diff --git a/torchtitan/config/job_config.py b/torchtitan/config/job_config.py
index eb477941ca..138672c739 100644
--- a/torchtitan/config/job_config.py
+++ b/torchtitan/config/job_config.py
@@ -34,6 +34,20 @@ class Profiling:
     profile_freq: int = 10
     """How often to collect profile traces, in iterations"""
 
+    profiler_active: int = 1
+    """
+    The steps profiler is active for.
+
+    This is used to configure torch.profile.schedule.
+    """
+
+    profiler_warmup: int = 3
+    """
+    The number of warmup steps before the active step in each profiling cycle.
+
+    This is used to configure torch.profile.schedule.
+    """
+
     enable_memory_snapshot: bool = False
     """Whether to dump memory snapshot"""
 
diff --git a/torchtitan/tools/profiling.py b/torchtitan/tools/profiling.py
index 0e851d335a..f398dba9b5 100644
--- a/torchtitan/tools/profiling.py
+++ b/torchtitan/tools/profiling.py
@@ -14,9 +14,6 @@
 from torchtitan.config import Profiling as ProfilingConfig
 from torchtitan.tools.logging import logger
 
-# the number of warmup steps before the active step in each profiling cycle
-WARMUP = 3
-
 # how much memory allocation/free ops to record in memory snapshots
 MEMORY_SNAPSHOT_MAX_ENTRIES = 100000
 
@@ -34,7 +31,11 @@ def maybe_enable_profiling(
 
     if enable_profiling:
         trace_dir = os.path.join(base_folder, profiling_config.save_traces_folder)
-        profile_freq = profiling_config.profile_freq
+        profile_freq, warmup, active = (
+            profiling_config.profile_freq,
+            profiling_config.profiler_warmup,
+            profiling_config.profiler_active,
+        )
 
         rank = torch.distributed.get_rank()
 
@@ -58,7 +59,6 @@ def trace_handler(prof):
         if not os.path.exists(trace_dir):
             os.makedirs(trace_dir, exist_ok=True)
 
-        warmup, active = WARMUP, 1
         wait = profile_freq - (active + warmup)
         assert (
             wait >= 0