diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/figure.py b/lib/matplotlib/figure.py
index 86a9fdd1387e..09a2a385b4e8 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/figure.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/figure.py
@@ -331,8 +331,9 @@ def _suplabels(self, t, info, **kwargs):
     @_docstring.copy(_suplabels)
     def suptitle(self, t, **kwargs):
         # docstring from _suplabels...
-        info = {'name': '_suptitle', 'x0': 0.5, 'y0': 0.98,
-                'ha': 'center', 'va': 'top', 'rotation': 0,
+        info = {'name': '_suptitle', 'x0': 'figure.title_x',
+                'y0': 'figure.title_y', 'ha': 'figure.title_ha',
+                'va': 'figure.title_va', 'rotation': 0,
                 'size': 'figure.titlesize', 'weight': 'figure.titleweight'}
         return self._suplabels(t, info, **kwargs)
 
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/mpl-data/matplotlibrc b/lib/matplotlib/mpl-data/matplotlibrc
index 9bd8a622092e..bdef8bd468dd 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/mpl-data/matplotlibrc
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/mpl-data/matplotlibrc
@@ -557,6 +557,10 @@
 ## * FIGURE                                                                  *
 ## ***************************************************************************
 ## See https://matplotlib.org/stable/api/figure_api.html#matplotlib.figure.Figure
+#figure.title_x:     0.5
+#figure.title_y:     0.98
+#figure.title_ha:    center
+#figure.title_va:    center
 #figure.titlesize:   large     # size of the figure title (``Figure.suptitle()``)
 #figure.titleweight: normal    # weight of the figure title
 #figure.labelsize:   large     # size of the figure label (``Figure.sup[x|y]label()``)
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/rcsetup.py b/lib/matplotlib/rcsetup.py
index 38d4606024d3..550ee292fdad 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/rcsetup.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/rcsetup.py
@@ -1218,6 +1218,10 @@ def _convert_validator_spec(key, conv):
     # figure title
     "figure.titlesize":   validate_fontsize,
     "figure.titleweight": validate_fontweight,
+    "figure.title_x":     validate_float,
+    "figure.title_y":     validate_float,
+    "figure.title_ha":    ["center", "left", "right"],
+    "figure.title_va":    ["top", "center", "bottom", "baseline"],
 
     # figure labels
     "figure.labelsize":   validate_fontsize,
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_polar.py b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_polar.py
index 9d6e78da2cbc..586e1c49c057 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_polar.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_polar.py
@@ -446,3 +446,31 @@ def test_polar_log():
 
     n = 100
     ax.plot(np.linspace(0, 2 * np.pi, n), np.logspace(0, 2, n))
+
+
+def test_polar_rc_params():
+    fig = plt.figure(figsize=(9, 3))
+    ax = fig.add_subplot(polar=True)
+
+    ax.set_rscale('log')
+    ax.set_rlim(1, 1000)
+
+    n = 100
+    ax.plot(np.linspace(0, 2 * np.pi, n), np.logspace(0, 2, n))
+
+    plt.subplot(132)
+    plt.scatter(["1", "2"], [3, 4])
+
+    # Control
+    fig.suptitle("First Title", x=0.1, y=0.2, ha="right", va="bottom",
+                 weight='light', size=20)
+
+    # Test suptitle
+    with mpl.rc_context({'figure.title_x': 0.1,
+                         'figure.title_y': 0.2,
+                         'figure.title_ha': "right",
+                         'figure.title_va': "bottom",
+                         'figure.titleweight': 'light',
+                         'figure.titlesize': 20
+                         }):
+        fig.suptitle("First Title")