diff --git a/pkg/golinters/gosec.go b/pkg/golinters/gosec.go
index 5441c40fae5d..a0ff9a90b408 100644
--- a/pkg/golinters/gosec.go
+++ b/pkg/golinters/gosec.go
@@ -26,20 +26,11 @@ func NewGosec(settings *config.GoSecSettings) *goanalysis.Linter {
 	var mu sync.Mutex
 	var resIssues []goanalysis.Issue
 
-	conf := gosec.NewConfig()
-
 	var filters []rules.RuleFilter
+	conf := gosec.NewConfig()
 	if settings != nil {
 		filters = gosecRuleFilters(settings.Includes, settings.Excludes)
-
-		for k, v := range settings.Config {
-			if k != gosec.Globals {
-				// Uses ToUpper because the parsing of the map's key change the key to lowercase.
-				// The value is not impacted by that: the case is respected.
-				k = strings.ToUpper(k)
-			}
-			conf.Set(k, v)
-		}
+		conf = toGosecConfig(settings)
 	}
 
 	logger := log.New(io.Discard, "", 0)
@@ -140,6 +131,35 @@ func runGoSec(lintCtx *linter.Context, pass *analysis.Pass, settings *config.GoS
 	return issues
 }
 
+func toGosecConfig(settings *config.GoSecSettings) gosec.Config {
+	conf := gosec.NewConfig()
+
+	for k, v := range settings.Config {
+		if k == gosec.Globals {
+			convertGosecGlobals(v, conf)
+			continue
+		}
+
+		// Uses ToUpper because the parsing of the map's key change the key to lowercase.
+		// The value is not impacted by that: the case is respected.
+		conf.Set(strings.ToUpper(k), v)
+	}
+
+	return conf
+}
+
+// based on https://github.com/securego/gosec/blob/47bfd4eb6fc7395940933388550b547538b4c946/config.go#L52-L62
+func convertGosecGlobals(globalOptionFromConfig any, conf gosec.Config) {
+	globalOptionMap, ok := globalOptionFromConfig.(map[string]any)
+	if !ok {
+		return
+	}
+
+	for k, v := range globalOptionMap {
+		conf.SetGlobal(gosec.GlobalOption(k), fmt.Sprintf("%v", v))
+	}
+}
+
 // based on https://github.com/securego/gosec/blob/569328eade2ccbad4ce2d0f21ee158ab5356a5cf/cmd/gosec/main.go#L170-L188
 func gosecRuleFilters(includes, excludes []string) []rules.RuleFilter {
 	var filters []rules.RuleFilter
@@ -173,10 +193,12 @@ func convertToScore(str string) (gosec.Score, error) {
 // code borrowed from https://github.com/securego/gosec/blob/69213955dacfd560562e780f723486ef1ca6d486/cmd/gosec/main.go#L264-L276
 func filterIssues(issues []*gosec.Issue, severity, confidence gosec.Score) []*gosec.Issue {
 	res := make([]*gosec.Issue, 0)
+
 	for _, issue := range issues {
 		if issue.Severity >= severity && issue.Confidence >= confidence {
 			res = append(res, issue)
 		}
 	}
+
 	return res
 }
diff --git a/pkg/golinters/gosec_test.go b/pkg/golinters/gosec_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9b1b5faeff96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/golinters/gosec_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+package golinters
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/securego/gosec/v2"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+
+	"github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/pkg/config"
+)
+
+func Test_toGosecConfig(t *testing.T) {
+	testCases := []struct {
+		desc     string
+		settings *config.GoSecSettings
+		expected gosec.Config
+	}{
+		{
+			desc:     "empty config map",
+			settings: &config.GoSecSettings{},
+			expected: gosec.Config{
+				"global": map[gosec.GlobalOption]string{},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			desc: "with global settings",
+			settings: &config.GoSecSettings{
+				Config: map[string]any{
+					gosec.Globals: map[string]any{
+						string(gosec.Nosec): true,
+						string(gosec.Audit): "true",
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			expected: gosec.Config{
+				"global": map[gosec.GlobalOption]string{
+					"audit": "true",
+					"nosec": "true",
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			desc: "rule specified setting",
+			settings: &config.GoSecSettings{
+				Config: map[string]any{
+					"g101": map[string]any{
+						"pattern": "(?i)example",
+					},
+					"G301": "0750",
+				},
+			},
+			expected: gosec.Config{
+				"G101":   map[string]any{"pattern": "(?i)example"},
+				"G301":   "0750",
+				"global": map[gosec.GlobalOption]string{},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, test := range testCases {
+		test := test
+		t.Run(test.desc, func(t *testing.T) {
+			t.Parallel()
+
+			conf := toGosecConfig(test.settings)
+
+			assert.Equal(t, test.expected, conf)
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/test/testdata/configs/gosec_global_option.yml b/test/testdata/configs/gosec_global_option.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..fc0c3e27ac6f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/testdata/configs/gosec_global_option.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+linters-settings:
+  gosec:
+    config:
+      global:
+        nosec: true
diff --git a/test/testdata/gosec_global_option.go b/test/testdata/gosec_global_option.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0a9407ea75de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/testdata/gosec_global_option.go
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+//golangcitest:args -Egosec
+//golangcitest:config_path testdata/configs/gosec_global_option.yml
+package testdata
+
+import (
+	"crypto/md5" // want "G501: Blocklisted import crypto/md5: weak cryptographic primitive"
+	"log"
+)
+
+func Gosec() {
+	// #nosec G401
+	h := md5.New() // want "G401: Use of weak cryptographic primitive"
+	log.Print(h)
+}