diff --git a/packages/framework/esm-framework/docs/API.md b/packages/framework/esm-framework/docs/API.md
index 9b5830e67..2ac065b0d 100644
--- a/packages/framework/esm-framework/docs/API.md
+++ b/packages/framework/esm-framework/docs/API.md
@@ -1715,7 +1715,7 @@ ___
 
 ### useConfig
 
-▸ **useConfig**<`T`\>(): `T`
+▸ **useConfig**<`T`\>(`options?`): `T`
 
 Use this React Hook to obtain your module's configuration.
 
@@ -1723,7 +1723,13 @@ Use this React Hook to obtain your module's configuration.
 
 | Name | Type |
 | :------ | :------ |
-| `T` | `Omit`<[`ConfigObject`](interfaces/ConfigObject.md), ``"Display conditions"`` \| ``"Translation overrides"``\> |
+| `T` | `Record`<`string`, `any`\> |
+
+#### Parameters
+
+| Name | Type | Description |
+| :------ | :------ | :------ |
+| `options?` | `UseConfigOptions` | Additional options that can be passed to useConfig() |
 
 #### Returns
 
@@ -1731,7 +1737,7 @@ Use this React Hook to obtain your module's configuration.
 
 #### Defined in
 
-[packages/framework/esm-react-utils/src/useConfig.ts:163](https://github.com/openmrs/openmrs-esm-core/blob/main/packages/framework/esm-react-utils/src/useConfig.ts#L163)
+[packages/framework/esm-react-utils/src/useConfig.ts:171](https://github.com/openmrs/openmrs-esm-core/blob/main/packages/framework/esm-react-utils/src/useConfig.ts#L171)
 
 ___
 
diff --git a/packages/framework/esm-react-utils/src/useConfig.test.tsx b/packages/framework/esm-react-utils/src/useConfig.test.tsx
index 208a03c7c..86d1c8392 100644
--- a/packages/framework/esm-react-utils/src/useConfig.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/framework/esm-react-utils/src/useConfig.test.tsx
@@ -20,6 +20,12 @@ function RenderConfig(props) {
   return <button>{config[props.configKey]}</button>;
 }
 
+function RenderExternalConfig(props) {
+  const config = useConfig({ externalModuleName: props.externalModuleName });
+
+  return <button>{config[props.configKey]}</button>;
+}
+
 function clearConfig() {
   mockConfigInternalStore.resetMock();
 }
@@ -297,4 +303,40 @@ describe(`useConfig in an extension`, () => {
       expect(screen.findByText("Yet another thing")).toBeTruthy()
     );
   });
+
+  it("can optionally load an external module's configuration", async () => {
+    defineConfigSchema("first-module", {
+      thing: {
+        _default: "first thing",
+      },
+    });
+
+    defineConfigSchema("second-module", {
+      thing: {
+        _default: "second thing",
+      },
+    });
+
+    render(
+      <React.Suspense fallback={<div>Suspense!</div>}>
+        <ComponentContext.Provider
+          value={{
+            moduleName: "first-module",
+            extension: {
+              extensionSlotName: "fooSlot",
+              extensionSlotModuleName: "slot-mod",
+              extensionId: "fooExt#id1",
+            },
+          }}
+        >
+          <RenderExternalConfig
+            externalModuleName="second-module"
+            configKey="thing"
+          />
+        </ComponentContext.Provider>
+      </React.Suspense>
+    );
+
+    await waitFor(() => expect(screen.findByText("second thing")).toBeTruthy());
+  });
 });
diff --git a/packages/framework/esm-react-utils/src/useConfig.ts b/packages/framework/esm-react-utils/src/useConfig.ts
index 6325d13a9..4b95821d4 100644
--- a/packages/framework/esm-react-utils/src/useConfig.ts
+++ b/packages/framework/esm-react-utils/src/useConfig.ts
@@ -157,16 +157,24 @@ function useNormalConfig(moduleName: string) {
   return state;
 }
 
+interface UseConfigOptions {
+  /** An external module to load the configuration from. This option should only be used if
+      absolutely necessary as it can end up making frontend modules coupled to one another. */
+  externalModuleName?: string;
+}
+
 /**
  * Use this React Hook to obtain your module's configuration.
+ *
+ * @param options Additional options that can be passed to useConfig()
  */
-export function useConfig<
-  T = Omit<ConfigObject, "Display conditions" | "Translation overrides">
->() {
+export function useConfig<T = Record<string, any>>(options?: UseConfigOptions) {
   // This hook uses the config of the MF defining the component.
   // If the component is used in an extension slot then the slot
   // may override (part of) its configuration.
-  const { moduleName, extension } = useContext(ComponentContext);
+  const { moduleName: contextModuleName, extension } =
+    useContext(ComponentContext);
+  const moduleName = options?.externalModuleName ?? contextModuleName;
 
   if (!moduleName && !extension) {
     throw Error(errorMessage);
@@ -175,11 +183,11 @@ export function useConfig<
   const normalConfig = useNormalConfig(moduleName);
   const extensionConfig = useExtensionConfig(extension);
   const config = useMemo(
-    () => ({
-      ...normalConfig,
-      ...extensionConfig,
-    }),
-    [normalConfig, extensionConfig]
+    () =>
+      options?.externalModuleName && moduleName === options.externalModuleName
+        ? { ...normalConfig }
+        : { ...normalConfig, ...extensionConfig },
+    [moduleName, options?.externalModuleName, normalConfig, extensionConfig]
   );
 
   return config as T;