lib/PublicInbox/Config.pm | 2 +-
 t/config.t                | 6 ++++++

diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/Config.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/Config.pm
index 55019e9f407d1b60f5cb0d3be19867a1d062111e..28b5bdb5f895547909694f4c4916b9d7297f439e 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/Config.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/Config.pm
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ 	my $rv = {};
 
 	foreach my $k (qw(mainrepo address filter url newsgroup
 			infourl watch watchheader httpbackendmax
-			feedmax)) {
+			feedmax nntpserver)) {
 		my $v = $self->{"$pfx.$k"};
 		$rv->{$k} = $v if defined $v;
 	}
diff --git a/t/config.t b/t/config.t
index 040e9fb2dee6a8ab133bad648a88c8c938845026..3ba61119728fbad52c80c036d23007aae5359027 100644
--- a/t/config.t
+++ b/t/config.t
@@ -78,6 +78,12 @@ 	my %tmp = %h;
 	my $cfg = PublicInbox::Config->new(\%tmp);
 	my $ibx = $cfg->lookup_name('test');
 	is($ibx->{nntpserver}, 'news.example.com', 'global NNTP server');
+
+	delete $h{'publicinbox.nntpserver'};
+	$h{"$pfx.nntpserver"} = 'news.alt.example.com';
+	$cfg = PublicInbox::Config->new(\%h);
+	$ibx = $cfg->lookup_name('test');
+	is($ibx->{nntpserver}, 'news.alt.example.com','per-inbox NNTP server');
 }
 
 done_testing();