diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 666cc53e..9013cc44 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ neutron_oslomsg_rpc_ssl_version: "{{ oslomsg_rpc_ssl_version | default('TLSv1_2'
 neutron_oslomsg_rpc_ssl_ca_file: "{{ oslomsg_rpc_ssl_ca_file | default('') }}"
 
 # Notify
-
+neutron_oslomsg_notify_configure: "{{ oslomsg_notify_configure | default(neutron_ceilometer_enabled) }}"
 neutron_oslomsg_notify_host_group: "{{ oslomsg_notify_host_group | default('rabbitmq_all') }}"
 neutron_oslomsg_notify_setup_host: >-
   {{ (neutron_oslomsg_notify_host_group in groups) | ternary(groups[neutron_oslomsg_notify_host_group][0], 'localhost') }}
diff --git a/tasks/main.yml b/tasks/main.yml
index e38f16ca..506119a2 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tasks/main.yml
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@
     _oslomsg_notify_vhost: "{{ neutron_oslomsg_notify_vhost }}"
     _oslomsg_notify_transport: "{{ neutron_oslomsg_notify_transport }}"
     _oslomsg_notify_policies: "{{ neutron_oslomsg_notify_policies }}"
+    _oslomsg_notify_configure: "{{ neutron_oslomsg_notify_configure }}"
   tags:
     - always
 
diff --git a/templates/neutron.conf.j2 b/templates/neutron.conf.j2
index 3ae8b0c9..5dd49988 100644
--- a/templates/neutron.conf.j2
+++ b/templates/neutron.conf.j2
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ rabbit_quorum_max_memory_bytes = {{ neutron_oslomsg_rabbit_quorum_max_memory_byt
 # Notifications
 [oslo_messaging_notifications]
 {% set notification_topics = [] %}
-{% if neutron_ceilometer_enabled %}
+{% if neutron_oslomsg_notify_configure %}
 {%   set _ = notification_topics.append('notifications') %}
 {% endif %}
 topics = {{ notification_topics | join(',') }}