diff --git a/example-config.yaml b/example-config.yaml
index 9840d2cd..86f64372 100644
--- a/example-config.yaml
+++ b/example-config.yaml
@@ -251,6 +251,40 @@ telegram:
     api_hash: tjyd5yge35lbodk1xwzw2jstp90k55qz
     # (Optional) Create your own bot at https://t.me/BotFather
     bot_token: disabled
+
+    # Telethon connection options.
+    connection:
+        # The timeout in seconds to be used when connecting.
+        timeout: 120
+        # How many times the reconnection should retry, either on the initial connection or when
+        # Telegram disconnects us. May be set to a negative or null value for infinite retries, but
+        # this is not recommended, since the program can get stuck in an infinite loop.
+        retries: 5
+        # The delay in seconds to sleep between automatic reconnections.
+        retry_delay: 1
+        # The threshold below which the library should automatically sleep on flood wait errors
+        # (inclusive). For instance, if a FloodWaitError for 17s occurs and flood_sleep_threshold
+        # is 20s, the library will sleep automatically. If the error was for 21s, it would raise
+        # the error instead. Values larger than a day (86400) will be changed to a day.
+        flood_sleep_threshold: 60
+        # How many times a request should be retried. Request are retried when Telegram is having
+        # internal issues, when there is a FloodWaitError less than flood_sleep_threshold, or when
+        # there's a migrate error. May take a negative or null value for infinite retries, but this
+        # is not recommended, since some requests can always trigger a call fail (such as searching
+        # for messages).
+        request_retries: 5
+
+    # Device info sent to Telegram.
+    device_info:
+        # "auto" = OS name+version.
+        device_model: auto
+        # "auto" = Telethon version.
+        system_version: auto
+        # "auto" = mautrix-telegram version.
+        app_version: auto
+        lang_code: en
+        system_lang_code: en
+
     # Custom server to connect to.
     server:
         # Set to true to use these server settings. If false, will automatically
@@ -262,6 +296,7 @@ telegram:
         ip: 149.154.167.40
         # The port to connect to. 443 may not work, 80 is better and both are equally secure.
         port: 80
+
     # Telethon proxy configuration.
     # You must install PySocks from pip for proxies to work.
     proxy:
diff --git a/mautrix_telegram/abstract_user.py b/mautrix_telegram/abstract_user.py
index 60dc004f..a4c94a61 100644
--- a/mautrix_telegram/abstract_user.py
+++ b/mautrix_telegram/abstract_user.py
@@ -95,27 +95,43 @@ class AbstractUser(ABC):
 
     def _init_client(self) -> None:
         self.log.debug(f"Initializing client for {self.name}")
-        device = f"{platform.system()} {platform.release()}"
-        sysversion = MautrixTelegramClient.__version__
+
         self.session = self.session_container.new_session(self.name)
         if config["telegram.server.enabled"]:
             self.session.set_dc(config["telegram.server.dc"],
                                 config["telegram.server.ip"],
                                 config["telegram.server.port"])
+
         if self.is_relaybot:
             base_logger = logging.getLogger("telethon.relaybot")
         else:
             base_logger = logging.getLogger(f"telethon.{self.tgid or -hash(self.mxid)}")
-        self.client = MautrixTelegramClient(session=self.session,
-                                            api_id=config["telegram.api_id"],
-                                            api_hash=config["telegram.api_hash"],
-                                            loop=self.loop,
-                                            app_version=__version__,
-                                            system_version=sysversion,
-                                            device_model=device,
-                                            timeout=120,
-                                            base_logger=base_logger,
-                                            proxy=self._proxy_settings)
+
+        device = config["telegram.device_info.device_model"]
+        sysversion = config["telegram.device_info.system_version"]
+        appversion = config["telegram.device_info.app_version"]
+
+        self.client = MautrixTelegramClient(
+            session=self.session,
+
+            api_id=config["telegram.api_id"],
+            api_hash=config["telegram.api_hash"],
+
+            app_version=__version__ if appversion == "auto" else appversion,
+            system_version=MautrixTelegramClient.__version__ if sysversion == "auto" else sysversion,
+            device_model=f"{platform.system()} {platform.release()}" if device == "auto" else device,
+
+            timeout=config["telegram.connection.timeout"],
+            connection_retries=config["telegram.connection.retries"],
+            retry_delay=config["telegram.connection.retry_delay"],
+            flood_sleep_threshold=config["telegram.connection.flood_sleep_threshold"],
+            request_retries=config["telegram.connection.request_retries"],
+
+            proxy=self._proxy_settings,
+
+            loop=self.loop,
+            base_logger=base_logger
+        )
         self.client.add_event_handler(self._update_catch)
 
     @abstractmethod
diff --git a/mautrix_telegram/config.py b/mautrix_telegram/config.py
index d75de4a8..4cd27018 100644
--- a/mautrix_telegram/config.py
+++ b/mautrix_telegram/config.py
@@ -257,10 +257,24 @@ class Config(DictWithRecursion):
         copy("telegram.api_id")
         copy("telegram.api_hash")
         copy("telegram.bot_token")
+
+        copy("telegram.connection.timeout")
+        copy("telegram.connection.retries")
+        copy("telegram.connection.retry_delay")
+        copy("telegram.connection.flood_sleep_threshold")
+        copy("telegram.connection.request_retries")
+
+        copy("telegram.device_info.device_model")
+        copy("telegram.device_info.system_version")
+        copy("telegram.device_info.app_version")
+        copy("telegram.device_info.lang_code")
+        copy("telegram.device_info.system_lang_code")
+
         copy("telegram.server.enabled")
         copy("telegram.server.dc")
         copy("telegram.server.ip")
         copy("telegram.server.port")
+
         copy("telegram.proxy.type")
         copy("telegram.proxy.address")
         copy("telegram.proxy.port")