diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 38a2bf3..dc87c01 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 ### Added
 - Add support of variadic parameters in `ide-helper:models` [\#1234 / shaffe-fr](https://github.com/barryvdh/laravel-ide-helper/pull/1234)
 
+### Changed
+- Move default models helper filename to config [\#1241 / wimski](https://github.com/barryvdh/laravel-ide-helper/pull/1241)
+
 2021-06-18, 2.10.1
 ------------------
 ### Added
diff --git a/config/ide-helper.php b/config/ide-helper.php
index f512047..51fcdf2 100644
--- a/config/ide-helper.php
+++ b/config/ide-helper.php
@@ -13,6 +13,17 @@ return [
 
     'filename'  => '_ide_helper.php',
 
+    /*
+    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    | Models filename
+    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    |
+    | The default filename for the models helper file
+    |
+    */
+
+    'models_filename' => '_ide_helper_models.php',
+
     /*
     |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
     | Where to write the PhpStorm specific meta file
diff --git a/src/Console/ModelsCommand.php b/src/Console/ModelsCommand.php
index 5ad82b8..651f37e 100644
--- a/src/Console/ModelsCommand.php
+++ b/src/Console/ModelsCommand.php
@@ -78,7 +78,11 @@ class ModelsCommand extends Command
      * @var string
      */
     protected $name = 'ide-helper:models';
-    protected $filename = '_ide_helper_models.php';
+
+    /**
+     * @var string
+     */
+    protected $filename;
 
     /**
      * The console command description.
@@ -131,7 +135,8 @@ class ModelsCommand extends Command
      */
     public function handle()
     {
-        $filename = $this->option('filename');
+        $this->filename = $this->laravel['config']->get('ide-helper.models_filename', '_ide_helper_models.php');
+        $filename = $this->option('filename') ?? $this->filename;
         $this->write = $this->option('write');
         $this->write_mixin = $this->option('write-mixin');
         $this->dirs = array_merge(
@@ -199,7 +204,7 @@ class ModelsCommand extends Command
     protected function getOptions()
     {
         return [
-          ['filename', 'F', InputOption::VALUE_OPTIONAL, 'The path to the helper file', $this->filename],
+          ['filename', 'F', InputOption::VALUE_OPTIONAL, 'The path to the helper file'],
           ['dir', 'D', InputOption::VALUE_OPTIONAL | InputOption::VALUE_IS_ARRAY,
               'The model dir, supports glob patterns', [], ],
           ['write', 'W', InputOption::VALUE_NONE, 'Write to Model file'],