diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 2dfc1d555..778678f91 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -176,6 +176,8 @@
 - TW-1434 Parser issue in description.contains (thanks to Ralph Bean).
 - TW-1436 Parser hangs when multiple slashes are used.
 - TW-1437 taskd.trust has a bad default value.
+- TW-1438 Configuration setting rc.confirmation=no no longer disables
+          confirmation requests (thanks to Adam Coddington).
 - TW-1441 task import continues happily if filename doesn't exist.
 - TW-1444 Tag ordering is preserved, but should be sorted in reports.
 - Removed deprecated 'echo.command' setting, in favor of the 'header' and
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 56ad48f7e..850464ec0 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ New configuration options in taskwarrior 2.4.0
   - New 'color.label.sort' is used to color the column label of sort columns.
   - New 'urgency.uda.<name>.<value>' allows specific UDA values to affect
     urgency.
+  - New 'recurrence.confirmation' which allows bypassing confirmation for
+    changes to recurring tasks, by accepting them.
 
 Newly deprecated features in taskwarrior 2.4.0
 
diff --git a/doc/man/taskrc.5.in b/doc/man/taskrc.5.in
index e644ad454..aad1f23d1 100644
--- a/doc/man/taskrc.5.in
+++ b/doc/man/taskrc.5.in
@@ -408,6 +408,11 @@ The character or string to show in the tag.indicator column.  Defaults to +.
 .B dependency.indicator=D
 The character or string to show in the depends.indicator column.  Defaults to +.
 
+.TP
+.B recurrence.confirmation=yes
+Controls whether changes to recurring tasks propagates to other child tasks with
+or without confirmation.  Defaults to yes.
+
 .TP
 .B recurrence.indicator=R
 The character or string to show in the recurrence_indicator column.  Defaults to R.
diff --git a/src/Config.cpp b/src/Config.cpp
index c03f9a5df..4ccb4bb8b 100644
--- a/src/Config.cpp
+++ b/src/Config.cpp
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ std::string Config::_defaults =
   "#                                              # Comma-separated list.  May contain any subset of:\n"
   "#verbose=blank,header,footnote,label,new-id,new-uuid,affected,edit,special,project,sync,filter\n"
   "confirmation=yes                               # Confirmation on delete, big changes\n"
+  "recurrence.confirmation=yes                    # Confirmation for propagating changes among recurring tasks\n"
   "allow.empty.filter=yes                         # An empty filter gets a warning and requires confirmation\n"
   "indent.annotation=2                            # Indent spaces for annotations\n"
   "indent.report=0                                # Indent spaces for whole report\n"
diff --git a/src/commands/CmdAnnotate.cpp b/src/commands/CmdAnnotate.cpp
index 638fefaee..f1e5a20d5 100644
--- a/src/commands/CmdAnnotate.cpp
+++ b/src/commands/CmdAnnotate.cpp
@@ -90,7 +90,8 @@ int CmdAnnotate::execute (std::string& output)
       // Annotate siblings.
       if (task->has ("parent"))
       {
-        if (confirm (STRING_CMD_ANNO_CONFIRM_R))
+        if (! context.config.getBoolean ("recurrence.confirmation") ||
+            confirm (STRING_CMD_ANNO_CONFIRM_R))
         {
           std::vector <Task> siblings = context.tdb2.siblings (*task);
           std::vector <Task>::iterator sibling;
diff --git a/src/commands/CmdAppend.cpp b/src/commands/CmdAppend.cpp
index 241ad4d52..0f8cdac30 100644
--- a/src/commands/CmdAppend.cpp
+++ b/src/commands/CmdAppend.cpp
@@ -90,7 +90,8 @@ int CmdAppend::execute (std::string& output)
       // Append to siblings.
       if (task->has ("parent"))
       {
-        if (confirm (STRING_CMD_APPEND_CONFIRM_R))
+        if (! context.config.getBoolean ("recurrence.confirmation") ||
+            confirm (STRING_CMD_APPEND_CONFIRM_R))
         {
           std::vector <Task> siblings = context.tdb2.siblings (*task);
           std::vector <Task>::iterator sibling;
diff --git a/src/commands/CmdDelete.cpp b/src/commands/CmdDelete.cpp
index 178ddf5ce..a4bc44a9b 100644
--- a/src/commands/CmdDelete.cpp
+++ b/src/commands/CmdDelete.cpp
@@ -103,7 +103,8 @@ int CmdDelete::execute (std::string& output)
         // Delete siblings.
         if (task->has ("parent"))
         {
-          if (confirm (STRING_CMD_DELETE_CONFIRM_R))
+          if (! context.config.getBoolean ("recurrence.confirmation") ||
+              confirm (STRING_CMD_DELETE_CONFIRM_R))
           {
             std::vector <Task> siblings = context.tdb2.siblings (*task);
             std::vector <Task>::iterator sibling;
@@ -137,7 +138,8 @@ int CmdDelete::execute (std::string& output)
         {
           std::vector <Task> children = context.tdb2.children (*task);
           if (children.size () &&
-              confirm (STRING_CMD_DELETE_CONFIRM_R))
+              (context.config.getBoolean ("recurrence.confirmation") ||
+               confirm (STRING_CMD_DELETE_CONFIRM_R)))
           {
             std::vector <Task>::iterator child;
             for (child = children.begin (); child != children.end (); ++child)
diff --git a/src/commands/CmdModify.cpp b/src/commands/CmdModify.cpp
index 614fe369c..6d6098947 100644
--- a/src/commands/CmdModify.cpp
+++ b/src/commands/CmdModify.cpp
@@ -117,7 +117,8 @@ int CmdModify::execute (std::string& output)
         // Task potentially has siblings - modify them.
         if (task->has ("parent"))
         {
-          if (confirm (STRING_CMD_MODIFY_RECUR))
+          if (! context.config.getBoolean ("recurrence.confirmation") ||
+              confirm (STRING_CMD_MODIFY_RECUR))
           {
             std::vector <Task> siblings = context.tdb2.siblings (*task);
             std::vector <Task>::iterator sibling;
@@ -148,7 +149,8 @@ int CmdModify::execute (std::string& output)
         {
           std::vector <Task> children = context.tdb2.children (*task);
           if (children.size () &&
-              confirm (STRING_CMD_MODIFY_RECUR))
+              (! context.config.getBoolean ("recurrence.confirmation") ||
+               confirm (STRING_CMD_MODIFY_RECUR)))
           {
             std::vector <Task>::iterator child;
             for (child = children.begin (); child != children.end (); ++child)
diff --git a/src/commands/CmdPrepend.cpp b/src/commands/CmdPrepend.cpp
index 9d992cf39..a924b1aaf 100644
--- a/src/commands/CmdPrepend.cpp
+++ b/src/commands/CmdPrepend.cpp
@@ -90,7 +90,8 @@ int CmdPrepend::execute (std::string& output)
       // Prepend to siblings.
       if (task->has ("parent"))
       {
-        if (confirm (STRING_CMD_PREPEND_CONFIRM_R))
+        if (! context.config.getBoolean ("recurrence.confirmation") ||
+            confirm (STRING_CMD_PREPEND_CONFIRM_R))
         {
           std::vector <Task> siblings = context.tdb2.siblings (*task);
           std::vector <Task>::iterator sibling;
diff --git a/src/commands/CmdShow.cpp b/src/commands/CmdShow.cpp
index f3c0f0a0f..31ea05ac0 100644
--- a/src/commands/CmdShow.cpp
+++ b/src/commands/CmdShow.cpp
@@ -171,6 +171,7 @@ int CmdShow::execute (std::string& output)
     " monthsperline"
     " nag"
     " print.empty.columns"
+    " recurrence.confirmation"
     " recurrence.indicator"
     " recurrence.limit"
     " regex"
diff --git a/test/tw-1438.t b/test/tw-1438.t
index 22f5f3d73..f3068c67f 100755
--- a/test/tw-1438.t
+++ b/test/tw-1438.t
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ class TestBug1438(TestCase):
         code, out, err = self.t(("list",))
         self.assertIn("Sometimes", out)
 
-        command = ("rc.confirmation=off", "2", "mod", "/Sometimes/Everytime/")
+        command = ("rc.confirmation=off", "rc.recurrence.confirmation=off", "2", "mod", "/Sometimes/Everytime/")
         code, out, err = self.t(command)
         self.assertIn("Modified 1 task", out)
         code, out, err = self.t(("list",))