diff --git a/cms/envs/aws.py b/cms/envs/aws.py
index f28131c353..0068221147 100644
--- a/cms/envs/aws.py
+++ b/cms/envs/aws.py
@@ -371,6 +371,8 @@ if FEATURES['ENABLE_COURSEWARE_INDEX'] or FEATURES['ENABLE_LIBRARY_INDEX']:
     # Use ElasticSearch for the search engine
     SEARCH_ENGINE = "search.elastic.ElasticSearchEngine"
 
+ELASTIC_SEARCH_CONFIG = ENV_TOKENS.get('ELASTIC_SEARCH_CONFIG', [{}])
+
 XBLOCK_SETTINGS = ENV_TOKENS.get('XBLOCK_SETTINGS', {})
 XBLOCK_SETTINGS.setdefault("VideoDescriptor", {})["licensing_enabled"] = FEATURES.get("LICENSING", False)
 XBLOCK_SETTINGS.setdefault("VideoModule", {})['YOUTUBE_API_KEY'] = AUTH_TOKENS.get('YOUTUBE_API_KEY', YOUTUBE_API_KEY)