diff --git a/pubsub/gcp/config.go b/pubsub/gcp/config.go
index 3e742812a..08f6e2c6f 100644
--- a/pubsub/gcp/config.go
+++ b/pubsub/gcp/config.go
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 package gcp
 
-import "github.com/kelseyhightower/envconfig"
+import (
+	gpubsub "cloud.google.com/go/pubsub"
+	"github.com/kelseyhightower/envconfig"
+)
 
 // Config holds common credentials and config values for
 // working with GCP PubSub.
@@ -9,6 +12,15 @@ type Config struct {
 
 	// For publishing
 	Topic string `envconfig:"GCP_PUBSUB_TOPIC"`
+
+	// Batch settings for GCP publisher
+	// See: https://godoc.org/cloud.google.com/go/pubsub#PublishSettings
+	// Notes:
+	// This config will not allow you to set zero values for PublishSettings.
+	// Applications using these settings should be aware that Publish requests 
+	// will block until the lowest of the thresholds in PublishSettings is met. 
+	PublishSettings gpubsub.PublishSettings
+
 	// For subscribing
 	Subscription string `envconfig:"GCP_PUBSUB_SUBSCRIPTION"`
 }
diff --git a/pubsub/gcp/gcp.go b/pubsub/gcp/gcp.go
index 61a07de2d..43e85b47a 100644
--- a/pubsub/gcp/gcp.go
+++ b/pubsub/gcp/gcp.go
@@ -142,9 +142,26 @@ func NewPublisher(ctx context.Context, cfg Config, opts ...option.ClientOption)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-
+	t := c.Topic(cfg.Topic)
+	// Update PublishSettings from cfg.PublishSettings
+	// but never set thresholds to 0.
+	if cfg.PublishSettings.DelayThreshold > 0 {
+		t.PublishSettings.DelayThreshold = cfg.PublishSettings.DelayThreshold
+	}
+	if cfg.PublishSettings.CountThreshold > 0 {
+		t.PublishSettings.CountThreshold = cfg.PublishSettings.CountThreshold
+	}
+	if cfg.PublishSettings.ByteThreshold > 0 {
+		t.PublishSettings.ByteThreshold = cfg.PublishSettings.ByteThreshold
+	}
+	if cfg.PublishSettings.NumGoroutines > 0 {
+		t.PublishSettings.NumGoroutines = cfg.PublishSettings.NumGoroutines
+	}
+	if cfg.PublishSettings.Timeout > 0 {
+		t.PublishSettings.Timeout = cfg.PublishSettings.Timeout
+	}
 	return &publisher{
-		topic: c.Topic(cfg.Topic),
+		topic: t,
 	}, nil
 }