diff --git a/config.c b/config.c
index 2c10158..7cc3ca5 100644
--- a/config.c
+++ b/config.c
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ struct config_item config_tab[] = {
 	GLOB_ITEM_INT("check_fup_sync", 0, 0, 1),
 	PORT_ITEM_INT("delayAsymmetry", 0, INT_MIN, INT_MAX),
 	GLOB_ITEM_DBL("first_step_threshold", 0.00002, 0.0, DBL_MAX),
+	PORT_ITEM_INT("follow_up_info", 0, 0, 1),
 	PORT_ITEM_INT("logAnnounceInterval", 1, INT8_MIN, INT8_MAX),
 	PORT_ITEM_INT("logMinDelayReqInterval", 0, INT8_MIN, INT8_MAX),
 	PORT_ITEM_INT("logMinPdelayReqInterval", 0, INT8_MIN, INT8_MAX),
@@ -271,13 +272,7 @@ static enum parser_result parse_pod_setting(const char *option,
 
 	enum parser_result r;
 
-	if (!strcmp(option, "follow_up_info")) {
-		r = get_ranged_int(value, &val, 0, 1);
-		if (r != PARSED_OK)
-			return r;
-		pod->follow_up_info = val;
-
-	} else if (!strcmp(option, "neighborPropDelayThresh")) {
+	if (!strcmp(option, "neighborPropDelayThresh")) {
 		r = get_ranged_uint(value, &uval, 0, UINT32_MAX);
 		if (r != PARSED_OK)
 			return r;
diff --git a/ds.h b/ds.h
index f1a0170..eae0fd1 100644
--- a/ds.h
+++ b/ds.h
@@ -125,7 +125,6 @@ struct portDS {
 #define FRI_ASAP (-128)
 
 struct port_defaults {
-	int follow_up_info;
 	int freq_est_interval; /*log seconds*/
 	struct fault_interval flt_interval_pertype[FT_CNT];
 	UInteger32 neighborPropDelayThresh; /*nanoseconds*/
diff --git a/port.c b/port.c
index bb1fd4b..f186917 100644
--- a/port.c
+++ b/port.c
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ struct port {
 	Enumeration8        delayMechanism;
 	Integer8            logMinPdelayReqInterval;
 	UInteger32          neighborPropDelayThresh;
+	int                 follow_up_info;
 	int                 min_neighbor_prop_delay;
 	int                 path_trace_enabled;
 	enum fault_type     last_fault_type;
@@ -654,7 +655,7 @@ static int port_sync_incapable(struct port *p)
 
 static int port_is_ieee8021as(struct port *p)
 {
-	return p->pod.follow_up_info ? 1 : 0;
+	return p->follow_up_info ? 1 : 0;
 }
 
 static void port_management_send_error(struct port *p, struct port *ingress,
@@ -1334,7 +1335,7 @@ static int port_tx_sync(struct port *p)
 	pdulen = sizeof(struct follow_up_msg);
 	fup->hwts.type = p->timestamping;
 
-	if (p->pod.follow_up_info)
+	if (p->follow_up_info)
 		pdulen += follow_up_info_append(p, fup);
 
 	fup->header.tsmt               = FOLLOW_UP | p->transportSpecific;
@@ -1687,7 +1688,7 @@ static void process_follow_up(struct port *p, struct ptp_message *m)
 	if (memcmp(&master, &m->header.sourcePortIdentity, sizeof(master)))
 		return;
 
-	if (p->pod.follow_up_info) {
+	if (p->follow_up_info) {
 		struct follow_up_info_tlv *fui = follow_up_info_extract(m);
 		if (!fui)
 			return;
@@ -1861,7 +1862,7 @@ calc:
 
 	p->peerMeanPathDelay = tmv_to_TimeInterval(p->peer_delay);
 
-	if (p->pod.follow_up_info)
+	if (p->follow_up_info)
 		port_nrate_calculate(p, t3c, t4);
 
 	if (p->state == PS_UNCALIBRATED || p->state == PS_SLAVE) {
@@ -2531,6 +2532,7 @@ struct port *port_open(int phc_index,
 	p->name = interface->name;
 	p->asymmetry = config_get_int(cfg, p->name, "delayAsymmetry");
 	p->asymmetry <<= 16;
+	p->follow_up_info = config_get_int(cfg, p->name, "follow_up_info");
 	p->path_trace_enabled = config_get_int(cfg, p->name, "path_trace_enabled");
 	p->clock = clock;
 	p->trp = transport_create(cfg, interface->transport);
diff --git a/ptp4l.c b/ptp4l.c
index ba189a4..faa13da 100644
--- a/ptp4l.c
+++ b/ptp4l.c
@@ -80,7 +80,6 @@ static struct config cfg_settings = {
 	},
 
 	.pod = {
-		.follow_up_info = 0,
 		.freq_est_interval = 1,
 		/* Default to very a large neighborPropDelay threshold */
 		.neighborPropDelayThresh = 20000000,