diff --git a/bcbio/chipseq/antibodies.py b/bcbio/chipseq/antibodies.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6d2699c7a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bcbio/chipseq/antibodies.py
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+from dataclasses import dataclass
+
+VALID_PEAKTYPES = ["narrow", "broad"]
+
+@dataclass
+class Antibody:
+    """
+    ChIP-seq antibody
+    """
+    name: str
+    # call narrow or broad peaks
+    peaktype: str
+    # remove duplicates?
+    rmdup: bool = True
+
+    def __post_init__(self):
+        if self.peaktype not in VALID_PEAKTYPES:
+            raise TypeError(f"peaktype {self.peatktype} is not one of {VALID_PEAKTYPES}")
+
+_ANTIBODIES = [
+    Antibody("h3f3a", "broad"),
+    Antibody("h3k27me3", "broad"),
+    Antibody("h3k36me3", "broad"),
+    Antibody("h3k4me1", "broad"),
+    Antibody("h3k79me2", "broad"),
+    Antibody("h3k79me3", "broad"),
+    Antibody("h3k9me1", "broad"),
+    Antibody("h3k9me2", "broad"),
+    Antibody("h4k20me1", "broad"),
+    Antibody("h2afz", "narrow"),
+    Antibody("h3ac", "narrow"),
+    Antibody("h3k27ac", "narrow"),
+    Antibody("h3k4me2", "narrow"),
+    Antibody("h3k4me3", "narrow"),
+    Antibody("h3k9ac", "narrow"),
+    Antibody("h3k9me3", "broad", False)
+]
+
+ANTIBODIES = {x.name: x for x in _ANTIBODIES}
+SUPPORTED_ANTIBODIES = {x.name for x in _ANTIBODIES}
diff --git a/bcbio/chipseq/macs2.py b/bcbio/chipseq/macs2.py
index d73c2553c..ef8350a24 100644
--- a/bcbio/chipseq/macs2.py
+++ b/bcbio/chipseq/macs2.py
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 from bcbio.pipeline import config_utils
 from bcbio.pipeline import datadict as dd
 from bcbio import bam
+from bcbio.chipseq import antibodies
+from bcbio.log import logger
 
 
 def run(name, chip_bam, input_bam, genome_build, out_dir, method, resources, data):
@@ -22,12 +24,19 @@ def run(name, chip_bam, input_bam, genome_build, out_dir, method, resources, dat
         _compress_bdg_files(out_dir)
         return _get_output_files(out_dir)
     macs2 = config_utils.get_program("macs2", config)
+    antibody = antibodies.ANTIBODIES.get(dd.get_chipseq_antibody(data).lower(), None)
+    if antibody:
+        logger.info(f"{antibody.name} specified, using {antibody.peaktype} peak settings.")
+        peaksettings = select_peak_parameters(antibody)
+    else:
+        peaksettings = ""
     options = " ".join(resources.get("macs2", {}).get("options", ""))
     genome_size = bam.fasta.total_sequence_length(dd.get_ref_file(data))
     genome_size = "" if options.find("-g") > -1 else "-g %s" % genome_size
     paired = "-f BAMPE" if bam.is_paired(chip_bam) else ""
     with utils.chdir(out_dir):
         cmd = _macs2_cmd(method)
+        cmd += peaksettings
         try:
             do.run(cmd.format(**locals()), "macs2 for %s" % name)
             utils.move_safe(macs2_file, out_file)
@@ -70,3 +79,11 @@ def _macs2_cmd(method="chip"):
     else:
         raise ValueError("chip_method should be chip or atac.")
     return cmd
+
+def select_peak_parameters(antibody):
+    if antibody.peaktype == "broad":
+        return " --broad --broad-cutoff 0.05"
+    elif antibody.peaktype == "narrow":
+        return ""
+    else:
+        raise ValueError(f"{antibody.peaktype} not recognized.")
diff --git a/bcbio/pipeline/datadict.py b/bcbio/pipeline/datadict.py
index 20d197b75..208f264eb 100644
--- a/bcbio/pipeline/datadict.py
+++ b/bcbio/pipeline/datadict.py
@@ -208,6 +208,8 @@
     "disc_bam": {"keys": ["work_bam_plus", "disc"]},
     "sr_bam": {"keys": ["work_bam_plus", "sr"]},
     "peddy_report": {"keys": ["peddy_report"]},
+    "chipseq_antibody": {"keys": ["config", "algorithm", "chipseq", "antibody"]},
+    "peaktype": {"keys": ["config", "algorithm", "chipseq", "peaktype"]},
     "tools_off": {"keys": ["config", "algorithm", "tools_off"], "default": [], "always_list": True},
     "tools_on": {"keys": ["config", "algorithm", "tools_on"], "default": [], "always_list": True},
     "cwl_reporting": {"keys": ["config", "algorithm", "cwl_reporting"]},