diff --git a/infer/src/backend/inferconfig.ml b/infer/src/backend/inferconfig.ml
index c10411c4d..33b403ed9 100644
--- a/infer/src/backend/inferconfig.ml
+++ b/infer/src/backend/inferconfig.ml
@@ -333,6 +333,7 @@ module ModeledExpensiveMatcher = OverridesMatcher(struct
     let json_key = "modeled_expensive"
   end)
 
+let disabled_checks_by_default = []
 
 let inferconfig () =
   match !Config.inferconfig_home with
@@ -390,6 +391,29 @@ let create_filters analyzer =
     | None -> do_not_filter
     | Some inferconfig -> filters_from_inferconfig inferconfig
 
+(* Decide whether a checker or error type is enabled or disabled based on*)
+(* white/black listing in .inferconfig and the default value *)
+let is_checker_enabled checker_name =
+  let black_listed_checks = lazy (
+    try
+      lookup_string_list "disable_checks"
+        (Yojson.Basic.from_file (inferconfig ()))
+    with _ -> []) in
+  let white_listed_checks = lazy (
+    try
+      lookup_string_list "enable_checks"
+        (Yojson.Basic.from_file (inferconfig ()))
+    with _ -> []) in
+  match IList.mem (=) checker_name (Lazy.force black_listed_checks), IList.mem (=) checker_name (Lazy.force white_listed_checks) with
+  | false, false -> (* if it's not amond white/black listed then we use default value *)
+      not (IList.mem (=) checker_name disabled_checks_by_default)
+  | true, false -> (* if it's blacklisted and not whitelisted then it should be disabled *)
+      false
+  | false, true -> (* if it is not blacklisted and it is whitelisted then it should be enabled *)
+      true
+  | true, true -> (* if it's both blacklisted and whitelisted then we flag error *)
+      failwith ("Inconsistent setting in .inferconfig: checker" ^ checker_name ^ " is both blacklisted and whitelisted.")
+
 (* This function loads and list the path that are being filtered by the analyzer. The results *)
 (* are of the form: path/to/file.java -> {infer, eradicate} meaning that analysis results will *)
 (* be reported on path/to/file.java both for infer and for eradicate *)
diff --git a/infer/src/backend/inferconfig.mli b/infer/src/backend/inferconfig.mli
index 24378b1a7..f7b727758 100644
--- a/infer/src/backend/inferconfig.mli
+++ b/infer/src/backend/inferconfig.mli
@@ -54,3 +54,6 @@ end
 val test: unit -> unit
 
 val skip_translation_headers : string list Lazy.t
+
+(* is_checker_enabled error_name is true if error_name is whitelisted in .inferconfig or if it's enabled by default *)
+val is_checker_enabled : string -> bool
diff --git a/infer/src/backend/reporting.ml b/infer/src/backend/reporting.ml
index 3a6c8cbdf..c93b8c101 100644
--- a/infer/src/backend/reporting.ml
+++ b/infer/src/backend/reporting.ml
@@ -45,7 +45,13 @@ let log_issue_from_errlog
   let ltr = match ltr with
     | None -> State.get_loc_trace ()
     | Some ltr -> ltr in
-  Errlog.log_issue err_kind err_log loc node_id session ltr pre exn
+  let err_name =  match exn with
+    | Exceptions.Frontend_warning (err_name, _, _) -> err_name
+    | _ -> let err_name, _, _, _, _, _, _ =  Exceptions.recognize_exception exn in
+        (Localise.to_string err_name) in
+  if (Inferconfig.is_checker_enabled err_name) then
+    Errlog.log_issue err_kind err_log loc node_id session ltr pre exn
+
 
 let log_issue
     err_kind