diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index 7d2dc15..cb0ecc9 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ are available by installing the develop branch from github.
 2.1.0, TBC
 ----------
 
+Feature:
+
+* Global defaults can be set with ``settings.TAGULOUS_DEFAULT_TAG_OPTIONS`` (#108)
+
 Bugfix:
 
 * Form field ``has_changed`` now correctly detects if a TagField has changed (#185)
@@ -38,6 +42,8 @@ Features:
 Changes:
 
 * Drop Django 2.2 support
+* Drop Python 3.7 support - from now on Tagulous will only guarantee compatibility with
+  the latest versions of Python for supported Django versions.
 * Documentation fixes (#154)
 * Simplify steps for contributors (#166)
 * Remove ``AppConfig.default_app_config``, deprecated in Django 3.2 (#169)
diff --git a/docs/installation.rst b/docs/installation.rst
index 4eac6b9..36a7e3c 100644
--- a/docs/installation.rst
+++ b/docs/installation.rst
@@ -56,8 +56,17 @@ Settings
 Most projects won't need these settings, but they allow for finer control of how
 Tagulous behaves.
 
-.. note::
-    Model and form field options are managed separately by :doc:`tag_options`.
+``TAGULOUS_DEFAULT_TAG_OPTIONS``
+    Global defaults for tag field options.
+
+    This will override the default tag options for every tag field on models and forms.
+
+    See :doc:`tag_options` for the list of tag field options and their defaults, and how
+    to override them on individual tag models and tag fields.
+
+    Default:
+
+        TAGULOUS_DEFAULT_TAG_OPTIONS = {}
 
 
 ``TAGULOUS_NAME_MAX_LENGTH``, ``TAGULOUS_SLUG_MAX_LENGTH``, ``TAGULOUS_LABEL_MAX_LENGTH``
diff --git a/tagulous/models/fields.py b/tagulous/models/fields.py
index c015944..eeacf5c 100644
--- a/tagulous/models/fields.py
+++ b/tagulous/models/fields.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 from django.utils.text import capfirst
 
 from .. import constants
+from .. import settings as tag_settings
 from .descriptors import SingleTagDescriptor, TagDescriptor
 from .models import BaseTagModel, TagModel, TagTreeModel
 from .options import TagOptions
@@ -48,7 +49,7 @@ def __init__(self, to=None, to_base=None, **kwargs):
 
         # Extract options from kwargs
         options = {}
-        for key, default in constants.OPTION_DEFAULTS.items():
+        for key, default in tag_settings.DEFAULT_TAG_OPTIONS.items():
             # Look in kwargs, then in tag_meta
             if key in kwargs:
                 options[key] = kwargs.pop(key)
diff --git a/tagulous/models/options.py b/tagulous/models/options.py
index 4bb2ef6..d2b3281 100644
--- a/tagulous/models/options.py
+++ b/tagulous/models/options.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 """
 
 from .. import constants
+from .. import settings as tag_settings
 from ..utils import parse_tags, render_tags
 
 
@@ -90,7 +91,7 @@ def __getattr__(self, name):
             return ""
         if name not in constants.OPTION_DEFAULTS:
             raise AttributeError(name)
-        return self.__dict__.get(name, constants.OPTION_DEFAULTS[name])
+        return self.__dict__.get(name, tag_settings.DEFAULT_TAG_OPTIONS[name])
 
     def _get_items(self, with_defaults, keys):
         """
@@ -99,7 +100,10 @@ def _get_items(self, with_defaults, keys):
         if with_defaults:
             return dict(
                 [
-                    (name, self.__dict__.get(name, constants.OPTION_DEFAULTS[name]))
+                    (
+                        name,
+                        self.__dict__.get(name, tag_settings.DEFAULT_TAG_OPTIONS[name]),
+                    )
                     for name in keys
                 ]
             )
diff --git a/tagulous/settings.py b/tagulous/settings.py
index 259799f..30dc2ce 100644
--- a/tagulous/settings.py
+++ b/tagulous/settings.py
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 
 from django.conf import settings
 
+from .constants import OPTION_DEFAULTS
+
 #
 # Database control settings
 #
@@ -22,6 +24,20 @@
 SLUG_ALLOW_UNICODE = getattr(settings, "TAGULOUS_SLUG_ALLOW_UNICODE", False)
 
 
+#
+# Field settings
+#
+
+# Collect dict of default values, and use them to override the internal defaults
+# Validate them against the internal defaults, as TagOptions would
+DEFAULT_TAG_OPTIONS = {
+    **OPTION_DEFAULTS,
+    **getattr(settings, "TAGULOUS_DEFAULT_TAG_OPTIONS", {}),
+}
+if _unknown := set(DEFAULT_TAG_OPTIONS) - set(OPTION_DEFAULTS):
+    raise ValueError(f"Unexpected TAGULOUS_DEFAULT_TAG_OPTIONS: {', '.join(_unknown)}")
+
+
 #
 # Autocomplete settings
 #
diff --git a/tests/lib.py b/tests/lib.py
index ead4e7c..57515cb 100644
--- a/tests/lib.py
+++ b/tests/lib.py
@@ -1,14 +1,17 @@
+import importlib
 import os
 import re
 import sys
 import unittest
+from contextlib import contextmanager
 from io import StringIO
 
 import django
 from django.db import connection, models
-from django.test import testcases
+from django.test import override_settings, testcases
 
 from tagulous import models as tag_models
+from tagulous import settings as tag_settings
 
 # Detect test environment
 # This is used when creating files (migrations and fixtures) to ensure that
@@ -275,3 +278,19 @@ def tagfield_html(html: str) -> str:
             f' aria-describedby="{match.group(1)}_helptext">',
         )
     return html
+
+
+@contextmanager
+def override_tag_settings(**options):
+    # Reload settings
+    context = override_settings(TAGULOUS_DEFAULT_TAG_OPTIONS=options)
+    context.__enter__()
+    importlib.reload(tag_settings)
+
+    try:
+        yield
+    finally:
+        context.__exit__(None, None, None)
+
+    # Reload settings
+    importlib.reload(tag_settings)
diff --git a/tests/test_options.py b/tests/test_options.py
index a3d3661..149fe1e 100644
--- a/tests/test_options.py
+++ b/tests/test_options.py
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
 from tagulous import constants as tag_constants
 from tagulous import models as tag_models
 
+from .lib import override_tag_settings
+
 
 class TagOptionsTest(TestCase):
     """
@@ -33,6 +35,35 @@ def test_defaults(self):
             ),
         )
 
+    def test_global_defaults(self):
+        # Set some overrides
+        overrides = {
+            "initial": "override",
+            "protect_initial": False,
+            "force_lowercase": True,
+            "autocomplete_view": "/override/",
+        }
+        for key, value in overrides.items():
+            self.assertNotEqual(value, tag_constants.OPTION_DEFAULTS[key])
+
+        expected = {**tag_constants.OPTION_DEFAULTS, **overrides}
+
+        with override_tag_settings(**overrides):
+            opt = tag_models.TagOptions()
+            self.assertEqual(opt.items(with_defaults=False), {})
+            self.assertEqual(opt.items(), expected)
+            self.assertEqual(opt.form_items(with_defaults=False), {})
+            self.assertEqual(
+                opt.form_items(),
+                dict(
+                    [
+                        (k, v)
+                        for k, v in expected.items()
+                        if k in tag_constants.FORM_OPTIONS
+                    ]
+                ),
+            )
+
     def test_override_defaults(self):
         opt = tag_models.TagOptions(force_lowercase=True, case_sensitive=True)
         local_args = {"force_lowercase": True, "case_sensitive": True}