diff --git a/src/plugins/git/gerrit/gerritplugin.cpp b/src/plugins/git/gerrit/gerritplugin.cpp
index 74bf34c5ce4..dbc3c83c5ec 100644
--- a/src/plugins/git/gerrit/gerritplugin.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/git/gerrit/gerritplugin.cpp
@@ -322,6 +322,7 @@ void GerritPlugin::push(const QString &topLevel)
     if (dialog.exec() == QDialog::Rejected)
         return;
 
+    dialog.storeTopic();
     m_reviewers = dialog.reviewers();
 
     QString target = dialog.selectedCommit();
diff --git a/src/plugins/git/gerrit/gerritpushdialog.cpp b/src/plugins/git/gerrit/gerritpushdialog.cpp
index d0f618d8e43..4841499cf4b 100644
--- a/src/plugins/git/gerrit/gerritpushdialog.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/git/gerrit/gerritpushdialog.cpp
@@ -221,6 +221,13 @@ bool GerritPushDialog::isValid() const
     return m_isValid;
 }
 
+void GerritPushDialog::storeTopic()
+{
+    const QString branch = m_ui->localBranchComboBox->currentText();
+    GitPlugin::client()->setConfigValue(m_workingDir, QString("branch.%1.topic").arg(branch),
+                                        selectedTopic());
+}
+
 void GerritPushDialog::setRemoteBranches(bool includeOld)
 {
     bool blocked = m_ui->targetBranchComboBox->blockSignals(true);
@@ -266,6 +273,10 @@ void GerritPushDialog::updateCommits(int index)
 {
     const QString branch = m_ui->localBranchComboBox->itemText(index);
     m_hasLocalCommits = m_ui->commitView->init(m_workingDir, branch, LogChangeWidget::Silent);
+    QString topic = GitPlugin::client()->readConfigValue(
+                m_workingDir, QString("branch.%1.topic").arg(branch));
+    if (!topic.isEmpty())
+        m_ui->topicLineEdit->setText(topic);
 
     const QString remoteBranch = determineRemoteBranch(branch);
     if (!remoteBranch.isEmpty()) {
diff --git a/src/plugins/git/gerrit/gerritpushdialog.h b/src/plugins/git/gerrit/gerritpushdialog.h
index c4ffb7da6b0..723831388fa 100644
--- a/src/plugins/git/gerrit/gerritpushdialog.h
+++ b/src/plugins/git/gerrit/gerritpushdialog.h
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ public:
     QString selectedTopic() const;
     QString reviewers() const;
     bool isValid() const;
+    void storeTopic();
 
 private:
     void setChangeRange();
diff --git a/src/plugins/git/gitclient.cpp b/src/plugins/git/gitclient.cpp
index 66da317d69d..f7ad3fe465c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/git/gitclient.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/git/gitclient.cpp
@@ -3001,6 +3001,12 @@ QString GitClient::readConfigValue(const QString &workingDirectory, const QStrin
     return readOneLine(workingDirectory, { "config", configVar });
 }
 
+void GitClient::setConfigValue(const QString &workingDirectory, const QString &configVar,
+                               const QString &value) const
+{
+    readOneLine(workingDirectory, { "config", configVar, value });
+}
+
 QString GitClient::readGitVar(const QString &workingDirectory, const QString &configVar) const
 {
     return readOneLine(workingDirectory, { "var", configVar });
diff --git a/src/plugins/git/gitclient.h b/src/plugins/git/gitclient.h
index 5f768ea87a2..bfc98aa5c07 100644
--- a/src/plugins/git/gitclient.h
+++ b/src/plugins/git/gitclient.h
@@ -273,6 +273,8 @@ public:
 
     QString readGitVar(const QString &workingDirectory, const QString &configVar) const;
     QString readConfigValue(const QString &workingDirectory, const QString &configVar) const;
+    void setConfigValue(const QString &workingDirectory, const QString &configVar,
+                        const QString &value) const;
 
     QTextCodec *encoding(const QString &workingDirectory, const QString &configVar) const;
     bool readDataFromCommit(const QString &repoDirectory, const QString &commit,