diff --git a/git-review.1 b/git-review.1
index 73e40422..2e14ba29 100644
--- a/git-review.1
+++ b/git-review.1
@@ -228,6 +228,8 @@ This setting determines the default name of gerrit git repo
 This setting determines the default name to use for gerrit remote
 .It gitreview.branch
 This setting determines the default branch
+.It gitreview.notopic
+Set to true to never submit with a default topic
 .It gitreview.track
 Determines whether to prefer the currently-tracked branch (if any)
 and the branch against which the changeset was submitted to Gerrit
diff --git a/git_review/cmd.py b/git_review/cmd.py
index 19adfae2..4230892c 100644
--- a/git_review/cmd.py
+++ b/git_review/cmd.py
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ GLOBAL_CONFIG = "/etc/git-review/git-review.conf"
 USER_CONFIG = os.path.join(CONFIGDIR, "git-review.conf")
 DEFAULTS = dict(scheme='ssh', hostname=False, port=None, project=False,
                 branch='master', remote="gerrit", rebase="1",
-                track="0", usepushurl="0")
+                track="0", usepushurl="0", notopic=False)
 COPYRIGHT = """\
 Copyright (C) 2011-2020 OpenStack LLC.
 
@@ -730,6 +730,7 @@ def load_config_file(config_file):
         'remote': 'defaultremote',
         'rebase': 'defaultrebase',
         'track': 'track',
+        'notopic': 'notopic',
         'usepushurl': 'usepushurl',
     }
     config = {}
@@ -1575,6 +1576,7 @@ review.
         parser.set_defaults(rebase=convert_bool(config['rebase']),
                             track=convert_bool(config['track']),
                             remote=None,
+                            notopic=convert_bool(config['notopic']),
                             usepushurl=convert_bool(config['usepushurl']))
     options = parser.parse_args()
 
diff --git a/git_review/tests/test_git_review.py b/git_review/tests/test_git_review.py
index 8754428f..bc4658d4 100644
--- a/git_review/tests/test_git_review.py
+++ b/git_review/tests/test_git_review.py
@@ -403,6 +403,11 @@ class GitReviewTestCase(tests.BaseGitReviewTestCase):
         self._assert_branch_would_be('master%topic=zat',
                                      extra_args=['-t', 'zat'])
 
+        # -t takes precedence over notopic
+        self._run_git('config', 'gitreview.notopic', 'true')
+        self._assert_branch_would_be('master%topic=zat',
+                                     extra_args=['-t', 'zat'])
+
     def test_git_review_T(self):
         self._run_git_review('-s')
         self._run_git('checkout', '-b', 'bug/456')
@@ -410,6 +415,14 @@ class GitReviewTestCase(tests.BaseGitReviewTestCase):
         self._assert_branch_would_be('master%topic=bug/456')
         self._assert_branch_would_be('master', extra_args=['-T'])
 
+        self._run_git('config', 'gitreview.notopic', 'true')
+        self._assert_branch_would_be('master')
+        self._run_git('config', 'gitreview.notopic', 'false')
+        self._assert_branch_would_be('master%topic=bug/456')
+
+        # -T takes precedence over notopic=false
+        self._assert_branch_would_be('master', extra_args=['-T'])
+
     def test_git_review_T_t(self):
         self.assertRaises(Exception, self._run_git_review, '-T', '-t', 'taz')
 
diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index 19da82ed..ad03fc16 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 hacking>=2.0.0,<2.1.0
 mock
 fixtures>=0.3.14
-stestr>=2.2.0
+stestr>=2.2.0,<3.0.0
 testtools>=0.9.34