diff --git a/crates/ruff/src/rules/flake8_annotations/settings.rs b/crates/ruff/src/rules/flake8_annotations/settings.rs
index 8b7e3c0f6e029..a0c3ba5115e66 100644
--- a/crates/ruff/src/rules/flake8_annotations/settings.rs
+++ b/crates/ruff/src/rules/flake8_annotations/settings.rs
@@ -2,10 +2,11 @@
 
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
-use ruff_macros::CacheKey;
-use ruff_macros::ConfigurationOptions;
+use ruff_macros::{CacheKey, CombineOptions, ConfigurationOptions};
 
-#[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Eq, Default, Serialize, Deserialize, ConfigurationOptions)]
+#[derive(
+    Debug, PartialEq, Eq, Default, Serialize, Deserialize, ConfigurationOptions, CombineOptions,
+)]
 #[serde(
     deny_unknown_fields,
     rename_all = "kebab-case",
diff --git a/crates/ruff/src/rules/flake8_bandit/settings.rs b/crates/ruff/src/rules/flake8_bandit/settings.rs
index 0334721a31872..76f363edc4645 100644
--- a/crates/ruff/src/rules/flake8_bandit/settings.rs
+++ b/crates/ruff/src/rules/flake8_bandit/settings.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
-use ruff_macros::{CacheKey, ConfigurationOptions};
+use ruff_macros::{CacheKey, CombineOptions, ConfigurationOptions};
 
 fn default_tmp_dirs() -> Vec<String> {
     ["/tmp", "/var/tmp", "/dev/shm"]
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ fn default_tmp_dirs() -> Vec<String> {
         .to_vec()
 }
 
-#[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize, Default, ConfigurationOptions)]
+#[derive(
+    Debug, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize, Default, ConfigurationOptions, CombineOptions,
+)]
 #[serde(
     deny_unknown_fields,
     rename_all = "kebab-case",
diff --git a/crates/ruff/src/rules/flake8_bugbear/settings.rs b/crates/ruff/src/rules/flake8_bugbear/settings.rs
index 95e00f92d3481..4de75f4d782b4 100644
--- a/crates/ruff/src/rules/flake8_bugbear/settings.rs
+++ b/crates/ruff/src/rules/flake8_bugbear/settings.rs
@@ -2,9 +2,11 @@
 
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
-use ruff_macros::{CacheKey, ConfigurationOptions};
+use ruff_macros::{CacheKey, CombineOptions, ConfigurationOptions};
 
-#[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Eq, Default, Serialize, Deserialize, ConfigurationOptions)]
+#[derive(
+    Debug, PartialEq, Eq, Default, Serialize, Deserialize, ConfigurationOptions, CombineOptions,
+)]
 #[serde(
     deny_unknown_fields,
     rename_all = "kebab-case",
diff --git a/crates/ruff/src/rules/flake8_builtins/settings.rs b/crates/ruff/src/rules/flake8_builtins/settings.rs
index a9c6228f26623..2a512626b9d90 100644
--- a/crates/ruff/src/rules/flake8_builtins/settings.rs
+++ b/crates/ruff/src/rules/flake8_builtins/settings.rs
@@ -2,9 +2,11 @@
 
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
-use ruff_macros::{CacheKey, ConfigurationOptions};
+use ruff_macros::{CacheKey, CombineOptions, ConfigurationOptions};
 
-#[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Eq, Default, Serialize, Deserialize, ConfigurationOptions)]
+#[derive(
+    Debug, PartialEq, Eq, Default, Serialize, Deserialize, ConfigurationOptions, CombineOptions,
+)]
 #[serde(
     deny_unknown_fields,
     rename_all = "kebab-case",
diff --git a/crates/ruff/src/rules/flake8_comprehensions/settings.rs b/crates/ruff/src/rules/flake8_comprehensions/settings.rs
index 630f473de286b..bc063f1922193 100644
--- a/crates/ruff/src/rules/flake8_comprehensions/settings.rs
+++ b/crates/ruff/src/rules/flake8_comprehensions/settings.rs
@@ -2,9 +2,11 @@
 
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
-use ruff_macros::{CacheKey, ConfigurationOptions};
+use ruff_macros::{CacheKey, CombineOptions, ConfigurationOptions};
 
-#[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Eq, Default, Serialize, Deserialize, ConfigurationOptions)]
+#[derive(
+    Debug, PartialEq, Eq, Default, Serialize, Deserialize, ConfigurationOptions, CombineOptions,
+)]
 #[serde(
     deny_unknown_fields,
     rename_all = "kebab-case",
diff --git a/crates/ruff/src/rules/flake8_errmsg/settings.rs b/crates/ruff/src/rules/flake8_errmsg/settings.rs
index efa3bd93458ed..b3ea044529465 100644
--- a/crates/ruff/src/rules/flake8_errmsg/settings.rs
+++ b/crates/ruff/src/rules/flake8_errmsg/settings.rs
@@ -2,9 +2,11 @@
 
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
-use ruff_macros::{CacheKey, ConfigurationOptions};
+use ruff_macros::{CacheKey, CombineOptions, ConfigurationOptions};
 
-#[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize, Default, ConfigurationOptions)]
+#[derive(
+    Debug, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize, Default, ConfigurationOptions, CombineOptions,
+)]
 #[serde(
     deny_unknown_fields,
     rename_all = "kebab-case",
diff --git a/crates/ruff/src/rules/flake8_gettext/settings.rs b/crates/ruff/src/rules/flake8_gettext/settings.rs
index 58058fc69263e..a16d61e15c881 100644
--- a/crates/ruff/src/rules/flake8_gettext/settings.rs
+++ b/crates/ruff/src/rules/flake8_gettext/settings.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
-use ruff_macros::{CacheKey, ConfigurationOptions};
+use ruff_macros::{CacheKey, CombineOptions, ConfigurationOptions};
 
-#[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize, Default, ConfigurationOptions)]
+#[derive(
+    Debug, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize, Default, ConfigurationOptions, CombineOptions,
+)]
 #[serde(
     deny_unknown_fields,
     rename_all = "kebab-case",
diff --git a/crates/ruff/src/rules/flake8_implicit_str_concat/settings.rs b/crates/ruff/src/rules/flake8_implicit_str_concat/settings.rs
index 3a9a18bb1ec03..4a14f15396d19 100644
--- a/crates/ruff/src/rules/flake8_implicit_str_concat/settings.rs
+++ b/crates/ruff/src/rules/flake8_implicit_str_concat/settings.rs
@@ -2,9 +2,11 @@
 
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
-use ruff_macros::{CacheKey, ConfigurationOptions};
+use ruff_macros::{CacheKey, CombineOptions, ConfigurationOptions};
 
-#[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize, Default, ConfigurationOptions)]
+#[derive(
+    Debug, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize, Default, ConfigurationOptions, CombineOptions,
+)]
 #[serde(
     deny_unknown_fields,
     rename_all = "kebab-case",
diff --git a/crates/ruff/src/rules/flake8_import_conventions/settings.rs b/crates/ruff/src/rules/flake8_import_conventions/settings.rs
index a3e45fd654ea4..95a0fb7e2e168 100644
--- a/crates/ruff/src/rules/flake8_import_conventions/settings.rs
+++ b/crates/ruff/src/rules/flake8_import_conventions/settings.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 use rustc_hash::{FxHashMap, FxHashSet};
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
-use ruff_macros::{CacheKey, ConfigurationOptions};
+use ruff_macros::{CacheKey, CombineOptions, ConfigurationOptions};
 
 const CONVENTIONAL_ALIASES: &[(&str, &str)] = &[
     ("altair", "alt"),
@@ -20,7 +20,9 @@ const CONVENTIONAL_ALIASES: &[(&str, &str)] = &[
     ("pyarrow", "pa"),
 ];
 
-#[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize, Default, ConfigurationOptions)]
+#[derive(
+    Debug, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize, Default, ConfigurationOptions, CombineOptions,
+)]
 #[serde(
     deny_unknown_fields,
     rename_all = "kebab-case",
diff --git a/crates/ruff/src/rules/flake8_pytest_style/settings.rs b/crates/ruff/src/rules/flake8_pytest_style/settings.rs
index 887c9fba74228..e70545c6d4f9a 100644
--- a/crates/ruff/src/rules/flake8_pytest_style/settings.rs
+++ b/crates/ruff/src/rules/flake8_pytest_style/settings.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
-use ruff_macros::{CacheKey, ConfigurationOptions};
+use ruff_macros::{CacheKey, CombineOptions, ConfigurationOptions};
 
 use super::types;
 
@@ -20,7 +20,9 @@ fn default_broad_exceptions() -> Vec<String> {
     .to_vec()
 }
 
-#[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize, Default, ConfigurationOptions)]
+#[derive(
+    Debug, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize, Default, ConfigurationOptions, CombineOptions,
+)]
 #[serde(
     deny_unknown_fields,
     rename_all = "kebab-case",
diff --git a/crates/ruff/src/rules/flake8_quotes/settings.rs b/crates/ruff/src/rules/flake8_quotes/settings.rs
index c64108a00501e..121501065e90b 100644
--- a/crates/ruff/src/rules/flake8_quotes/settings.rs
+++ b/crates/ruff/src/rules/flake8_quotes/settings.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
-use ruff_macros::{CacheKey, ConfigurationOptions};
+use ruff_macros::{CacheKey, CombineOptions, ConfigurationOptions};
 
 #[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize, CacheKey)]
 #[serde(deny_unknown_fields, rename_all = "kebab-case")]
@@ -20,7 +20,9 @@ impl Default for Quote {
     }
 }
 
-#[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize, Default, ConfigurationOptions)]
+#[derive(
+    Debug, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize, Default, ConfigurationOptions, CombineOptions,
+)]
 #[serde(
     deny_unknown_fields,
     rename_all = "kebab-case",
diff --git a/crates/ruff/src/rules/flake8_self/settings.rs b/crates/ruff/src/rules/flake8_self/settings.rs
index c03fab8235712..728b64c97c286 100644
--- a/crates/ruff/src/rules/flake8_self/settings.rs
+++ b/crates/ruff/src/rules/flake8_self/settings.rs
@@ -2,13 +2,15 @@
 
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
-use ruff_macros::{CacheKey, ConfigurationOptions};
+use ruff_macros::{CacheKey, CombineOptions, ConfigurationOptions};
 
 // By default, ignore the `namedtuple` methods and attributes, which are underscore-prefixed to
 // prevent conflicts with field names.
 const IGNORE_NAMES: [&str; 5] = ["_make", "_asdict", "_replace", "_fields", "_field_defaults"];
 
-#[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize, Default, ConfigurationOptions)]
+#[derive(
+    Debug, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize, Default, ConfigurationOptions, CombineOptions,
+)]
 #[serde(
     deny_unknown_fields,
     rename_all = "kebab-case",
diff --git a/crates/ruff/src/rules/flake8_tidy_imports/options.rs b/crates/ruff/src/rules/flake8_tidy_imports/options.rs
index 37dcc87b82331..f180974a49776 100644
--- a/crates/ruff/src/rules/flake8_tidy_imports/options.rs
+++ b/crates/ruff/src/rules/flake8_tidy_imports/options.rs
@@ -3,13 +3,15 @@
 use rustc_hash::FxHashMap;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
-use ruff_macros::ConfigurationOptions;
+use ruff_macros::{CombineOptions, ConfigurationOptions};
 
 use super::banned_api::ApiBan;
 use super::relative_imports::Strictness;
 use super::Settings;
 
-#[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize, Default, ConfigurationOptions)]
+#[derive(
+    Debug, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize, Default, ConfigurationOptions, CombineOptions,
+)]
 #[serde(
     deny_unknown_fields,
     rename_all = "kebab-case",
diff --git a/crates/ruff/src/rules/flake8_type_checking/settings.rs b/crates/ruff/src/rules/flake8_type_checking/settings.rs
index a400334b31f1e..69cd913dae913 100644
--- a/crates/ruff/src/rules/flake8_type_checking/settings.rs
+++ b/crates/ruff/src/rules/flake8_type_checking/settings.rs
@@ -2,9 +2,11 @@
 
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
-use ruff_macros::{CacheKey, ConfigurationOptions};
+use ruff_macros::{CacheKey, CombineOptions, ConfigurationOptions};
 
-#[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize, Default, ConfigurationOptions)]
+#[derive(
+    Debug, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize, Default, ConfigurationOptions, CombineOptions,
+)]
 #[serde(
     deny_unknown_fields,
     rename_all = "kebab-case",
diff --git a/crates/ruff/src/rules/flake8_unused_arguments/settings.rs b/crates/ruff/src/rules/flake8_unused_arguments/settings.rs
index 8500616aeb4d3..f8853ddab47be 100644
--- a/crates/ruff/src/rules/flake8_unused_arguments/settings.rs
+++ b/crates/ruff/src/rules/flake8_unused_arguments/settings.rs
@@ -2,9 +2,11 @@
 
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
-use ruff_macros::{CacheKey, ConfigurationOptions};
+use ruff_macros::{CacheKey, CombineOptions, ConfigurationOptions};
 
-#[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize, Default, ConfigurationOptions)]
+#[derive(
+    Debug, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize, Default, ConfigurationOptions, CombineOptions,
+)]
 #[serde(
     deny_unknown_fields,
     rename_all = "kebab-case",
diff --git a/crates/ruff/src/rules/isort/settings.rs b/crates/ruff/src/rules/isort/settings.rs
index 35a3a8a417cda..262829b73d425 100644
--- a/crates/ruff/src/rules/isort/settings.rs
+++ b/crates/ruff/src/rules/isort/settings.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use rustc_hash::{FxHashMap, FxHashSet};
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use strum::IntoEnumIterator;
 
-use ruff_macros::{CacheKey, ConfigurationOptions};
+use ruff_macros::{CacheKey, CombineOptions, ConfigurationOptions};
 
 use crate::rules::isort::categorize::KnownModules;
 use crate::rules::isort::ImportType;
@@ -33,7 +33,9 @@ impl Default for RelativeImportsOrder {
     }
 }
 
-#[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize, Default, ConfigurationOptions)]
+#[derive(
+    Debug, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize, Default, ConfigurationOptions, CombineOptions,
+)]
 #[serde(
     deny_unknown_fields,
     rename_all = "kebab-case",
diff --git a/crates/ruff/src/rules/mccabe/settings.rs b/crates/ruff/src/rules/mccabe/settings.rs
index 5eeef9e84aef6..8f53f535e2e6b 100644
--- a/crates/ruff/src/rules/mccabe/settings.rs
+++ b/crates/ruff/src/rules/mccabe/settings.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 //! Settings for the `mccabe` plugin.
 
-use ruff_macros::{CacheKey, ConfigurationOptions};
+use ruff_macros::{CacheKey, CombineOptions, ConfigurationOptions};
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
-#[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize, Default, ConfigurationOptions)]
+#[derive(
+    Debug, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize, Default, ConfigurationOptions, CombineOptions,
+)]
 #[serde(
     deny_unknown_fields,
     rename_all = "kebab-case",
diff --git a/crates/ruff/src/rules/pep8_naming/settings.rs b/crates/ruff/src/rules/pep8_naming/settings.rs
index 96fc9926bac8e..ffc77699fc0d8 100644
--- a/crates/ruff/src/rules/pep8_naming/settings.rs
+++ b/crates/ruff/src/rules/pep8_naming/settings.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 //! Settings for the `pep8-naming` plugin.
 
-use ruff_macros::{CacheKey, ConfigurationOptions};
+use ruff_macros::{CacheKey, CombineOptions, ConfigurationOptions};
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
 const IGNORE_NAMES: [&str; 12] = [
@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ const IGNORE_NAMES: [&str; 12] = [
     "maxDiff",
 ];
 
-#[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize, Default, ConfigurationOptions)]
+#[derive(
+    Debug, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize, Default, ConfigurationOptions, CombineOptions,
+)]
 #[serde(
     deny_unknown_fields,
     rename_all = "kebab-case",
diff --git a/crates/ruff/src/rules/pycodestyle/settings.rs b/crates/ruff/src/rules/pycodestyle/settings.rs
index dacb7b4cfe25f..06204f29bba3c 100644
--- a/crates/ruff/src/rules/pycodestyle/settings.rs
+++ b/crates/ruff/src/rules/pycodestyle/settings.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 //! Settings for the `pycodestyle` plugin.
 
-use ruff_macros::{CacheKey, ConfigurationOptions};
+use ruff_macros::{CacheKey, CombineOptions, ConfigurationOptions};
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
-#[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize, Default, ConfigurationOptions)]
+#[derive(
+    Debug, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize, Default, ConfigurationOptions, CombineOptions,
+)]
 #[serde(deny_unknown_fields, rename_all = "kebab-case", rename = "Pycodestyle")]
 #[cfg_attr(feature = "schemars", derive(schemars::JsonSchema))]
 pub struct Options {
diff --git a/crates/ruff/src/rules/pydocstyle/settings.rs b/crates/ruff/src/rules/pydocstyle/settings.rs
index 3094418cda9f8..e3ce5bd399f8f 100644
--- a/crates/ruff/src/rules/pydocstyle/settings.rs
+++ b/crates/ruff/src/rules/pydocstyle/settings.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 //! Settings for the `pydocstyle` plugin.
 
 use crate::registry::Rule;
-use ruff_macros::{CacheKey, ConfigurationOptions};
+use ruff_macros::{CacheKey, CombineOptions, ConfigurationOptions};
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use std::collections::BTreeSet;
 
@@ -68,7 +68,9 @@ impl Convention {
     }
 }
 
-#[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize, Default, ConfigurationOptions)]
+#[derive(
+    Debug, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize, Default, ConfigurationOptions, CombineOptions,
+)]
 #[serde(deny_unknown_fields, rename_all = "kebab-case", rename = "Pydocstyle")]
 #[cfg_attr(feature = "schemars", derive(schemars::JsonSchema))]
 pub struct Options {
diff --git a/crates/ruff/src/rules/pylint/settings.rs b/crates/ruff/src/rules/pylint/settings.rs
index 61815ffb03709..2525d2f564ea2 100644
--- a/crates/ruff/src/rules/pylint/settings.rs
+++ b/crates/ruff/src/rules/pylint/settings.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 //! Settings for the `pylint` plugin.
 
 use anyhow::anyhow;
-use ruff_macros::{CacheKey, ConfigurationOptions};
+use ruff_macros::{CacheKey, CombineOptions, ConfigurationOptions};
 use rustpython_parser::ast::Constant;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
@@ -35,7 +35,9 @@ impl TryFrom<&Constant> for ConstantType {
     }
 }
 
-#[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize, Default, ConfigurationOptions)]
+#[derive(
+    Debug, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize, Default, ConfigurationOptions, CombineOptions,
+)]
 #[serde(
     deny_unknown_fields,
     rename_all = "kebab-case",
diff --git a/crates/ruff/src/settings/configuration.rs b/crates/ruff/src/settings/configuration.rs
index 5e6318e5cb0a5..612122cefc5aa 100644
--- a/crates/ruff/src/settings/configuration.rs
+++ b/crates/ruff/src/settings/configuration.rs
@@ -268,33 +268,53 @@ impl Configuration {
             task_tags: self.task_tags.or(config.task_tags),
             typing_modules: self.typing_modules.or(config.typing_modules),
             // Plugins
-            flake8_annotations: self.flake8_annotations.or(config.flake8_annotations),
-            flake8_bandit: self.flake8_bandit.or(config.flake8_bandit),
-            flake8_bugbear: self.flake8_bugbear.or(config.flake8_bugbear),
-            flake8_builtins: self.flake8_builtins.or(config.flake8_builtins),
-            flake8_comprehensions: self.flake8_comprehensions.or(config.flake8_comprehensions),
-            flake8_errmsg: self.flake8_errmsg.or(config.flake8_errmsg),
-            flake8_gettext: self.flake8_gettext.or(config.flake8_gettext),
+            flake8_annotations: self.flake8_annotations.combine(config.flake8_annotations),
+            flake8_bandit: self.flake8_bandit.combine(config.flake8_bandit),
+            flake8_bugbear: self.flake8_bugbear.combine(config.flake8_bugbear),
+            flake8_builtins: self.flake8_builtins.combine(config.flake8_builtins),
+            flake8_comprehensions: self
+                .flake8_comprehensions
+                .combine(config.flake8_comprehensions),
+            flake8_errmsg: self.flake8_errmsg.combine(config.flake8_errmsg),
+            flake8_gettext: self.flake8_gettext.combine(config.flake8_gettext),
             flake8_implicit_str_concat: self
                 .flake8_implicit_str_concat
-                .or(config.flake8_implicit_str_concat),
+                .combine(config.flake8_implicit_str_concat),
             flake8_import_conventions: self
                 .flake8_import_conventions
-                .or(config.flake8_import_conventions),
-            flake8_pytest_style: self.flake8_pytest_style.or(config.flake8_pytest_style),
-            flake8_quotes: self.flake8_quotes.or(config.flake8_quotes),
-            flake8_self: self.flake8_self.or(config.flake8_self),
-            flake8_tidy_imports: self.flake8_tidy_imports.or(config.flake8_tidy_imports),
-            flake8_type_checking: self.flake8_type_checking.or(config.flake8_type_checking),
+                .combine(config.flake8_import_conventions),
+            flake8_pytest_style: self.flake8_pytest_style.combine(config.flake8_pytest_style),
+            flake8_quotes: self.flake8_quotes.combine(config.flake8_quotes),
+            flake8_self: self.flake8_self.combine(config.flake8_self),
+            flake8_tidy_imports: self.flake8_tidy_imports.combine(config.flake8_tidy_imports),
+            flake8_type_checking: self
+                .flake8_type_checking
+                .combine(config.flake8_type_checking),
             flake8_unused_arguments: self
                 .flake8_unused_arguments
-                .or(config.flake8_unused_arguments),
-            isort: self.isort.or(config.isort),
-            mccabe: self.mccabe.or(config.mccabe),
-            pep8_naming: self.pep8_naming.or(config.pep8_naming),
-            pycodestyle: self.pycodestyle.or(config.pycodestyle),
-            pydocstyle: self.pydocstyle.or(config.pydocstyle),
-            pylint: self.pylint.or(config.pylint),
+                .combine(config.flake8_unused_arguments),
+            isort: self.isort.combine(config.isort),
+            mccabe: self.mccabe.combine(config.mccabe),
+            pep8_naming: self.pep8_naming.combine(config.pep8_naming),
+            pycodestyle: self.pycodestyle.combine(config.pycodestyle),
+            pydocstyle: self.pydocstyle.combine(config.pydocstyle),
+            pylint: self.pylint.combine(config.pylint),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+pub trait CombinePluginOptions {
+    #[must_use]
+    fn combine(self, other: Self) -> Self;
+}
+
+impl<T: CombinePluginOptions> CombinePluginOptions for Option<T> {
+    fn combine(self, other: Self) -> Self {
+        match (self, other) {
+            (Some(base), Some(other)) => Some(base.combine(other)),
+            (Some(base), None) => Some(base),
+            (None, Some(other)) => Some(other),
+            (None, None) => None,
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/crates/ruff_macros/src/combine_options.rs b/crates/ruff_macros/src/combine_options.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..8f7e381093e65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/ruff_macros/src/combine_options.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+use quote::{quote, quote_spanned};
+use syn::{Data, DataStruct, DeriveInput, Field, Fields, Path, PathSegment, Type, TypePath};
+
+pub(crate) fn derive_impl(input: DeriveInput) -> syn::Result<proc_macro2::TokenStream> {
+    let DeriveInput { ident, data, .. } = input;
+
+    match data {
+        Data::Struct(DataStruct {
+            fields: Fields::Named(fields),
+            ..
+        }) => {
+            let output = fields
+                .named
+                .iter()
+                .map(handle_field)
+                .collect::<Result<Vec<_>, _>>()?;
+
+            Ok(quote! {
+                use crate::settings::configuration::CombinePluginOptions;
+
+                impl CombinePluginOptions for #ident {
+                    fn combine(self, other: Self) -> Self {
+                        Self {
+                        #(
+                            #output
+                        ),*
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            })
+        }
+        _ => Err(syn::Error::new(
+            ident.span(),
+            "Can only derive CombineOptions from structs with named fields.",
+        )),
+    }
+}
+
+fn handle_field(field: &Field) -> syn::Result<proc_macro2::TokenStream> {
+    let ident = field
+        .ident
+        .as_ref()
+        .expect("Expected to handle named fields");
+
+    match &field.ty {
+        Type::Path(TypePath {
+            path: Path { segments, .. },
+            ..
+        }) => match segments.first() {
+            Some(PathSegment {
+                ident: type_ident, ..
+            }) if type_ident == "Option" => Ok(quote_spanned!(
+                ident.span() => #ident: self.#ident.or(other.#ident)
+            )),
+            _ => Err(syn::Error::new(
+                ident.span(),
+                "Expected `Option<_>` or `Vec<_>` as type.",
+            )),
+        },
+        _ => Err(syn::Error::new(ident.span(), "Expected type.")),
+    }
+}
diff --git a/crates/ruff_macros/src/lib.rs b/crates/ruff_macros/src/lib.rs
index 8234653419d3b..3c108bf2bc392 100644
--- a/crates/ruff_macros/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/ruff_macros/src/lib.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ use proc_macro::TokenStream;
 use syn::{parse_macro_input, DeriveInput, ItemFn, ItemStruct};
 
 mod cache_key;
+mod combine_options;
 mod config;
 mod derive_message_formats;
 mod map_codes;
@@ -22,6 +23,15 @@ pub fn derive_config(input: proc_macro::TokenStream) -> proc_macro::TokenStream
         .into()
 }
 
+#[proc_macro_derive(CombineOptions)]
+pub fn derive_combine_options(input: proc_macro::TokenStream) -> proc_macro::TokenStream {
+    let input = parse_macro_input!(input as DeriveInput);
+
+    combine_options::derive_impl(input)
+        .unwrap_or_else(syn::Error::into_compile_error)
+        .into()
+}
+
 #[proc_macro_derive(CacheKey)]
 pub fn cache_key(input: TokenStream) -> TokenStream {
     let item = parse_macro_input!(input as DeriveInput);