diff --git a/halo2_proofs/Cargo.toml b/halo2_proofs/Cargo.toml
index f82e03a5db..74c1ecf188 100644
--- a/halo2_proofs/Cargo.toml
+++ b/halo2_proofs/Cargo.toml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ blake2b_simd = "1"
 maybe-rayon = {version = "0.1.0", default-features = false}
 
 # Developer tooling dependencies
-plotters = { version = "0.3.0", default-features = false, optional = true }
+plotters = { version = "0.3.0", optional = true }
 tabbycat = { version = "0.1", features = ["attributes"], optional = true }
 
 # Legacy circuit compatibility
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ gadget-traces = ["backtrace"]
 sanity-checks = []
 batch = ["rand_core/getrandom"]
 floor-planner-v1-legacy-pdqsort = ["halo2_legacy_pdqsort"]
+circuit-params = ["dev-graph"]
 
 # In-development features
 # See https://zcash.github.io/halo2/dev/features.html
diff --git a/halo2_proofs/src/dev.rs b/halo2_proofs/src/dev.rs
index a292b0ab4e..1bc9e954da 100644
--- a/halo2_proofs/src/dev.rs
+++ b/halo2_proofs/src/dev.rs
@@ -490,7 +490,12 @@ impl<F: Field + Ord> MockProver<F> {
         let n = 1 << k;
 
         let mut cs = ConstraintSystem::default();
+
+        #[cfg(feature = "circuit-params")]
+        let config = ConcreteCircuit::configure_with_params(&mut cs, circuit.params());
+        #[cfg(not(feature = "circuit-params"))]
         let config = ConcreteCircuit::configure(&mut cs);
+
         let cs = cs;
 
         if n < cs.minimum_rows() {
diff --git a/halo2_proofs/src/dev/cost.rs b/halo2_proofs/src/dev/cost.rs
index 0c3c7efaf1..2a35fe4180 100644
--- a/halo2_proofs/src/dev/cost.rs
+++ b/halo2_proofs/src/dev/cost.rs
@@ -261,7 +261,12 @@ impl<G: PrimeGroup, ConcreteCircuit: Circuit<G::Scalar>> CircuitCost<G, Concrete
     pub fn measure(k: u32, circuit: &ConcreteCircuit) -> Self {
         // Collect the layout details.
         let mut cs = ConstraintSystem::default();
+
+        #[cfg(feature = "circuit-params")]
+        let config = ConcreteCircuit::configure_with_params(&mut cs, circuit.params());
+        #[cfg(not(feature = "circuit-params"))]
         let config = ConcreteCircuit::configure(&mut cs);
+
         let mut layout = Layout::new(k, 1 << k, cs.num_selectors);
         ConcreteCircuit::FloorPlanner::synthesize(
             &mut layout,
diff --git a/halo2_proofs/src/dev/graph.rs b/halo2_proofs/src/dev/graph.rs
index 18ef8154df..63b847d53f 100644
--- a/halo2_proofs/src/dev/graph.rs
+++ b/halo2_proofs/src/dev/graph.rs
@@ -22,7 +22,12 @@ pub fn circuit_dot_graph<F: Field, ConcreteCircuit: Circuit<F>>(
 ) -> String {
     // Collect the graph details.
     let mut cs = ConstraintSystem::default();
+
+    #[cfg(feature = "circuit-params")]
+    let config = ConcreteCircuit::configure_with_params(&mut cs, circuit.params());
+    #[cfg(not(feature = "circuit-params"))]
     let config = ConcreteCircuit::configure(&mut cs);
+
     let mut graph = Graph::default();
     ConcreteCircuit::FloorPlanner::synthesize(&mut graph, circuit, config, cs.constants).unwrap();
 
diff --git a/halo2_proofs/src/dev/graph/layout.rs b/halo2_proofs/src/dev/graph/layout.rs
index 965e0683e6..e75ae8916c 100644
--- a/halo2_proofs/src/dev/graph/layout.rs
+++ b/halo2_proofs/src/dev/graph/layout.rs
@@ -94,7 +94,12 @@ impl CircuitLayout {
         let n = 1 << k;
         // Collect the layout details.
         let mut cs = ConstraintSystem::default();
+
+        #[cfg(feature = "circuit-params")]
+        let config = ConcreteCircuit::configure_with_params(&mut cs, circuit.params());
+        #[cfg(not(feature = "circuit-params"))]
         let config = ConcreteCircuit::configure(&mut cs);
+
         let mut layout = Layout::new(k, n, cs.num_selectors);
         ConcreteCircuit::FloorPlanner::synthesize(
             &mut layout,
diff --git a/halo2_proofs/src/lib.rs b/halo2_proofs/src/lib.rs
index 8fc0e0be0d..b80ce63724 100644
--- a/halo2_proofs/src/lib.rs
+++ b/halo2_proofs/src/lib.rs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #![deny(missing_debug_implementations)]
 #![deny(missing_docs)]
 #![deny(unsafe_code)]
+#![feature(associated_type_defaults)]
 
 pub mod arithmetic;
 pub mod circuit;
diff --git a/halo2_proofs/src/plonk.rs b/halo2_proofs/src/plonk.rs
index 50997299a4..3af90662dc 100644
--- a/halo2_proofs/src/plonk.rs
+++ b/halo2_proofs/src/plonk.rs
@@ -81,8 +81,13 @@ where
     pub fn read<R: io::Read, ConcreteCircuit: Circuit<C::Scalar>>(
         reader: &mut R,
         params: &Params<C>,
+        #[cfg(feature = "circuit-params")] circuit_params: ConcreteCircuit::Params,
     ) -> io::Result<Self> {
-        let (domain, cs, _) = keygen::create_domain::<C, ConcreteCircuit>(params);
+        let (domain, cs, _) = keygen::create_domain::<C, ConcreteCircuit>(
+            params,
+            #[cfg(feature = "circuit-params")]
+            circuit_params,
+        );
         let mut num_fixed_columns_be_bytes = [0u8; 4];
         reader.read_exact(&mut num_fixed_columns_be_bytes)?;
         let num_fixed_columns = u32::from_be_bytes(num_fixed_columns_be_bytes);
diff --git a/halo2_proofs/src/plonk/circuit.rs b/halo2_proofs/src/plonk/circuit.rs
index a6494d871d..734a575013 100644
--- a/halo2_proofs/src/plonk/circuit.rs
+++ b/halo2_proofs/src/plonk/circuit.rs
@@ -470,14 +470,34 @@ pub trait Circuit<F: Field> {
     /// `Circuit` trait because its behaviour is circuit-critical.
     type FloorPlanner: FloorPlanner;
 
+    /// Runtime parameters to configure the circuit.
+    #[cfg(feature = "circuit-params")]
+    type Params: Default = ();
+
     /// Returns a copy of this circuit with no witness values (i.e. all witnesses set to
     /// `None`). For most circuits, this will be equal to `Self::default()`.
     fn without_witnesses(&self) -> Self;
 
+    /// For defining runtime configuration paramters.
+    #[cfg(feature = "circuit-params")]
+    fn params(&self) -> Self::Params {
+        Self::Params::default()
+    }
+
     /// The circuit is given an opportunity to describe the exact gate
     /// arrangement, column arrangement, etc.
     fn configure(meta: &mut ConstraintSystem<F>) -> Self::Config;
 
+    /// Same as configure but takes params.
+    /// Credit: https://github.com/privacy-scaling-explorations/halo2/pull/168
+    #[cfg(feature = "circuit-params")]
+    fn configure_with_params(
+        meta: &mut ConstraintSystem<F>,
+        _params: Self::Params,
+    ) -> Self::Config {
+        Self::configure(meta)
+    }
+
     /// Given the provided `cs`, synthesize the circuit. The concrete type of
     /// the caller will be different depending on the context, and they may or
     /// may not expect to have a witness present.
diff --git a/halo2_proofs/src/plonk/keygen.rs b/halo2_proofs/src/plonk/keygen.rs
index 1b2be6d0a0..703591ab3c 100644
--- a/halo2_proofs/src/plonk/keygen.rs
+++ b/halo2_proofs/src/plonk/keygen.rs
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ use crate::{
 
 pub(crate) fn create_domain<C, ConcreteCircuit>(
     params: &Params<C>,
+    #[cfg(feature = "circuit-params")] circuit_params: ConcreteCircuit::Params,
 ) -> (
     EvaluationDomain<C::Scalar>,
     ConstraintSystem<C::Scalar>,
@@ -34,6 +35,10 @@ where
     ConcreteCircuit: Circuit<C::Scalar>,
 {
     let mut cs = ConstraintSystem::default();
+
+    #[cfg(feature = "circuit-params")]
+    let config = ConcreteCircuit::configure_with_params(&mut cs, circuit_params);
+    #[cfg(not(feature = "circuit-params"))]
     let config = ConcreteCircuit::configure(&mut cs);
 
     let degree = cs.degree();
@@ -195,7 +200,11 @@ where
     C::Scalar: FromUniformBytes<64>,
     ConcreteCircuit: Circuit<C::Scalar>,
 {
-    let (domain, cs, config) = create_domain::<C, ConcreteCircuit>(params);
+    let (domain, cs, config) = create_domain::<C, ConcreteCircuit>(
+        params,
+        #[cfg(feature = "circuit-params")]
+        circuit.params(),
+    );
 
     if (params.n as usize) < cs.minimum_rows() {
         return Err(Error::not_enough_rows_available(params.k));
@@ -255,6 +264,10 @@ where
     ConcreteCircuit: Circuit<C::Scalar>,
 {
     let mut cs = ConstraintSystem::default();
+
+    #[cfg(feature = "circuit-params")]
+    let config = ConcreteCircuit::configure_with_params(&mut cs, circuit.params());
+    #[cfg(not(feature = "circuit-params"))]
     let config = ConcreteCircuit::configure(&mut cs);
 
     let cs = cs;
diff --git a/halo2_proofs/src/plonk/prover.rs b/halo2_proofs/src/plonk/prover.rs
index e54f2129f0..f2617ba1d7 100644
--- a/halo2_proofs/src/plonk/prover.rs
+++ b/halo2_proofs/src/plonk/prover.rs
@@ -61,6 +61,10 @@ pub fn create_proof<
 
     let domain = &pk.vk.domain;
     let mut meta = ConstraintSystem::default();
+    // Since there is 1 proving key for all the circuits, the circuits should share the same configuration.
+    #[cfg(feature = "circuit-params")]
+    let config = ConcreteCircuit::configure_with_params(&mut meta, circuits[0].params());
+    #[cfg(not(feature = "circuit-params"))]
     let config = ConcreteCircuit::configure(&mut meta);
 
     // Selector optimizations cannot be applied here; use the ConstraintSystem
@@ -724,63 +728,137 @@ pub fn create_proof<
     multiopen::create_proof(params, rng, transcript, instances).map_err(|_| Error::Opening)
 }
 
+#[cfg(feature = "circuit-params")]
 #[test]
 fn test_create_proof() {
     use crate::{
         circuit::SimpleFloorPlanner,
+        pasta::pallas,
         plonk::{keygen_pk, keygen_vk},
         transcript::{Blake2bWrite, Challenge255},
     };
     use pasta_curves::EqAffine;
     use rand_core::OsRng;
 
-    #[derive(Clone, Copy)]
-    struct MyCircuit;
+    #[derive(Clone, Default)]
+    struct MyCircuit {
+        vals: Vec<Value<pallas::Base>>,
+    }
+
+    #[derive(Clone)]
+    struct MyConfig {
+        advices: Vec<Column<Advice>>,
+        primary: Column<Instance>,
+    }
+
+    fn assign_free_advice<V: Copy>(
+        mut layouter: impl crate::circuit::Layouter<pallas::Base>,
+        column: Column<Advice>,
+        value: Value<V>,
+    ) -> Result<crate::circuit::AssignedCell<V, pallas::Base>, crate::plonk::Error>
+    where
+        for<'v> Assigned<pallas::Base>: From<&'v V>,
+    {
+        layouter.assign_region(
+            || "load private",
+            |mut region| region.assign_advice(|| "load private", column, 0, || value),
+        )
+    }
 
-    impl<F: Field> Circuit<F> for MyCircuit {
-        type Config = ();
+    impl Circuit<pallas::Base> for MyCircuit {
+        type Config = MyConfig;
 
         type FloorPlanner = SimpleFloorPlanner;
 
+        type Params = Self;
+
         fn without_witnesses(&self) -> Self {
-            *self
+            self.clone()
+        }
+
+        fn params(&self) -> Self::Params {
+            self.clone()
         }
 
-        fn configure(_meta: &mut ConstraintSystem<F>) -> Self::Config {}
+        fn configure(meta: &mut ConstraintSystem<pallas::Base>) -> Self::Config {
+            Self::Config {
+                advices: vec![],
+                primary: meta.instance_column(),
+            }
+        }
+
+        fn configure_with_params(
+            meta: &mut ConstraintSystem<pallas::Base>,
+            params: Self::Params,
+        ) -> Self::Config {
+            let advices = vec![meta.advice_column(); params.vals.len()];
+            let primary = meta.instance_column();
+
+            for advice in advices.iter() {
+                meta.enable_equality(*advice);
+            }
+            meta.enable_equality(primary);
+            Self::Config { advices, primary }
+        }
 
         fn synthesize(
             &self,
-            _config: Self::Config,
-            _layouter: impl crate::circuit::Layouter<F>,
+            config: Self::Config,
+            mut layouter: impl crate::circuit::Layouter<pallas::Base>,
         ) -> Result<(), Error> {
+            let mut witnessed = vec![];
+            for (i, val) in self.vals.iter().enumerate() {
+                let witness = assign_free_advice(
+                    layouter.namespace(|| format!("witness {}", i)),
+                    config.advices[i],
+                    *val,
+                )?;
+                witnessed.push(witness);
+            }
+            for (i, witness) in witnessed.iter().enumerate() {
+                layouter.constrain_instance(witness.cell(), config.primary, i)?
+            }
             Ok(())
         }
     }
 
-    let params: Params<EqAffine> = Params::new(3);
-    let vk = keygen_vk(&params, &MyCircuit).expect("keygen_vk should not fail");
-    let pk = keygen_pk(&params, vk, &MyCircuit).expect("keygen_pk should not fail");
+    let params: Params<EqAffine> = Params::new(5);
+    let vals = vec![
+        Value::known(pallas::Base::from(1)),
+        Value::known(pallas::Base::from(2)),
+        Value::known(pallas::Base::from(3)),
+    ];
+
+    let circuit = MyCircuit { vals };
+    // Render circuit digram
+    use crate::dev::CircuitLayout;
+    use plotters::prelude::*;
+    let root = BitMapBackend::new("../target/layout.png", (3840, 2160)).into_drawing_area();
+    root.fill(&WHITE).unwrap();
+    let root = root.titled("Circuit Layout", ("sans-serif", 60)).unwrap();
+    CircuitLayout::default().render(5, &circuit, &root).unwrap();
+
+    let vk = keygen_vk(&params, &circuit).expect("keygen_vk should not fail");
+    let pk = keygen_pk(&params, vk, &circuit).expect("keygen_pk should not fail");
     let mut transcript = Blake2bWrite::<_, _, Challenge255<_>>::init(vec![]);
 
     // Create proof with wrong number of instances
     let proof = create_proof(
         &params,
         &pk,
-        &[MyCircuit, MyCircuit],
+        &[circuit.clone(), circuit.clone()],
         &[],
         OsRng,
         &mut transcript,
     );
     assert!(matches!(proof.unwrap_err(), Error::InvalidInstances));
 
+    let instance = vec![
+        pallas::Base::from(1),
+        pallas::Base::from(2),
+        pallas::Base::from(3),
+    ];
     // Create proof with correct number of instances
-    create_proof(
-        &params,
-        &pk,
-        &[MyCircuit, MyCircuit],
-        &[&[], &[]],
-        OsRng,
-        &mut transcript,
-    )
-    .expect("proof generation should not fail");
+    let prover = crate::dev::MockProver::run(5, &circuit, vec![instance]).unwrap();
+    prover.assert_satisfied();
 }
diff --git a/rust-toolchain.toml b/rust-toolchain.toml
index 948d27daa4..5d56faf9ae 100644
--- a/rust-toolchain.toml
+++ b/rust-toolchain.toml
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 [toolchain]
-channel = "1.60.0"
+channel = "nightly"