diff --git a/crates/ruff/tests/analyze_graph.rs b/crates/ruff/tests/analyze_graph.rs
index 4d70bf6270..2c300029ea 100644
--- a/crates/ruff/tests/analyze_graph.rs
+++ b/crates/ruff/tests/analyze_graph.rs
@@ -246,6 +246,59 @@ fn string_detection() -> Result<()> {
     Ok(())
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn string_detection_from_config() -> Result<()> {
+    let tempdir = TempDir::new()?;
+
+    let root = ChildPath::new(tempdir.path());
+
+    // Configure string import detection with a lower min-dots via ruff.toml
+    root.child("ruff.toml").write_str(indoc::indoc! {r#"
+        [analyze]
+        detect-string-imports = true
+        string-imports-min-dots = 1
+    "#})?;
+
+    root.child("ruff").child("__init__.py").write_str("")?;
+    root.child("ruff")
+        .child("a.py")
+        .write_str(indoc::indoc! {r#"
+        import ruff.b
+    "#})?;
+    root.child("ruff")
+        .child("b.py")
+        .write_str(indoc::indoc! {r#"
+        import importlib
+
+        importlib.import_module("ruff.c")
+    "#})?;
+    root.child("ruff").child("c.py").write_str("")?;
+
+    insta::with_settings!({
+        filters => INSTA_FILTERS.to_vec(),
+    }, {
+        assert_cmd_snapshot!(command().current_dir(&root), @r#"
+        success: true
+        exit_code: 0
+        ----- stdout -----
+        {
+          "ruff/__init__.py": [],
+          "ruff/a.py": [
+            "ruff/b.py"
+          ],
+          "ruff/b.py": [
+            "ruff/c.py"
+          ],
+          "ruff/c.py": []
+        }
+
+        ----- stderr -----
+        "#);
+    });
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn globs() -> Result<()> {
     let tempdir = TempDir::new()?;
diff --git a/crates/ruff_workspace/src/options.rs b/crates/ruff_workspace/src/options.rs
index d57a170115..54339bd6e7 100644
--- a/crates/ruff_workspace/src/options.rs
+++ b/crates/ruff_workspace/src/options.rs
@@ -3860,6 +3860,13 @@ pub struct AnalyzeOptions {
     /// This setting is only relevant when [`detect-string-imports`](#detect-string-imports) is enabled.
     /// For example, if this is set to `2`, then only strings with at least two dots (e.g., `"path.to.module"`)
     /// would be considered valid imports.
+    #[option(
+        default = "2",
+        value_type = "usize",
+        example = r#"
+            string-imports-min-dots = 2
+        "#
+    )]
     pub string_imports_min_dots: Option<usize>,
     /// A map from file path to the list of Python or non-Python file paths or globs that should be
     /// considered dependencies of that file, regardless of whether relevant imports are detected.