diff --git a/scm-ui/src/config/modules/config.js b/scm-ui/src/config/modules/config.js
index e7a8e87e98..2e51693719 100644
--- a/scm-ui/src/config/modules/config.js
+++ b/scm-ui/src/config/modules/config.js
@@ -4,13 +4,20 @@ import * as types from "../../modules/types";
 import type { Action } from "../../types/Action";
 import { isPending } from "../../modules/pending";
 import { getFailure } from "../../modules/failure";
+import { Dispatch } from "redux";
 
 export const FETCH_CONFIG = "scm/config/FETCH_CONFIG";
 export const FETCH_CONFIG_PENDING = `${FETCH_CONFIG}_${types.PENDING_SUFFIX}`;
 export const FETCH_CONFIG_SUCCESS = `${FETCH_CONFIG}_${types.SUCCESS_SUFFIX}`;
 export const FETCH_CONFIG_FAILURE = `${FETCH_CONFIG}_${types.FAILURE_SUFFIX}`;
 
+export const MODIFY_CONFIG = "scm/config/FETCH_CONFIG";
+export const MODIFY_CONFIG_PENDING = `${MODIFY_CONFIG}_${types.PENDING_SUFFIX}`;
+export const MODIFY_CONFIG_SUCCESS = `${MODIFY_CONFIG}_${types.SUCCESS_SUFFIX}`;
+export const MODIFY_CONFIG_FAILURE = `${MODIFY_CONFIG}_${types.FAILURE_SUFFIX}`;
+
 const CONFIG_URL = "config";
+const CONTENT_TYPE_CONFIG = "application/vnd.scmm-config+json;v=2";
 
 //fetch config
 export function fetchConfig() {
@@ -53,6 +60,53 @@ export function fetchConfigFailure(error: Error): Action {
   };
 }
 
+// modify config
+export function modifyConfig(config: any, callback?: () => void) {
+  return function(dispatch: Dispatch) {
+    dispatch(modifyConfigPending(config));
+    return apiClient
+      .put(config._links.update.href, config, CONTENT_TYPE_CONFIG)
+      .then(() => {
+        dispatch(modifyConfigSuccess(config));
+        if (callback) {
+          callback();
+        }
+      })
+      .catch(cause => {
+        dispatch(
+          modifyConfigFailure(
+            config,
+            new Error(`could not modify config: ${cause.message}`)
+          )
+        );
+      });
+  };
+}
+
+export function modifyConfigPending(config: any): Action {
+  return {
+    type: MODIFY_CONFIG_PENDING,
+    payload: config
+  };
+}
+
+export function modifyConfigSuccess(config: any): Action {
+  return {
+    type: MODIFY_CONFIG_SUCCESS,
+    payload: config
+  };
+}
+
+export function modifyConfigFailure(config: any, error: Error): Action {
+  return {
+    type: MODIFY_CONFIG_FAILURE,
+    payload: {
+      error,
+      config
+    }
+  };
+}
+
 //reducer
 
 function reducer(state: any = {}, action: any = {}) {
diff --git a/scm-ui/src/config/modules/config.test.js b/scm-ui/src/config/modules/config.test.js
index 837e7d126f..b62ed50bf8 100644
--- a/scm-ui/src/config/modules/config.test.js
+++ b/scm-ui/src/config/modules/config.test.js
@@ -8,10 +8,14 @@ import reducer, {
   FETCH_CONFIG_PENDING,
   FETCH_CONFIG_SUCCESS,
   FETCH_CONFIG_FAILURE,
+  MODIFY_CONFIG_PENDING,
+  MODIFY_CONFIG_SUCCESS,
+  MODIFY_CONFIG_FAILURE,
   fetchConfig,
   fetchConfigSuccess,
   getFetchConfigFailure,
-  isFetchConfigPending
+  isFetchConfigPending,
+  modifyConfig
 } from "./config";
 
 const CONFIG_URL = "/scm/api/rest/v2/config";
@@ -94,6 +98,55 @@ describe("config fetch()", () => {
       expect(actions[1].payload).toBeDefined();
     });
   });
+
+  it("should successfully modify config", () => {
+    fetchMock.putOnce("http://localhost:8081/scm/api/rest/v2/config", {
+      status: 204
+    });
+
+    const store = mockStore({});
+
+    return store.dispatch(modifyConfig(config)).then(() => {
+      const actions = store.getActions();
+      expect(actions[0].type).toEqual(MODIFY_CONFIG_PENDING);
+      expect(actions[1].type).toEqual(MODIFY_CONFIG_SUCCESS);
+      expect(actions[1].payload).toEqual(config);
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("should call the callback after modifying config", () => {
+    fetchMock.putOnce("http://localhost:8081/scm/api/rest/v2/config", {
+      status: 204
+    });
+
+    let called = false;
+    const callback = () => {
+      called = true;
+    };
+    const store = mockStore({});
+
+    return store.dispatch(modifyConfig(config, callback)).then(() => {
+      const actions = store.getActions();
+      expect(actions[0].type).toEqual(MODIFY_CONFIG_PENDING);
+      expect(actions[1].type).toEqual(MODIFY_CONFIG_SUCCESS);
+      expect(called).toBe(true);
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("should fail modifying config on HTTP 500", () => {
+    fetchMock.putOnce("http://localhost:8081/scm/api/rest/v2/config", {
+      status: 500
+    });
+
+    const store = mockStore({});
+
+    return store.dispatch(modifyConfig(config)).then(() => {
+      const actions = store.getActions();
+      expect(actions[0].type).toEqual(MODIFY_CONFIG_PENDING);
+      expect(actions[1].type).toEqual(MODIFY_CONFIG_FAILURE);
+      expect(actions[1].payload).toBeDefined();
+    });
+  });
 });
 
 describe("config reducer", () => {