A method for configuring an M2M system having an M2M frontend with one or more gateways and an M2M backend includes specifying, by an operator entity, one or more commands to be achieved in said M2M system by the one or more gateways of the M2M frontend; specifying, by a stylesheet providing entity, one or more stylesheets for the one or more gateways of the M2M frontend representing information for interpretation of general gateway configurations for the one or more gateways; calculating, by a synergy description entity, one or more synergy descriptions representing an impact of one or more gateway operational parameters on the specified commands; calculating the general gateway configurations for a plurality of gateways by evaluating the synergy descriptions with respect to the specified commands by a configuration entity; and providing specific gateway configurations by applying the specified stylesheets on the general gateway configurations.