diff --git a/packages/overlays/docs/OverlaySystemImplementation.md b/packages/overlays/docs/OverlaySystemImplementation.md
index 712fca38f..b1f695c6a 100644
--- a/packages/overlays/docs/OverlaySystemImplementation.md
+++ b/packages/overlays/docs/OverlaySystemImplementation.md
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ other overlays, so needed for internals.
     - sets focus to overlay content(?)
   - For `isTooltip`:
     - sets role="tooltip" and aria-labelledby/aria-describedby on the content
-- {Object} placementConfig
+- {Object} popperConfig
   - {String} placement - vertical/horizontal position to be supplied to `managePosition`. See https://github.com/ing-bank/lion/pull/61 for current api. Consists of a primary part (where the overlay is located relative from invoker) and secondary alignnment part (how the overlay 'snaps' to the perpendicular boundary of the invoker), separated via '-'.
     - primary : 'bottom' | 'top' | 'left' | 'right' | 'over' (this means the overlay will be positioned on top of the invoker. Think for instance of a select dropdown that opens a selected option on top of the invoker (default behavior of `<select>` on iOS))
     - secondary : 'start' | 'end' | 'fill' (occupies width of invoker) | 'middle' (implicit option that will be choosen by default when none of the previous are specified)
diff --git a/packages/overlays/src/LocalOverlayController.js b/packages/overlays/src/LocalOverlayController.js
index 650f39b18..67cd10215 100644
--- a/packages/overlays/src/LocalOverlayController.js
+++ b/packages/overlays/src/LocalOverlayController.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ export class LocalOverlayController {
   constructor(params = {}) {
     // TODO: Instead of in constructor, prefetch it or use a preloader-manager to load it during idle time
     this.constructor.popperModule = __preloadPopper();
-    this.__mergePlacementConfigs(params.placementConfig || {});
+    this.__mergePopperConfigs(params.popperConfig || {});
 
     this.hidesOnEsc = params.hidesOnEsc;
     this.hidesOnOutsideClick = params.hidesOnOutsideClick;
@@ -125,8 +125,8 @@ export class LocalOverlayController {
 
   // Popper does not export a nice method to update an existing instance with a new config. Therefore we recreate the instance.
   // TODO: Send a merge request to Popper to abstract their logic in the constructor to an exposed method which takes in the user config.
-  async updatePlacementConfig(config = {}) {
-    this.__mergePlacementConfigs(config);
+  async updatePopperConfig(config = {}) {
+    this.__mergePopperConfigs(config);
     await this.__createPopperInstance();
   }
 
@@ -233,12 +233,10 @@ export class LocalOverlayController {
    * Merges the default config with the current config, and finally with the user supplied config
    * @param {Object} config user supplied configuration
    */
-  __mergePlacementConfigs(config = {}) {
-    this.placementConfig = {
+  __mergePopperConfigs(config = {}) {
+    const defaultConfig = {
       placement: 'top',
       positionFixed: false,
-      ...(this.placementConfig || {}),
-      ...(config || {}),
       modifiers: {
         keepTogether: {
           enabled: false,
@@ -259,7 +257,17 @@ export class LocalOverlayController {
         arrow: {
           enabled: false,
         },
-        ...((this.placementConfig && this.placementConfig.modifiers) || {}),
+      },
+    };
+
+    // Deep merging default config, previously configured user config, new user config
+    this.popperConfig = {
+      ...defaultConfig,
+      ...(this.popperConfig || {}),
+      ...(config || {}),
+      modifiers: {
+        ...defaultConfig.modifiers,
+        ...((this.popperConfig && this.popperConfig.modifiers) || {}),
         ...((config && config.modifiers) || {}),
       },
     };
@@ -273,7 +281,7 @@ export class LocalOverlayController {
     const mod = await this.constructor.popperModule;
     const Popper = mod.default;
     this._popper = new Popper(this.invokerNode, this.contentNode, {
-      ...this.placementConfig,
+      ...this.popperConfig,
     });
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/overlays/stories/local-overlay-placement.stories.js b/packages/overlays/stories/local-overlay-placement.stories.js
index cb85e6520..f627e206f 100644
--- a/packages/overlays/stories/local-overlay-placement.stories.js
+++ b/packages/overlays/stories/local-overlay-placement.stories.js
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ const togglePlacement = popupController => {
     'left-end',
   ];
   placement = placements[(placements.indexOf(placement) + 1) % placements.length];
-  popupController.updatePlacementConfig({ placement });
+  popupController.updatePopperConfig({ placement });
 };
 
 const popupPlacementDemoStyle = css`
@@ -70,11 +70,11 @@ storiesOf('Local Overlay System|Local Overlay Placement', module)
       </div>
     `;
   })
-  .add('Override the placement config', () => {
+  .add('Override the popper config', () => {
     const popupController = overlays.add(
       new LocalOverlayController({
         hidesOnEsc: true,
-        placementConfig: {
+        popperConfig: {
           placement: 'bottom-start',
           positionFixed: true,
           modifiers: {
diff --git a/packages/overlays/stories/local-overlay.stories.js b/packages/overlays/stories/local-overlay.stories.js
index dbed7b23d..e1ce170cc 100644
--- a/packages/overlays/stories/local-overlay.stories.js
+++ b/packages/overlays/stories/local-overlay.stories.js
@@ -54,7 +54,9 @@ storiesOf('Local Overlay System|Local Overlay', module)
       new LocalOverlayController({
         hidesOnEsc: true,
         hidesOnOutsideClick: true,
-        placement: 'top right',
+        popperConfig: {
+          placement: 'top-end',
+        },
         contentTemplate: () =>
           html`
             <div class="demo-popup">United Kingdom</div>
@@ -79,7 +81,9 @@ storiesOf('Local Overlay System|Local Overlay', module)
       new LocalOverlayController({
         hidesOnEsc: true,
         hidesOnOutsideClick: true,
-        placement: 'bottom',
+        popperConfig: {
+          placement: 'bottom',
+        },
         contentTemplate: () => html`
           <div class="demo-popup">
             Supplying placement with a single parameter will assume 'center' for the other.
@@ -105,7 +109,9 @@ storiesOf('Local Overlay System|Local Overlay', module)
       new LocalOverlayController({
         hidesOnEsc: true,
         hidesOnOutsideClick: true,
-        placement: 'bottom',
+        popperConfig: {
+          placement: 'bottom',
+        },
         contentTemplate: () =>
           html`
             <div class="demo-popup">United Kingdom</div>
diff --git a/packages/overlays/test/LocalOverlayController.test.js b/packages/overlays/test/LocalOverlayController.test.js
index 6c1ae92b3..0be30e226 100644
--- a/packages/overlays/test/LocalOverlayController.test.js
+++ b/packages/overlays/test/LocalOverlayController.test.js
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ describe('LocalOverlayController', () => {
           html`
             <p>Content</p>
           `,
-        placementConfig: {
+        popperConfig: {
           placement: 'left-start',
         },
       });
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ describe('LocalOverlayController', () => {
             Invoker
           </button>
         `,
-        placementConfig: {
+        popperConfig: {
           placement: 'top-start',
         },
       });
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ describe('LocalOverlayController', () => {
 
     it('allows the user to override default Popper modifiers', async () => {
       const controller = new LocalOverlayController({
-        placementConfig: {
+        popperConfig: {
           modifiers: {
             keepTogether: {
               enabled: false,
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ describe('LocalOverlayController', () => {
       expect(offset.offset).to.equal('0, 16px');
     });
 
-    it('updates placementConfig even when overlay is closed', async () => {
+    it('updates popperConfig even when overlay is closed', async () => {
       const controller = new LocalOverlayController({
         contentTemplate: () =>
           html`
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ describe('LocalOverlayController', () => {
             Invoker
           </button>
         `,
-        placementConfig: {
+        popperConfig: {
           placement: 'top',
         },
       });
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ describe('LocalOverlayController', () => {
       expect(contentChild.getAttribute('x-placement')).to.equal('top');
 
       controller.hide();
-      await controller.updatePlacementConfig({ placement: 'bottom' });
+      await controller.updatePopperConfig({ placement: 'bottom' });
       await controller.show();
       expect(controller._popper.options.placement).to.equal('bottom');
     });
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ describe('LocalOverlayController', () => {
             Invoker
           </button>
         `,
-        placementConfig: {
+        popperConfig: {
           placement: 'top',
         },
       });
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ describe('LocalOverlayController', () => {
             Invoker
           </button>
         `,
-        placementConfig: {
+        popperConfig: {
           placement: 'top',
         },
       });
@@ -432,7 +432,7 @@ describe('LocalOverlayController', () => {
       expect(contentChild.style.transform).to.equal('translate3d(14px, -58px, 0px)');
 
       controller.hide();
-      await controller.updatePlacementConfig({
+      await controller.updatePopperConfig({
         modifiers: {
           offset: {
             enabled: true,
diff --git a/packages/popup/src/LionPopup.js b/packages/popup/src/LionPopup.js
index 7a84e72f6..e42b098e7 100644
--- a/packages/popup/src/LionPopup.js
+++ b/packages/popup/src/LionPopup.js
@@ -4,24 +4,24 @@ import { overlays, LocalOverlayController } from '@lion/overlays';
 export class LionPopup extends UpdatingElement {
   static get properties() {
     return {
-      placementConfig: {
+      popperConfig: {
         type: Object,
       },
     };
   }
 
-  get placementConfig() {
-    return this._placementConfig;
+  get popperConfig() {
+    return this._popperConfig;
   }
 
-  set placementConfig(config) {
-    this._placementConfig = {
-      ...this._placementConfig,
+  set popperConfig(config) {
+    this._popperConfig = {
+      ...this._popperConfig,
       ...config,
     };
 
     if (this._controller && this._controller._popper) {
-      this._controller.updatePlacementConfig(this._placementConfig);
+      this._controller.updatePopperConfig(this._popperConfig);
     }
   }
 
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ export class LionPopup extends UpdatingElement {
       new LocalOverlayController({
         hidesOnEsc: true,
         hidesOnOutsideClick: true,
-        placementConfig: this.placementConfig,
+        popperConfig: this.popperConfig,
         contentNode: this.contentNode,
         invokerNode: this.invokerNode,
       }),
diff --git a/packages/popup/stories/index.stories.js b/packages/popup/stories/index.stories.js
index ac5957796..4d7584056 100644
--- a/packages/popup/stories/index.stories.js
+++ b/packages/popup/stories/index.stories.js
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ storiesOf('Local Overlay System|Popup', module)
         ${popupDemoStyle}
       </style>
       <div class="demo-box">
-        <lion-popup .placementConfig="${{ placement: 'top' }}">
+        <lion-popup .popperConfig="${{ placement: 'top' }}">
           <div slot="content" class="popup">Hello there!</div>
           <lion-button slot="invoker">Popup</lion-button>
         </lion-popup>
@@ -72,19 +72,19 @@ storiesOf('Local Overlay System|Popup', module)
         ${popupDemoStyle}
       </style>
       <div class="demo-box_placements">
-        <lion-popup .placementConfig="${{ placement: 'top' }}">
+        <lion-popup .popperConfig="${{ placement: 'top' }}">
           <div slot="content" class="popup">Its top placement</div>
           <lion-button slot="invoker">Top</lion-button>
         </lion-popup>
-        <lion-popup .placementConfig="${{ placement: 'right' }}">
+        <lion-popup .popperConfig="${{ placement: 'right' }}">
           <div slot="content" class="popup">Its right placement</div>
           <lion-button slot="invoker">Right</lion-button>
         </lion-popup>
-        <lion-popup .placementConfig="${{ placement: 'bottom' }}">
+        <lion-popup .popperConfig="${{ placement: 'bottom' }}">
           <div slot="content" class="popup">Its bottom placement</div>
           <lion-button slot="invoker">Bottom</lion-button>
         </lion-popup>
-        <lion-popup .placementConfig="${{ placement: 'left' }}">
+        <lion-popup .popperConfig="${{ placement: 'left' }}">
           <div slot="content" class="popup">Its left placement</div>
           <lion-button slot="invoker">Left</lion-button>
         </lion-popup>
@@ -92,15 +92,15 @@ storiesOf('Local Overlay System|Popup', module)
     `,
   )
   .add(
-    'Override placement configuration',
+    'Override popper configuration',
     () => html`
       <style>
         ${popupDemoStyle}
       </style>
-      <p>Use the Storybook Knobs to dynamically change the placement configuration!</p>
+      <p>Use the Storybook Knobs to dynamically change the popper configuration!</p>
       <div class="demo-box">
         <lion-popup
-          .placementConfig="${object('Placement Configuration', {
+          .popperConfig="${object('Popper Configuration', {
             placement: 'bottom-start',
             positionFixed: true,
             modifiers: {
diff --git a/packages/popup/test/lion-popup.test.js b/packages/popup/test/lion-popup.test.js
index e45c0d9df..a8ead651d 100644
--- a/packages/popup/test/lion-popup.test.js
+++ b/packages/popup/test/lion-popup.test.js
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ describe('lion-popup', () => {
       expect(el.querySelector('strong')).to.not.be.undefined;
     });
 
-    it('should respond to dynamically changing the placementConfig', async () => {
+    it('should respond to dynamically changing the popperConfig', async () => {
       const el = await fixture(html`
         <lion-popup>
           <div slot="content" class="popup">Hey there</div>
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ describe('lion-popup', () => {
       await el._controller.show();
       expect(el._controller._popper.options.placement).to.equal('top');
 
-      el.placementConfig = { placement: 'left' };
+      el.popperConfig = { placement: 'left' };
       await el._controller.show();
       expect(el._controller._popper.options.placement).to.equal('left');
     });
diff --git a/packages/tooltip/src/LionTooltip.js b/packages/tooltip/src/LionTooltip.js
index 47681f6eb..87f5ab7ac 100644
--- a/packages/tooltip/src/LionTooltip.js
+++ b/packages/tooltip/src/LionTooltip.js
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ export class LionTooltip extends LionPopup {
       new LocalOverlayController({
         hidesOnEsc: true,
         hidesOnOutsideClick: true,
-        placementConfig: this.placementConfig,
+        popperConfig: this.popperConfig,
         contentNode: this.contentNode,
         invokerNode: this.invokerNode,
       }),
diff --git a/packages/tooltip/stories/index.stories.js b/packages/tooltip/stories/index.stories.js
index a37563af7..30045e082 100644
--- a/packages/tooltip/stories/index.stories.js
+++ b/packages/tooltip/stories/index.stories.js
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ storiesOf('Local Overlay System|Tooltip', module)
         ${tooltipDemoStyle}
       </style>
       <div class="demo-box">
-        <lion-tooltip .placementConfig=${{ placement: 'right' }}>
+        <lion-tooltip .popperConfig=${{ placement: 'right' }}>
           <div slot="content" class="tooltip">Hello there!</div>
           <lion-button slot="invoker">Tooltip</lion-button>
         </lion-tooltip>
@@ -72,19 +72,19 @@ storiesOf('Local Overlay System|Tooltip', module)
         ${tooltipDemoStyle}
       </style>
       <div class="demo-box_placements">
-        <lion-tooltip .placementConfig=${{ placement: 'top' }}>
+        <lion-tooltip .popperConfig=${{ placement: 'top' }}>
           <div slot="content" class="tooltip">Its top placement</div>
           <lion-button slot="invoker">Top</lion-button>
         </lion-tooltip>
-        <lion-tooltip .placementConfig=${{ placement: 'right' }}>
+        <lion-tooltip .popperConfig=${{ placement: 'right' }}>
           <div slot="content" class="tooltip">Its right placement</div>
           <lion-button slot="invoker">Right</lion-button>
         </lion-tooltip>
-        <lion-tooltip .placementConfig=${{ placement: 'bottom' }}>
+        <lion-tooltip .popperConfig=${{ placement: 'bottom' }}>
           <div slot="content" class="tooltip">Its bottom placement</div>
           <lion-button slot="invoker">Bottom</lion-button>
         </lion-tooltip>
-        <lion-tooltip .placementConfig=${{ placement: 'left' }}>
+        <lion-tooltip .popperConfig=${{ placement: 'left' }}>
           <div slot="content" class="tooltip">Its left placement</div>
           <lion-button slot="invoker">Left</lion-button>
         </lion-tooltip>
@@ -92,15 +92,15 @@ storiesOf('Local Overlay System|Tooltip', module)
     `,
   )
   .add(
-    'Override placement configuration',
+    'Override popper configuration',
     () => html`
       <style>
         ${tooltipDemoStyle}
       </style>
-      <p>Use the Storybook Knobs to dynamically change the placement configuration!</p>
+      <p>Use the Storybook Knobs to dynamically change the popper configuration!</p>
       <div class="demo-box_placements">
         <lion-tooltip
-          .placementConfig="${object('Placement Configuration', {
+          .popperConfig="${object('Popper Configuration', {
             placement: 'bottom-start',
             positionFixed: true,
             modifiers: {