diff --git a/src/Composer/Command/ConfigCommand.php b/src/Composer/Command/ConfigCommand.php
index b55e6d01f..b1a1a9fa4 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Command/ConfigCommand.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Command/ConfigCommand.php
@@ -322,6 +322,11 @@ EOT
             'classmap-authoritative' => array($booleanValidator, $booleanNormalizer),
             'prepend-autoloader' => array($booleanValidator, $booleanNormalizer),
             'github-expose-hostname' => array($booleanValidator, $booleanNormalizer),
+            'prefer-stable' =>  array($booleanValidator, $booleanNormalizer),
+            'minimum-stability' => array(
+                function ($val) { return in_array($val, array('dev', 'alpha', 'beta', 'RC', 'stable'), true); },
+                function ($val) { return $val; },
+            ),
         );
         $multiConfigValues = array(
             'github-protocols' => array(