diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 762548ba1..2914019e0 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -981,7 +981,7 @@ files = [
 name = "pyyaml"
 version = "6.0"
 description = "YAML parser and emitter for Python"
-category = "dev"
+category = "main"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.6"
 files = [
@@ -1505,4 +1505,4 @@ testing = ["big-O", "flake8 (<5)", "jaraco.functools", "jaraco.itertools", "more
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
 python-versions = "^3.7.2"
-content-hash = "0253742903de5ff1aacb5f82eaca030dc432b7f24b518a13f0be03a1ac65b3ea"
+content-hash = "2b4661fdebb07e104cddd6f32776bb14d582c280cf2030fa61ae3fed0cc923e0"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 9d7cbcb74..d2e57bcb6 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ binaryornot = "^0.4.4"
 license-expression = ">=1.0"
 python-debian = "^0.1.38,!=0.1.45,!=0.1.46,!=0.1.47"
 importlib-metadata = { version = ">=1.4", python = "<3.8" }
+PyYAML = ">=3.13"
 
 [tool.poetry.dev-dependencies]
 Sphinx = ">=4.0.0"
diff --git a/src/reuse/_config.py b/src/reuse/_config.py
index f2e2e4f1f..cdbebff58 100644
--- a/src/reuse/_config.py
+++ b/src/reuse/_config.py
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 from gettext import gettext as _
 from typing import Any, Dict, Optional
 
+import yaml
+
 
 @dataclass
 class AnnotateOptions:
@@ -49,6 +51,23 @@ def from_dict(cls, value: Dict[str, Any]) -> "Config":
                 ] = _annotate_options_from_dict(override)
         return config
 
+    @classmethod
+    def from_yaml(cls, text: str) -> "Config":
+        """Parse yaml to generate a Config object.
+
+        An example of a yaml file::
+
+            annotate:
+              default_name: Jane Doe
+              default_contact: jane@example.com
+              default_license: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+              overrides:
+                - path: ~/Projects/FSFE
+                  default_contact: jane@fsfe.example.com
+        """
+        return cls.from_dict(yaml.load(text, Loader=yaml.Loader))
+
 
 def _annotate_options_from_dict(value: Dict[str, str]) -> AnnotateOptions:
     return AnnotateOptions(
diff --git a/tests/test_config.py b/tests/test_config.py
index 07c9db861..aeb57ac7c 100644
--- a/tests/test_config.py
+++ b/tests/test_config.py
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 
 """Tests for some _config."""
 
+from inspect import cleandoc
+
 from reuse._config import Config
 
 # REUSE-IgnoreStart
@@ -61,4 +63,28 @@ def test_config_from_dict_override():
     assert result.override_annotate_options["bar"].license == "MIT"
 
 
+def test_config_from_yaml_simple():
+    """Load Config from yaml."""
+    text = cleandoc(
+        """
+        annotate:
+          default_name: Jane Doe
+          default_contact: jane@example.com
+          default_license: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+          overrides:
+            - path: ~/Projects/FSFE
+              default_contact: jane@fsfe.example.com
+        """
+    )
+    result = Config.from_yaml(text)
+    assert result.global_annotate_options.name == "Jane Doe"
+    assert result.global_annotate_options.contact == "jane@example.com"
+    assert result.global_annotate_options.license == "GPL-3.0-or-later"
+    assert (
+        result.override_annotate_options["~/Projects/FSFE"].contact
+        == "jane@fsfe.example.com"
+    )
+
+
 # REUSE-IgnoreEnd