    { name = "pyyaml", specifier = ">=6.0.2" },
+]
 
 [package.metadata.requires-dev]
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+source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }
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