diff --git a/cmd/topicctl/subcmd/apply.go b/cmd/topicctl/subcmd/apply.go
index 14b22d80..16f1c09c 100644
--- a/cmd/topicctl/subcmd/apply.go
+++ b/cmd/topicctl/subcmd/apply.go
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ type applyCmdConfig struct {
 	retentionDropStepDurationStr string
 	skipConfirm                  bool
 	sleepLoopDuration            time.Duration
+	failFast                     bool
 
 	shared sharedOptions
 
@@ -105,6 +106,12 @@ func init() {
 		10*time.Second,
 		"Amount of time to wait between partition checks",
 	)
+	applyCmd.Flags().BoolVar(
+		&applyConfig.failFast,
+		"fail-fast",
+		true,
+		"Fail upon the first error encountered during apply process",
+	)
 
 	addSharedConfigOnlyFlags(applyCmd, &applyConfig.shared)
 	RootCmd.AddCommand(applyCmd)
@@ -125,6 +132,14 @@ func applyPreRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+func appendError(aggregatedErr error, err error) error {
+	if aggregatedErr == nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return fmt.Errorf("%v\n%v", aggregatedErr, err)
+}
+
 func applyRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
 	defer cancel()
@@ -138,6 +153,8 @@ func applyRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 
 	// Keep a cache of the admin clients with the cluster config path as the key
 	adminClients := map[string]admin.Client{}
+	// Keep track of any errors that occur during the apply process
+	var errs error
 
 	defer func() {
 		for _, adminClient := range adminClients {
@@ -160,7 +177,10 @@ func applyRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		for _, match := range matches {
 			matchCount++
 			if err := applyTopic(ctx, match, adminClients); err != nil {
-				return err
+				if applyConfig.failFast {
+					return err
+				}
+				errs = appendError(errs, err)
 			}
 		}
 	}
@@ -169,7 +189,7 @@ func applyRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("No topic configs match the provided args (%+v)", args)
 	}
 
-	return nil
+	return errs
 }
 
 func applyTopic(