diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yaml b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
index 57c187a9..fb3ade2f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
@@ -167,6 +167,10 @@ jobs:
           jupyter lab extension list
           jupyter lab extension list 2>&1 | grep -iE 'jupyter_server_proxy.*OK.*'
 
+      - name: Install a dummy entrypoint so we can test its loaded correctly
+        run: |
+          pip install ./tests/resources/dummyentrypoint/
+
       # we have installed a pre-built wheel and configured code coverage to
       # inspect "jupyter_server_proxy", by re-locating to another directory,
       # there is no confusion about "jupyter_server_proxy" referring to our
diff --git a/jupyter_server_proxy/__init__.py b/jupyter_server_proxy/__init__.py
index cbce0d5f..addae684 100644
--- a/jupyter_server_proxy/__init__.py
+++ b/jupyter_server_proxy/__init__.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 from ._version import __version__  # noqa
 from .api import IconHandler, ServersInfoHandler
+from .config import ServerProcess, ServerProcessEntryPoint
 from .config import ServerProxy as ServerProxyConfig
 from .config import get_entrypoint_server_processes, make_handlers, make_server_process
 from .handlers import setup_handlers
@@ -45,7 +46,9 @@ def _load_jupyter_server_extension(nbapp):
         make_server_process(name, server_process_config, serverproxy_config)
         for name, server_process_config in serverproxy_config.servers.items()
     ]
-    server_processes += get_entrypoint_server_processes(serverproxy_config)
+    server_processes += get_entrypoint_server_processes(
+        serverproxy_config, parent=nbapp
+    )
     server_handlers = make_handlers(base_url, server_processes)
     nbapp.web_app.add_handlers(".*", server_handlers)
 
@@ -81,3 +84,5 @@ def _load_jupyter_server_extension(nbapp):
 # For backward compatibility
 load_jupyter_server_extension = _load_jupyter_server_extension
 _jupyter_server_extension_paths = _jupyter_server_extension_points
+
+__all__ = ["ServerProcess", "ServerProcessEntryPoint"]
diff --git a/jupyter_server_proxy/config.py b/jupyter_server_proxy/config.py
index 4b21cf70..d157fbc0 100644
--- a/jupyter_server_proxy/config.py
+++ b/jupyter_server_proxy/config.py
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ def _default_path_info(self):
     )
 
 
-class ServerProcess(Configurable):
+class _ServerProcess(Configurable):
     name = Unicode(help="Name of the server").tag(config=True)
 
     command = List(
@@ -264,6 +264,22 @@ def cats_only(response, path):
     ).tag(config=True)
 
 
+class ServerProcess(_ServerProcess):
+    """
+    A configurable server process for single standalone servers.
+    This is separate from ServerProcessEntryPoint so that we can configure it
+    independently of ServerProcessEntryPoint
+    """
+
+
+class ServerProcessEntryPoint(_ServerProcess):
+    """
+    A ServeProcess entrypoint that is a Configurable.
+    This is separate from ServerProcess so that we can configure it
+    independently of ServerProcess
+    """
+
+
 def _make_proxy_handler(sp: ServerProcess):
     """
     Create an appropriate handler with given parameters
@@ -319,16 +335,23 @@ def get_timeout(self):
     return _Proxy
 
 
-def get_entrypoint_server_processes(serverproxy_config):
+def get_entrypoint_server_processes(serverproxy_config, parent):
     sps = []
     for entry_point in entry_points(group="jupyter_serverproxy_servers"):
         name = entry_point.name
         try:
-            server_process_config = entry_point.load()()
+            server_process_callable = entry_point.load()
+            if issubclass(server_process_callable, ServerProcessEntryPoint):
+                server_process = server_process_callable(name=name, parent=parent)
+                sps.append(server_process)
+            else:
+                server_process_config = server_process_callable()
+                sps.append(
+                    make_server_process(name, server_process_config, serverproxy_config)
+                )
         except Exception as e:
             warn(f"entry_point {name} was unable to be loaded: {str(e)}")
             continue
-        sps.append(make_server_process(name, server_process_config, serverproxy_config))
     return sps
 
 
diff --git a/tests/resources/dummyentrypoint/pyproject.toml b/tests/resources/dummyentrypoint/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2d9e43c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/resources/dummyentrypoint/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+[project]
+name = "test-jsp-dummyentrypoint"
+version = "0.0.0"
+
+
+[project.entry-points.jupyter_serverproxy_servers]
+test-serverprocessentrypoint = "test_jsp_dummyentrypoint:CustomServerProcessEntryPoint"
diff --git a/tests/resources/dummyentrypoint/test_jsp_dummyentrypoint/__init__.py b/tests/resources/dummyentrypoint/test_jsp_dummyentrypoint/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a920c553
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/resources/dummyentrypoint/test_jsp_dummyentrypoint/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+"""
+Test whether ServerProcessEntryPoint can be configured using traitlets
+"""
+
+import sys
+from pathlib import Path
+
+from traitlets.config import default
+
+from jupyter_server_proxy import ServerProcessEntryPoint
+
+
+class CustomServerProcessEntryPoint(ServerProcessEntryPoint):
+    @default("command")
+    def _default_command(self):
+        parent = Path(__file__).parent.resolve()
+        return [sys.executable, str(parent / "httpinfo.py"), "--port={port}"]
diff --git a/tests/resources/dummyentrypoint/test_jsp_dummyentrypoint/httpinfo.py b/tests/resources/dummyentrypoint/test_jsp_dummyentrypoint/httpinfo.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..07d01ddb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/resources/dummyentrypoint/test_jsp_dummyentrypoint/httpinfo.py
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+"""
+Simple webserver to respond with an echo of the sent request.
+"""
+
+import argparse
+from http.server import BaseHTTPRequestHandler, HTTPServer
+
+
+class EchoRequestInfo(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
+    def do_GET(self):
+        self.send_response(200)
+        self.send_header("Content-type", "text/plain")
+        self.end_headers()
+        self.wfile.write(f"{self.requestline}\n".encode())
+        self.wfile.write(f"{self.headers}\n".encode())
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    ap = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    ap.add_argument("--port", type=int)
+    args = ap.parse_args()
+
+    httpd = HTTPServer(("127.0.0.1", args.port), EchoRequestInfo)
+    httpd.serve_forever()
diff --git a/tests/resources/jupyter_server_config.py b/tests/resources/jupyter_server_config.py
index ac1e0dfe..06ed03c9 100644
--- a/tests/resources/jupyter_server_config.py
+++ b/tests/resources/jupyter_server_config.py
@@ -51,6 +51,12 @@ def my_env():
     return {"MYVAR": "String with escaped {{var}}"}
 
 
+# Traitlets configuration for test-serverprocessentrypoint in the dummyentrypoint package
+c.CustomServerProcessEntryPoint.request_headers_override = {
+    "X-Custom-Header": "custom-configurable"
+}
+
+
 c.ServerProxy.servers = {
     "python-http": {
         "command": [sys.executable, _get_path("httpinfo.py"), "--port={port}"],
diff --git a/tests/test_proxies.py b/tests/test_proxies.py
index 4573517c..3afdb3fd 100644
--- a/tests/test_proxies.py
+++ b/tests/test_proxies.py
@@ -528,3 +528,11 @@ async def test_server_proxy_rawsocket(
         await conn.write_message(msg)
         res = await conn.read_message()
         assert res == msg.swapcase()
+
+
+def test_server_configurable_class(a_server_port_and_token: Tuple[int, str]) -> None:
+    PORT, TOKEN = a_server_port_and_token
+    r = request_get(PORT, "/test-serverprocessentrypoint/", TOKEN, host="127.0.0.1")
+    assert r.code == 200
+    s = r.read().decode("ascii")
+    assert "X-Custom-Header: custom-configurable\n" in s