diff --git a/ansible/roles/monasca/defaults/main.yml b/ansible/roles/monasca/defaults/main.yml
index 7d3f013ba4..c5b2eb5e39 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/monasca/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/monasca/defaults/main.yml
@@ -98,6 +98,13 @@ monasca_raw_logs_topic: "logs"
 monasca_transformed_logs_topic: "transformed-logs"
 monasca_events_topic: "events"
 monasca_alarm_state_transitions_topic: "alarm-state-transitions"
+monasca_alarm_notifications_topic: "alarm-notifications"
+monasca_alarm_notifications_retry_topic: "retry-notifications"
+monasca_periodic_notifications_topic: "60-seconds-notifications"
+
+# NOTE(dszumski): Due to the way monasca-notification is currently
+# implemented it is not recommended to change this period.
+monasca_periodic_notifications_period: 60
 
 # Processing pipeline threads. In a large scale deployment you will likely
 # want to tune these with finer precision. For example, if you have a very