diff --git a/nova/conf/notifications.py b/nova/conf/notifications.py
index fb7ee88abf65..78cca69d35ac 100644
--- a/nova/conf/notifications.py
+++ b/nova/conf/notifications.py
@@ -99,6 +99,21 @@ Possible values:
 * both: Both the legacy unversioned and the new versioned notifications are
   emitted. (Default)
 
+The list of versioned notifications is visible in
+http://docs.openstack.org/developer/nova/notifications.html
+"""),
+    cfg.ListOpt(
+        'versioned_notifications_topics',
+        default=['versioned_notifications'],
+        help="""
+Specifies the topics for the versioned notifications issued by nova.
+
+The default value is fine for most deployments and rarely needs to be changed.
+However, if you have a third-party service that consumes versioned
+notifications, it might be worth getting a topic for that service.
+Nova will send a message containing a versioned notification payload to each
+topic queue in this list.
+
 The list of versioned notifications is visible in
 http://docs.openstack.org/developer/nova/notifications.html
 """),
diff --git a/nova/rpc.py b/nova/rpc.py
index f374a7f4e3f1..54eeb8e8725a 100644
--- a/nova/rpc.py
+++ b/nova/rpc.py
@@ -85,16 +85,18 @@ def init(conf):
     elif conf.notifications.notification_format == 'both':
         LEGACY_NOTIFIER = messaging.Notifier(NOTIFICATION_TRANSPORT,
                                              serializer=serializer)
-        NOTIFIER = messaging.Notifier(NOTIFICATION_TRANSPORT,
-                                      serializer=serializer,
-                                      topics=['versioned_notifications'])
+        NOTIFIER = messaging.Notifier(
+            NOTIFICATION_TRANSPORT,
+            serializer=serializer,
+            topics=conf.notifications.versioned_notifications_topics)
     else:
         LEGACY_NOTIFIER = messaging.Notifier(NOTIFICATION_TRANSPORT,
                                              serializer=serializer,
                                              driver='noop')
-        NOTIFIER = messaging.Notifier(NOTIFICATION_TRANSPORT,
-                                      serializer=serializer,
-                                      topics=['versioned_notifications'])
+        NOTIFIER = messaging.Notifier(
+            NOTIFICATION_TRANSPORT,
+            serializer=serializer,
+            topics=conf.notifications.versioned_notifications_topics)
 
 
 def cleanup():
diff --git a/nova/tests/unit/test_notifier.py b/nova/tests/unit/test_notifier.py
index d77f69d30a62..743e05bb22a0 100644
--- a/nova/tests/unit/test_notifier.py
+++ b/nova/tests/unit/test_notifier.py
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ class TestNotifier(test.NoDBTestCase):
                                                              mock_noti_trans,
                                                              mock_transport):
         conf = mock.Mock()
+        conf.notifications.versioned_notifications_topics = [
+            'versioned_notifications']
 
         cases = {
             'unversioned': [
diff --git a/nova/tests/unit/test_rpc.py b/nova/tests/unit/test_rpc.py
index 0c49762c9e1a..41eff64277d1 100644
--- a/nova/tests/unit/test_rpc.py
+++ b/nova/tests/unit/test_rpc.py
@@ -85,6 +85,20 @@ class TestRPC(testtools.TestCase):
         self._test_init(mock_notif, mock_noti_trans, mock_ser,
                         mock_exmods, 'versioned', expected)
 
+    @mock.patch.object(rpc, 'get_allowed_exmods')
+    @mock.patch.object(rpc, 'RequestContextSerializer')
+    @mock.patch.object(messaging, 'get_notification_transport')
+    @mock.patch.object(messaging, 'Notifier')
+    def test_init_versioned_with_custom_topics(self, mock_notif,
+                                               mock_noti_trans, mock_ser,
+                                               mock_exmods):
+        expected = [{'driver': 'noop'},
+                    {'topics': ['custom_topic1', 'custom_topic2']}]
+        self._test_init(
+            mock_notif, mock_noti_trans, mock_ser, mock_exmods, 'versioned',
+            expected, versioned_notification_topics=['custom_topic1',
+                                                     'custom_topic2'])
+
     def test_cleanup_transport_null(self):
         rpc.NOTIFICATION_TRANSPORT = mock.Mock()
         rpc.LEGACY_NOTIFIER = mock.Mock()
@@ -304,7 +318,8 @@ class TestRPC(testtools.TestCase):
                                                aliases=rpc.TRANSPORT_ALIASES)
 
     def _test_init(self, mock_notif, mock_noti_trans, mock_ser,
-                   mock_exmods, notif_format, expected_driver_topic_kwargs):
+                   mock_exmods, notif_format, expected_driver_topic_kwargs,
+                   versioned_notification_topics=['versioned_notifications']):
         legacy_notifier = mock.Mock()
         notifier = mock.Mock()
         notif_transport = mock.Mock()
@@ -314,6 +329,8 @@ class TestRPC(testtools.TestCase):
 
         conf.transport_url = None
         conf.notifications.notification_format = notif_format
+        conf.notifications.versioned_notifications_topics = (
+            versioned_notification_topics)
         mock_exmods.return_value = ['foo']
         mock_noti_trans.return_value = notif_transport
         mock_ser.return_value = serializer
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/Make-versioned-notifications-topics-configurable-a4baad995a74a076.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/Make-versioned-notifications-topics-configurable-a4baad995a74a076.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..208a8fefcfda
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/Make-versioned-notifications-topics-configurable-a4baad995a74a076.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+features:
+  - The versioned_notifications_topic configuration option; This enables one to
+    configure the topics used for versioned notifications.