diff --git a/release-notes/CREDITS-2.x b/release-notes/CREDITS-2.x
index 9734c110..1292daf2 100644
--- a/release-notes/CREDITS-2.x
+++ b/release-notes/CREDITS-2.x
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ Contributors:
 # 2.19.0 (not yet released)
 
 WrongWrong (@k163377)
+* #959: Add extensions for configOverride
 * #954: Replace BooleanTriState with OptBoolean
 * #944: Fixed to use common util for Member accessibility override
 * #937: Added type match check to read functions
diff --git a/release-notes/VERSION-2.x b/release-notes/VERSION-2.x
index 378d220d..dec9e137 100644
--- a/release-notes/VERSION-2.x
+++ b/release-notes/VERSION-2.x
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ Co-maintainers:
 
 2.19.0 (not yet released)
 
+#959: Extension functions has been added to simplify `configOverride` calls to `ObjectMapper` and `Module.SetupContext`.
 #954: Replaced `OptBoolean` of internal caching with a common implementation.
 #944: Common util is now used for member accessibility overrides.
 #937: For `readValue` and other shorthands for `ObjectMapper` deserialization methods,
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/com/fasterxml/jackson/module/kotlin/Extensions.kt b/src/main/kotlin/com/fasterxml/jackson/module/kotlin/Extensions.kt
index e379560c..c79fc3f8 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/com/fasterxml/jackson/module/kotlin/Extensions.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/com/fasterxml/jackson/module/kotlin/Extensions.kt
@@ -7,9 +7,11 @@ import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonDeserializer
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonSerializer
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.MappingIterator
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.Module
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectReader
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.RuntimeJsonMappingException
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.cfg.MutableConfigOverride
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.json.JsonMapper
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.module.SimpleModule
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ArrayNode
@@ -226,3 +228,7 @@ fun <T : Any> SimpleModule.addDeserializer(kClass: KClass<T>, deserializer: Json
     kClass.javaPrimitiveType?.let { addDeserializer(it, deserializer) }
     addDeserializer(kClass.javaObjectType, deserializer)
 }
+
+inline fun <reified T : Any> ObjectMapper.configOverride(): MutableConfigOverride = configOverride(T::class.java)
+inline fun <reified T : Any> Module.SetupContext.configOverride(): MutableConfigOverride =
+    configOverride(T::class.java)
diff --git a/src/test/kotlin/com/fasterxml/jackson/module/kotlin/test/github/GitHub876.kt b/src/test/kotlin/com/fasterxml/jackson/module/kotlin/test/github/GitHub876.kt
index de1a21e3..d3c41942 100644
--- a/src/test/kotlin/com/fasterxml/jackson/module/kotlin/test/github/GitHub876.kt
+++ b/src/test/kotlin/com/fasterxml/jackson/module/kotlin/test/github/GitHub876.kt
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package com.fasterxml.jackson.module.kotlin.test.github
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonSetter
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.Nulls
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.module.kotlin.configOverride
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.module.kotlin.jacksonObjectMapper
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.module.kotlin.readValue
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Nested
@@ -89,9 +90,9 @@ class GitHub876 {
     @Nested
     inner class WithoutAnnotationWithoutDefaultTest {
         val mapper = jacksonObjectMapper().apply {
-            configOverride(List::class.java).setterInfo = JsonSetter.Value.forValueNulls(Nulls.AS_EMPTY)
-            configOverride(Map::class.java).setterInfo = JsonSetter.Value.forValueNulls(Nulls.AS_EMPTY)
-            configOverride(String::class.java).setterInfo = JsonSetter.Value.forValueNulls(Nulls.AS_EMPTY)
+            configOverride<List<*>>().setterInfo = JsonSetter.Value.forValueNulls(Nulls.AS_EMPTY)
+            configOverride<Map<*, *>>().setterInfo = JsonSetter.Value.forValueNulls(Nulls.AS_EMPTY)
+            configOverride<String>().setterInfo = JsonSetter.Value.forValueNulls(Nulls.AS_EMPTY)
         }
 
         @Test
@@ -124,9 +125,9 @@ class GitHub876 {
     @Nested
     inner class WithoutAnnotationWithDefaultTest {
         val mapper = jacksonObjectMapper().apply {
-            configOverride(List::class.java).setterInfo = JsonSetter.Value.forValueNulls(Nulls.AS_EMPTY)
-            configOverride(Map::class.java).setterInfo = JsonSetter.Value.forValueNulls(Nulls.AS_EMPTY)
-            configOverride(String::class.java).setterInfo = JsonSetter.Value.forValueNulls(Nulls.AS_EMPTY)
+            configOverride<List<*>>().setterInfo = JsonSetter.Value.forValueNulls(Nulls.AS_EMPTY)
+            configOverride<Map<*, *>>().setterInfo = JsonSetter.Value.forValueNulls(Nulls.AS_EMPTY)
+            configOverride<String>().setterInfo = JsonSetter.Value.forValueNulls(Nulls.AS_EMPTY)
         }
 
         @Test