diff --git a/docs/models/dcim/device.md b/docs/models/dcim/device.md
index 33d07e07e..8f97b920b 100644
--- a/docs/models/dcim/device.md
+++ b/docs/models/dcim/device.md
@@ -72,6 +72,10 @@ The device's operational status.
 
 A device may be associated with a particular [platform](./platform.md) to indicate its operating system. Note that only platforms assigned to the associated manufacturer (or to no manufacturer) will be available for selection.
 
+### Configuration Template
+
+The [configuration template](../extras/configtemplate.md) from which the configuration for this device can be rendered. If set, this will override any config template referenced by the device's role or platform.
+
 ### Primary IPv4 & IPv6 Addresses
 
 Each device may designate one primary IPv4 address and/or one primary IPv6 address for management purposes.
diff --git a/docs/models/dcim/devicerole.md b/docs/models/dcim/devicerole.md
index e9bdc0fa6..786170f2b 100644
--- a/docs/models/dcim/devicerole.md
+++ b/docs/models/dcim/devicerole.md
@@ -19,3 +19,7 @@ The color used when displaying the role in the NetBox UI.
 ### VM Role
 
 If selected, this role may be assigned to [virtual machines](../virtualization/virtualmachine.md)
+
+### Configuration Template
+
+The default [configuration template](../extras/configtemplate.md) for devices assigned to this role.
diff --git a/netbox/dcim/api/serializers.py b/netbox/dcim/api/serializers.py
index ee72a0850..79b48bf65 100644
--- a/netbox/dcim/api/serializers.py
+++ b/netbox/dcim/api/serializers.py
@@ -606,8 +606,8 @@ class DeviceRoleSerializer(NetBoxModelSerializer):
     class Meta:
         model = DeviceRole
         fields = [
-            'id', 'url', 'display', 'name', 'slug', 'color', 'vm_role', 'description', 'tags', 'custom_fields',
-            'created', 'last_updated', 'device_count', 'virtualmachine_count',
+            'id', 'url', 'display', 'name', 'slug', 'color', 'vm_role', 'config_template', 'description', 'tags',
+            'custom_fields', 'created', 'last_updated', 'device_count', 'virtualmachine_count',
         ]
 
 
diff --git a/netbox/dcim/api/views.py b/netbox/dcim/api/views.py
index 954c6a2a5..484e983f0 100644
--- a/netbox/dcim/api/views.py
+++ b/netbox/dcim/api/views.py
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ class InventoryItemTemplateViewSet(NetBoxModelViewSet):
 #
 
 class DeviceRoleViewSet(NetBoxModelViewSet):
-    queryset = DeviceRole.objects.prefetch_related('tags').annotate(
+    queryset = DeviceRole.objects.prefetch_related('config_template', 'tags').annotate(
         device_count=count_related(Device, 'device_role'),
         virtualmachine_count=count_related(VirtualMachine, 'role')
     )
diff --git a/netbox/dcim/filtersets.py b/netbox/dcim/filtersets.py
index f63ab79ff..9e0963fcc 100644
--- a/netbox/dcim/filtersets.py
+++ b/netbox/dcim/filtersets.py
@@ -777,6 +777,10 @@ class InventoryItemTemplateFilterSet(ChangeLoggedModelFilterSet, DeviceTypeCompo
 
 
 class DeviceRoleFilterSet(OrganizationalModelFilterSet):
+    config_template_id = django_filters.ModelMultipleChoiceFilter(
+        queryset=ConfigTemplate.objects.all(),
+        label=_('Config template (ID)'),
+    )
 
     class Meta:
         model = DeviceRole
diff --git a/netbox/dcim/forms/bulk_edit.py b/netbox/dcim/forms/bulk_edit.py
index 0edabb1f4..a5d895f66 100644
--- a/netbox/dcim/forms/bulk_edit.py
+++ b/netbox/dcim/forms/bulk_edit.py
@@ -455,6 +455,10 @@ class DeviceRoleBulkEditForm(NetBoxModelBulkEditForm):
         widget=BulkEditNullBooleanSelect,
         label=_('VM role')
     )
+    config_template = DynamicModelChoiceField(
+        queryset=ConfigTemplate.objects.all(),
+        required=False
+    )
     description = forms.CharField(
         max_length=200,
         required=False
@@ -462,9 +466,9 @@ class DeviceRoleBulkEditForm(NetBoxModelBulkEditForm):
 
     model = DeviceRole
     fieldsets = (
-        (None, ('color', 'vm_role', 'description')),
+        (None, ('color', 'vm_role', 'config_template', 'description')),
     )
-    nullable_fields = ('color', 'description')
+    nullable_fields = ('color', 'config_template', 'description')
 
 
 class PlatformBulkEditForm(NetBoxModelBulkEditForm):
diff --git a/netbox/dcim/forms/bulk_import.py b/netbox/dcim/forms/bulk_import.py
index 1371ea5d7..a7a21ba51 100644
--- a/netbox/dcim/forms/bulk_import.py
+++ b/netbox/dcim/forms/bulk_import.py
@@ -308,11 +308,17 @@ class ModuleTypeImportForm(NetBoxModelImportForm):
 
 
 class DeviceRoleImportForm(NetBoxModelImportForm):
+    config_template = CSVModelChoiceField(
+        queryset=ConfigTemplate.objects.all(),
+        to_field_name='name',
+        required=False,
+        help_text=_('Config template')
+    )
     slug = SlugField()
 
     class Meta:
         model = DeviceRole
-        fields = ('name', 'slug', 'color', 'vm_role', 'description', 'tags')
+        fields = ('name', 'slug', 'color', 'vm_role', 'config_template', 'description', 'tags')
         help_texts = {
             'color': mark_safe(_('RGB color in hexadecimal (e.g. <code>00ff00</code>)')),
         }
@@ -438,6 +444,7 @@ class DeviceImportForm(BaseDeviceImportForm):
     config_template = CSVModelChoiceField(
         queryset=ConfigTemplate.objects.all(),
         to_field_name='name',
+        required=False,
         help_text=_('Config template')
     )
 
diff --git a/netbox/dcim/forms/filtersets.py b/netbox/dcim/forms/filtersets.py
index 58f44d479..8eeca7484 100644
--- a/netbox/dcim/forms/filtersets.py
+++ b/netbox/dcim/forms/filtersets.py
@@ -569,6 +569,11 @@ class ModuleTypeFilterForm(NetBoxModelFilterSetForm):
 
 class DeviceRoleFilterForm(NetBoxModelFilterSetForm):
     model = DeviceRole
+    config_template_id = DynamicModelMultipleChoiceField(
+        queryset=ConfigTemplate.objects.all(),
+        required=False,
+        label=_('Config template')
+    )
     tag = TagFilterField(model)
 
 
diff --git a/netbox/dcim/forms/model_forms.py b/netbox/dcim/forms/model_forms.py
index e71e772b6..320a45c91 100644
--- a/netbox/dcim/forms/model_forms.py
+++ b/netbox/dcim/forms/model_forms.py
@@ -417,18 +417,22 @@ class ModuleTypeForm(NetBoxModelForm):
 
 
 class DeviceRoleForm(NetBoxModelForm):
+    config_template = DynamicModelChoiceField(
+        queryset=ConfigTemplate.objects.all(),
+        required=False
+    )
     slug = SlugField()
 
     fieldsets = (
         ('Device Role', (
-            'name', 'slug', 'color', 'vm_role', 'description', 'tags',
+            'name', 'slug', 'color', 'vm_role', 'config_template', 'description', 'tags',
         )),
     )
 
     class Meta:
         model = DeviceRole
         fields = [
-            'name', 'slug', 'color', 'vm_role', 'description', 'tags',
+            'name', 'slug', 'color', 'vm_role', 'config_template', 'description', 'tags',
         ]
 
 
diff --git a/netbox/dcim/migrations/0170_devicerole_config_template.py b/netbox/dcim/migrations/0170_devicerole_config_template.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..95975f3b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/netbox/dcim/migrations/0170_devicerole_config_template.py
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# Generated by Django 4.1.6 on 2023-02-12 20:41
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+import django.db.models.deletion
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('extras', '0086_configtemplate'),
+        ('dcim', '0169_device_configtemplate'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name='devicerole',
+            name='config_template',
+            field=models.ForeignKey(blank=True, null=True, on_delete=django.db.models.deletion.PROTECT, related_name='device_roles', to='extras.configtemplate'),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/netbox/dcim/models/devices.py b/netbox/dcim/models/devices.py
index 59a6bfd3b..8b64fc8c5 100644
--- a/netbox/dcim/models/devices.py
+++ b/netbox/dcim/models/devices.py
@@ -410,6 +410,13 @@ class DeviceRole(OrganizationalModel):
         verbose_name='VM Role',
         help_text=_('Virtual machines may be assigned to this role')
     )
+    config_template = models.ForeignKey(
+        to='extras.ConfigTemplate',
+        on_delete=models.PROTECT,
+        related_name='device_roles',
+        blank=True,
+        null=True
+    )
 
     def get_absolute_url(self):
         return reverse('dcim:devicerole', args=[self.pk])
@@ -869,6 +876,12 @@ class Device(PrimaryModel, ConfigContextModel):
     def interfaces_count(self):
         return self.vc_interfaces().count()
 
+    def get_config_template(self):
+        """
+        Return the appropriate ConfigTemplate (if any) for this Device.
+        """
+        return self.config_template or self.device_role.config_template
+
     def get_vc_master(self):
         """
         If this Device is a VirtualChassis member, return the VC master. Otherwise, return None.
diff --git a/netbox/dcim/tables/devices.py b/netbox/dcim/tables/devices.py
index 1cbc388fb..5aeb64b07 100644
--- a/netbox/dcim/tables/devices.py
+++ b/netbox/dcim/tables/devices.py
@@ -86,6 +86,9 @@ class DeviceRoleTable(NetBoxTable):
     )
     color = columns.ColorColumn()
     vm_role = columns.BooleanColumn()
+    config_template = tables.Column(
+        linkify=True
+    )
     tags = columns.TagColumn(
         url_name='dcim:devicerole_list'
     )
@@ -93,8 +96,8 @@ class DeviceRoleTable(NetBoxTable):
     class Meta(NetBoxTable.Meta):
         model = models.DeviceRole
         fields = (
-            'pk', 'id', 'name', 'device_count', 'vm_count', 'color', 'vm_role', 'description', 'slug', 'tags',
-            'actions', 'created', 'last_updated',
+            'pk', 'id', 'name', 'device_count', 'vm_count', 'color', 'vm_role', 'config_template', 'description',
+            'slug', 'tags', 'actions', 'created', 'last_updated',
         )
         default_columns = ('pk', 'name', 'device_count', 'vm_count', 'color', 'vm_role', 'description')
 
diff --git a/netbox/dcim/views.py b/netbox/dcim/views.py
index 30ca6f1b9..164839d57 100644
--- a/netbox/dcim/views.py
+++ b/netbox/dcim/views.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ from django.views.generic import View
 
 from circuits.models import Circuit, CircuitTermination
 from extras.views import ObjectConfigContextView
-from ipam.models import ASN, IPAddress, Prefix, Service, VLAN, VLANGroup
+from ipam.models import ASN, IPAddress, Prefix, VLAN, VLANGroup
 from ipam.tables import InterfaceVLANTable
 from netbox.views import generic
 from utilities.forms import ConfirmationForm
@@ -2008,16 +2008,20 @@ class DeviceRenderConfigView(generic.ObjectView):
     )
 
     def get_extra_context(self, request, instance):
+        # Compile context data
         context_data = {
             'device': instance,
         }
         context_data.update(**instance.get_config_context())
-        if instance.config_template:
-            rendered_config = instance.config_template.render(context=context_data)
+
+        # Render the config template
+        if config_template := instance.get_config_template():
+            rendered_config = config_template.render(context=context_data)
         else:
             rendered_config = None
 
         return {
+            'config_template': config_template,
             'context_data': context_data,
             'rendered_config': rendered_config,
         }
diff --git a/netbox/templates/dcim/device/render_config.html b/netbox/templates/dcim/device/render_config.html
index 9ff6fbada..1571b56f3 100644
--- a/netbox/templates/dcim/device/render_config.html
+++ b/netbox/templates/dcim/device/render_config.html
@@ -12,15 +12,15 @@
           <table class="table table-hover attr-table">
             <tr>
               <th scope="row">Config Template</th>
-              <td>{{ object.config_template|linkify|placeholder }}</td>
+              <td>{{ config_template|linkify|placeholder }}</td>
             </tr>
             <tr>
               <th scope="row">Data Source</th>
-              <td>{{ object.config_template.data_file.source|linkify|placeholder }}</td>
+              <td>{{ config_template.data_file.source|linkify|placeholder }}</td>
             </tr>
             <tr>
               <th scope="row">Data File</th>
-              <td>{{ object.config_template.data_file|linkify|placeholder }}</td>
+              <td>{{ config_template.data_file|linkify|placeholder }}</td>
             </tr>
           </table>
         </div>
diff --git a/netbox/templates/dcim/devicerole.html b/netbox/templates/dcim/devicerole.html
index bc01dbdb7..7c0bf67f6 100644
--- a/netbox/templates/dcim/devicerole.html
+++ b/netbox/templates/dcim/devicerole.html
@@ -42,6 +42,10 @@
             <th scope="row">VM Role</th>
             <td>{% checkmark object.vm_role %}</td>
           </tr>
+          <tr>
+            <th scope="row">Config Template</th>
+            <td>{{ object.config_template|linkify|placeholder }}</td>
+          </tr>
         </table>
       </div>
     </div>