diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index cce816a51e..364bb60c34 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ repos:
         exclude: "poetry.lock"
 
   - repo: https://github.com/commitizen-tools/commitizen
-    rev: v3.7.1 # automatically updated by Commitizen
+    rev: v3.8.0 # automatically updated by Commitizen
     hooks:
       - id: commitizen
       - id: commitizen-branch
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a0a09a591c..59157a0394 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,12 @@
 
+## v3.8.0 (2023-09-05)
+
+### Feat
+
+- **defaults.py**: add always_signoff config option for commits
+
+## 3.7.1 (2023-09-04)
+
 ## v3.7.1 (2023-09-04)
 
 ### Fix
diff --git a/commitizen/__version__.py b/commitizen/__version__.py
index 975f69142a..32a781905a 100644
--- a/commitizen/__version__.py
+++ b/commitizen/__version__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "3.7.1"
+__version__ = "3.8.0"
diff --git a/commitizen/commands/commit.py b/commitizen/commands/commit.py
index 67a7797b4e..913526f893 100644
--- a/commitizen/commands/commit.py
+++ b/commitizen/commands/commit.py
@@ -89,7 +89,9 @@ def __call__(self):
         if dry_run:
             raise DryRunExit()
 
-        signoff: bool = self.arguments.get("signoff")
+        signoff: bool = (
+            self.arguments.get("signoff") or self.config.settings["always_signoff"]
+        )
 
         if signoff:
             c = git.commit(m, "-s")
diff --git a/commitizen/defaults.py b/commitizen/defaults.py
index 37024e9be5..a243ebda3c 100644
--- a/commitizen/defaults.py
+++ b/commitizen/defaults.py
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ class Settings(TypedDict, total=False):
     post_bump_hooks: list[str] | None
     prerelease_offset: int
     encoding: str
+    always_signoff: bool
 
 
 name: str = "cz_conventional_commits"
@@ -96,6 +97,7 @@ class Settings(TypedDict, total=False):
     "post_bump_hooks": [],
     "prerelease_offset": 0,
     "encoding": encoding,
+    "always_signoff": False,
 }
 
 MAJOR = "MAJOR"
diff --git a/docs/commit.md b/docs/commit.md
index 2d50b111ca..ab6038946c 100644
--- a/docs/commit.md
+++ b/docs/commit.md
@@ -12,5 +12,20 @@ write the message to a file and not modify files and create a commit. A possible
 case for this is to [automatically prepare a commit message](./tutorials/auto_prepare_commit_message.md).
 
 !!! note
-    To maintain platform compatibility, the `commit` command disable ANSI escaping in its output.
-    In particular pre-commit hooks coloring will be deactivated as discussed in [commitizen-tools/commitizen#417](https://github.com/commitizen-tools/commitizen/issues/417).
+    To maintain platform compatibility, the `commit` command disables ANSI escaping in its output.
+    In particular, pre-commit hooks coloring will be deactivated as discussed in [commitizen-tools/commitizen#417](https://github.com/commitizen-tools/commitizen/issues/417).
+
+## Configuration
+
+### `always_signoff`
+
+When set to `true`, each commit message created by `cz commit` will be signed off.
+
+Defaults to: `false`.
+
+In your `pyproject.toml` or `.cz.toml`:
+
+```toml
+[tool.commitizen]
+always_signoff = true
+```
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 50b20182db..4bbb977395 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -975,13 +975,13 @@ extra = ["pygments (>=2.12)"]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "pytest"
-version = "7.4.0"
+version = "7.4.1"
 description = "pytest: simple powerful testing with Python"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.7"
 files = [
-    {file = "pytest-7.4.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:78bf16451a2eb8c7a2ea98e32dc119fd2aa758f1d5d66dbf0a59d69a3969df32"},
-    {file = "pytest-7.4.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:b4bf8c45bd59934ed84001ad51e11b4ee40d40a1229d2c79f9c592b0a3f6bd8a"},
+    {file = "pytest-7.4.1-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:460c9a59b14e27c602eb5ece2e47bec99dc5fc5f6513cf924a7d03a578991b1f"},
+    {file = "pytest-7.4.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:2f2301e797521b23e4d2585a0a3d7b5e50fdddaaf7e7d6773ea26ddb17c213ab"},
 ]
 
 [package.dependencies]
@@ -1062,13 +1062,13 @@ dev = ["pre-commit", "pytest-asyncio", "tox"]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "pytest-regressions"
-version = "2.4.2"
+version = "2.4.3"
 description = "Easy to use fixtures to write regression tests."
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.6"
 files = [
-    {file = "pytest-regressions-2.4.2.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:eab89e7ba4aa339bdfe07b31047e8e6a70b1e7846e74a8bbfc31a588d01e7303"},
-    {file = "pytest_regressions-2.4.2-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:b47f92c39d5dd2faa90716ee74c584d705c08e14f435a947f67706c4e5b8ef9a"},
+    {file = "pytest-regressions-2.4.3.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:7238036bbd17c62944bff55d73edb4993eea3f5dbb835c332ec7bc0ddeb027ed"},
+    {file = "pytest_regressions-2.4.3-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:a0fd84e45d2c3b43d2b36157045ebca8b85185d3dc7b014a62b2954a05d8e07d"},
 ]
 
 [package.dependencies]
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 3101d845a4..40f53129d4 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [tool.commitizen]
-version = "3.7.1"
+version = "3.8.0"
 tag_format = "v$version"
 version_files = [
   "pyproject.toml:version",
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ version_files = [
 
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "commitizen"
-version = "3.7.1"
+version = "3.8.0"
 description = "Python commitizen client tool"
 authors = ["Santiago Fraire <santiwilly@gmail.com>"]
 license = "MIT"
diff --git a/tests/commands/test_commit_command.py b/tests/commands/test_commit_command.py
index b45ac3a552..29840bb6a1 100644
--- a/tests/commands/test_commit_command.py
+++ b/tests/commands/test_commit_command.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 import pytest
 from pytest_mock import MockFixture
+from unittest.mock import ANY
 
 from commitizen import cmd, commands
 from commitizen.cz.exceptions import CzException
@@ -172,6 +173,31 @@ def test_commit_command_with_signoff_option(config, mocker: MockFixture):
     success_mock = mocker.patch("commitizen.out.success")
 
     commands.Commit(config, {"signoff": True})()
+
+    commit_mock.assert_called_once_with(ANY, "-s")
+    success_mock.assert_called_once()
+
+
+@pytest.mark.usefixtures("staging_is_clean")
+def test_commit_command_with_always_signoff_enabled(config, mocker: MockFixture):
+    prompt_mock = mocker.patch("questionary.prompt")
+    prompt_mock.return_value = {
+        "prefix": "feat",
+        "subject": "user created",
+        "scope": "",
+        "is_breaking_change": False,
+        "body": "",
+        "footer": "",
+    }
+
+    commit_mock = mocker.patch("commitizen.git.commit")
+    commit_mock.return_value = cmd.Command("success", "", b"", b"", 0)
+    success_mock = mocker.patch("commitizen.out.success")
+
+    config.settings["always_signoff"] = True
+    commands.Commit(config, {})()
+
+    commit_mock.assert_called_once_with(ANY, "-s")
     success_mock.assert_called_once()
 
 
diff --git a/tests/test_conf.py b/tests/test_conf.py
index 7061d30146..9406ff53f2 100644
--- a/tests/test_conf.py
+++ b/tests/test_conf.py
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@
     "post_bump_hooks": ["scripts/slack_notification.sh"],
     "prerelease_offset": 0,
     "encoding": "utf-8",
+    "always_signoff": False,
 }
 
 _new_settings = {
@@ -87,6 +88,7 @@
     "post_bump_hooks": ["scripts/slack_notification.sh"],
     "prerelease_offset": 0,
     "encoding": "utf-8",
+    "always_signoff": False,
 }
 
 _read_settings = {