diff --git a/config/config_loader.go b/config/config_loader.go
index 8b47ceb1c9..44c2abdd54 100644
--- a/config/config_loader.go
+++ b/config/config_loader.go
@@ -43,11 +43,16 @@ var (
 func Load(opts ...LoaderConfOption) error {
 	// conf
 	conf := NewLoaderConf(opts...)
-	koan := GetConfigResolver(conf)
-	if err := koan.UnmarshalWithConf(rootConfig.Prefix(),
-		rootConfig, koanf.UnmarshalConf{Tag: "yaml"}); err != nil {
-		return err
+	if conf.rc == nil {
+		koan := GetConfigResolver(conf)
+		if err := koan.UnmarshalWithConf(rootConfig.Prefix(),
+			rootConfig, koanf.UnmarshalConf{Tag: "yaml"}); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	} else {
+		rootConfig = conf.rc
 	}
+
 	if err := rootConfig.Init(); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/config/config_loader_options.go b/config/config_loader_options.go
index 598a478fd8..4994103298 100644
--- a/config/config_loader_options.go
+++ b/config/config_loader_options.go
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ type loaderConf struct {
 	delim string
 	// config bytes
 	bytes []byte
+	// user provide rootConfig built by config api
+	rc *RootConfig
 }
 
 func NewLoaderConf(opts ...LoaderConfOption) *loaderConf {
@@ -60,6 +62,9 @@ func NewLoaderConf(opts ...LoaderConfOption) *loaderConf {
 	for _, opt := range opts {
 		opt.apply(conf)
 	}
+	if conf.rc != nil {
+		return conf
+	}
 	if len(conf.bytes) <= 0 {
 		bytes, err := ioutil.ReadFile(conf.path)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -105,6 +110,12 @@ func WithPath(path string) LoaderConfOption {
 	})
 }
 
+func WithRootConfig(rc *RootConfig) LoaderConfOption {
+	return loaderConfigFunc(func(conf *loaderConf) {
+		conf.rc = rc
+	})
+}
+
 func WithDelim(delim string) LoaderConfOption {
 	return loaderConfigFunc(func(conf *loaderConf) {
 		conf.delim = delim
diff --git a/config/config_loader_options_test.go b/config/config_loader_options_test.go
index 7704d52997..8943cc3ace 100644
--- a/config/config_loader_options_test.go
+++ b/config/config_loader_options_test.go
@@ -38,3 +38,9 @@ func TestFileGenre(t *testing.T) {
 	conf := NewLoaderConf(WithPath("../config/testdata/config/properties/application.properties"))
 	assert.Equal(t, conf.genre, "properties")
 }
+
+func TestRootConfig(t *testing.T) {
+	rc := NewRootConfigBuilder().SetApplication(NewApplicationConfigBuilder().SetName("test-app").Build()).Build()
+	conf := NewLoaderConf(WithRootConfig(rc))
+	assert.Equal(t, conf.rc.Application.Name, "test-app")
+}
diff --git a/config/root_config.go b/config/root_config.go
index 114d44fc9d..6841207686 100644
--- a/config/root_config.go
+++ b/config/root_config.go
@@ -131,6 +131,8 @@ func registerPOJO() {
 	hessian.RegisterPOJO(&common.URL{})
 }
 
+// Init is to start dubbo-go framework, load local configuration, or read configuration from config-center if necessary.
+// It's deprecated for user to call rootConfig.Init() manually, try config.Load(config.WithRootConfig(rootConfig)) instead.
 func (rc *RootConfig) Init() error {
 	registerPOJO()
 	if err := rc.Logger.Init(); err != nil { // init default logger