diff --git a/src/libslic3r/Config.hpp b/src/libslic3r/Config.hpp
index 52b16f9458..9818887c1d 100644
--- a/src/libslic3r/Config.hpp
+++ b/src/libslic3r/Config.hpp
@@ -2702,6 +2702,9 @@ public:
     virtual ConfigOption*           optptr(const t_config_option_key &opt_key, bool create = false) = 0;
     // Collect names of all configuration values maintained by this configuration store.
     virtual t_config_option_keys    keys() const = 0;
+    // Set this config's options on target member by member, when target is of this config's static type or
+    // derives from it, and return true. apply() prefers this to looking every key up by name.
+    virtual bool                    apply_to(ConfigBase &/*target*/) const { return false; }
 
 protected:
     // Verify whether the opt_key has not been obsoleted or renamed.
@@ -2753,7 +2756,8 @@ public:
     // Apply all keys of other ConfigBase defined by this->def() to this ConfigBase.
     // An UnknownOptionException is thrown in case some option keys of other are not defined by this->def(),
     // or this ConfigBase is of a StaticConfig type and it does not support some of the keys, and ignore_nonexistent is not set.
-    void apply(const ConfigBase &other, bool ignore_nonexistent = false) { this->apply_only(other, other.keys(), ignore_nonexistent); }
+    void apply(const ConfigBase &other, bool ignore_nonexistent = false)
+        { if (! other.apply_to(*this)) this->apply_only(other, other.keys(), ignore_nonexistent); }
     // Apply explicitely enumerated keys of other ConfigBase defined by this->def() to this ConfigBase.
     // An UnknownOptionException is thrown in case some option keys are not defined by this->def(),
     // or this ConfigBase is of a StaticConfig type and it does not support some of the keys, and ignore_nonexistent is not set.
diff --git a/src/libslic3r/PrintConfig.cpp b/src/libslic3r/PrintConfig.cpp
index 94220e31fd..5043c317c6 100644
--- a/src/libslic3r/PrintConfig.cpp
+++ b/src/libslic3r/PrintConfig.cpp
@@ -11958,6 +11958,21 @@ PRINT_CONFIG_CACHE_INITIALIZE((
     SLAMaterialConfig, SLAPrintConfig, SLAPrintObjectConfig, SLAPrinterConfig, SLAFullPrintConfig))
 static int print_config_static_initialized = print_config_static_initializer();
 
+// The same set() calls ConfigBase::apply_only() makes, without looking every key up by name. Out of line so the
+// option list is expanded for this once, not in every file that includes PrintConfig.hpp.
+#define PRINT_CONFIG_APPLY_TO_DEFINITION(r, data, CLASS_NAME) \
+    bool CLASS_NAME::apply_to(ConfigBase &target) const \
+    { \
+        auto *dst = dynamic_cast<CLASS_NAME*>(&target); \
+        if (dst == nullptr) \
+            return false; \
+        visit_option_pairs(*dst, *this, [](const char*, ConfigOption &a, const ConfigOption &b) { a.set(&b); return true; }); \
+        return true; \
+    }
+BOOST_PP_SEQ_FOR_EACH(PRINT_CONFIG_APPLY_TO_DEFINITION, _, (PrintObjectConfig)(PrintRegionConfig)(MachineEnvelopeConfig)(GCodeConfig)
+    (SLAMaterialConfig)(SLAPrintConfig)(SLAPrintObjectConfig)(SLAPrinterConfig))
+#undef PRINT_CONFIG_APPLY_TO_DEFINITION
+
 //BBS: remove unused command currently
 CLIActionsConfigDef::CLIActionsConfigDef()
 {
diff --git a/src/libslic3r/PrintConfig.hpp b/src/libslic3r/PrintConfig.hpp
index 1e91f2e451..bbd92079c0 100644
--- a/src/libslic3r/PrintConfig.hpp
+++ b/src/libslic3r/PrintConfig.hpp
@@ -1033,9 +1033,10 @@ public: \
 
 #define PRINT_CONFIG_CLASS_ELEMENT_DEFINITION(r, data, elem) BOOST_PP_TUPLE_ELEM(0, elem) BOOST_PP_TUPLE_ELEM(1, elem);
 #define PRINT_CONFIG_CLASS_ELEMENT_VISIT(r, data, elem) if (! f(BOOST_PP_STRINGIZE(BOOST_PP_TUPLE_ELEM(1, elem)), this->BOOST_PP_TUPLE_ELEM(1, elem), rhs.BOOST_PP_TUPLE_ELEM(1, elem))) return;
+#define PRINT_CONFIG_CLASS_ELEMENT_VISIT_SELF(r, data, elem) if (! f(BOOST_PP_STRINGIZE(BOOST_PP_TUPLE_ELEM(1, elem)), self.BOOST_PP_TUPLE_ELEM(1, elem), rhs.BOOST_PP_TUPLE_ELEM(1, elem))) return;
 // Each option list is expanded into the members and again into for_each_option_pair(), which calls
 // f(key, this->option, rhs.option) in declaration order and stops when f returns false. hash(),
-// operator==, operator< and initialize() iterate the options through that visitor.
+// operator==, operator<, initialize() and apply_to() iterate the options through that visitor.
 #define PRINT_CONFIG_CLASS_COMMON_BODY(CLASS_NAME) \
     size_t hash() const throw() \
     { \
@@ -1067,11 +1068,16 @@ class CLASS_NAME : public StaticPrintConfig { \
     STATIC_PRINT_CONFIG_CACHE(CLASS_NAME) \
 public: \
     BOOST_PP_SEQ_FOR_EACH(PRINT_CONFIG_CLASS_ELEMENT_DEFINITION, _, PARAMETER_DEFINITION_SEQ) \
-    template<typename F> void for_each_option_pair(const CLASS_NAME &rhs, F &&f) const \
-    { \
-        BOOST_PP_SEQ_FOR_EACH(PRINT_CONFIG_CLASS_ELEMENT_VISIT, _, PARAMETER_DEFINITION_SEQ) \
-    } \
+    template<typename F> void for_each_option_pair(const CLASS_NAME &rhs, F &&f) const { visit_option_pairs(*this, rhs, f); } \
+    /* Defined in PrintConfig.cpp. */ \
+    bool apply_to(ConfigBase &target) const override; \
     PRINT_CONFIG_CLASS_COMMON_BODY(CLASS_NAME) \
+private: \
+    /* The one expansion of the option list, for a const self and for apply_to()'s mutable target. */ \
+    template<typename Self, typename F> static void visit_option_pairs(Self &self, const CLASS_NAME &rhs, F &&f) \
+    { \
+        BOOST_PP_SEQ_FOR_EACH(PRINT_CONFIG_CLASS_ELEMENT_VISIT_SELF, _, PARAMETER_DEFINITION_SEQ) \
+    } \
 };
 
 #define PRINT_CONFIG_CLASS_DERIVED_CLASS_LIST_ITEM(r, data, i, elem) BOOST_PP_COMMA_IF(i) public elem
@@ -1092,6 +1098,8 @@ class CLASS_NAME : PRINT_CONFIG_CLASS_DERIVED_CLASS_LIST(CLASSES_PARENTS_TUPLE)
 public: \
     PARAMETER_DEFINITION \
     template<typename F> void for_each_option_pair(const CLASS_NAME &rhs, F &&f) const { PARAMETER_VISIT } \
+    /* Its parents each apply themselves to a target member by member, so this one keeps the lookup by name. */ \
+    bool apply_to(ConfigBase &/*target*/) const override { return false; } \
     size_t hash() const throw() \
     { \
         size_t seed = 0; \
@@ -2182,6 +2190,7 @@ PRINT_CONFIG_CLASS_DERIVED_DEFINE0(
 #undef STATIC_PRINT_CONFIG_CACHE_DERIVED
 #undef PRINT_CONFIG_CLASS_ELEMENT_DEFINITION
 #undef PRINT_CONFIG_CLASS_ELEMENT_VISIT
+#undef PRINT_CONFIG_CLASS_ELEMENT_VISIT_SELF
 #undef PRINT_CONFIG_CLASS_COMMON_BODY
 #undef PRINT_CONFIG_CLASS_DEFINE
 #undef PRINT_CONFIG_CLASS_DERIVED_CLASS_LIST
diff --git a/tests/libslic3r/test_config.cpp b/tests/libslic3r/test_config.cpp
index 0da7b7bafe..00c4d6d170 100644
--- a/tests/libslic3r/test_config.cpp
+++ b/tests/libslic3r/test_config.cpp
@@ -1289,3 +1289,73 @@ TEST_CASE("Static print configs compare, order and hash by their option values",
         REQUIRE(c.optptr("gcode_flavor") == &c.gcode_flavor);
     }
 }
+
+namespace {
+
+// Keys whose values differ between two full configs, compared as text so enum names count too.
+std::vector<std::string> differing_keys(const FullPrintConfig &a, const FullPrintConfig &b)
+{
+    std::vector<std::string> keys;
+    for (const std::string &key : a.keys())
+        if (a.opt_serialize(key) != b.opt_serialize(key))
+            keys.push_back(key);
+    return keys;
+}
+
+// Applies source to one full config member by member and to another key by key, as apply() did before
+// static configs could apply themselves.
+template<class Source> void check_member_apply_matches_key_apply(const Source &source)
+{
+    FullPrintConfig by_member;
+    FullPrintConfig by_key;
+    by_member.apply(source);
+    by_key.apply_only(source, source.keys());
+    CHECK(differing_keys(by_member, by_key).empty());
+    CHECK_FALSE(differing_keys(by_member, FullPrintConfig()).empty());
+}
+
+} // namespace
+
+TEST_CASE("A static config applies itself onto a config of its type as a lookup by name would", "[Config]")
+{
+    SECTION("region config")
+    {
+        PrintRegionConfig region;
+        region.sparse_infill_pattern.value = ipGyroid;
+        region.outer_wall_speed.values     = {37.};
+        region.sparse_infill_density.value = 35.;
+        FullPrintConfig full;
+        REQUIRE(region.apply_to(full));
+        check_member_apply_matches_key_apply(region);
+    }
+    SECTION("object config")
+    {
+        PrintObjectConfig object;
+        object.seam_position.value  = spRear;
+        object.wall_generator.value = PerimeterGeneratorType::Arachne;
+        object.support_speed.values = {33.};
+        object.enable_support.value = true;
+        FullPrintConfig full;
+        REQUIRE(object.apply_to(full));
+        check_member_apply_matches_key_apply(object);
+    }
+    SECTION("G-code config, whose enum lists carry their names through a keys map")
+    {
+        GCodeConfig gcode;
+        gcode.z_hop_types.values       = {int(zhtSpiral)};
+        gcode.retraction_length.values = {1.5};
+        FullPrintConfig full;
+        REQUIRE(gcode.apply_to(full));
+        check_member_apply_matches_key_apply(gcode);
+    }
+}
+
+TEST_CASE("A static config applied onto a config of another type falls back to a lookup by name", "[Config]")
+{
+    PrintRegionConfig region;
+    region.sparse_infill_pattern.value = ipGyroid;
+    DynamicPrintConfig dynamic;
+    REQUIRE_FALSE(region.apply_to(dynamic));
+    dynamic.apply(region);
+    CHECK(dynamic.opt_serialize("sparse_infill_pattern") == "gyroid");
+}