diff --git a/lms/envs/common.py b/lms/envs/common.py
index 9d44e68556..5212c97a6a 100644
--- a/lms/envs/common.py
+++ b/lms/envs/common.py
@@ -2293,6 +2293,9 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = [
 
     # API Documentation
     'rest_framework_swagger',
+
+    # edx-drf-extensions
+    'csrf.apps.CsrfAppConfig',  # Enables frontend apps to retrieve CSRF tokens.
 ]
 
 ######################### CSRF #########################################
diff --git a/lms/urls.py b/lms/urls.py
index 4653abe183..3926b94ba6 100644
--- a/lms/urls.py
+++ b/lms/urls.py
@@ -1044,4 +1044,9 @@ if settings.FEATURES.get('ENABLE_API_DOCS'):
         url(r'^api-docs/$', get_swagger_view(title='LMS API')),
     ]
 
+# edx-drf-extensions csrf app
+urlpatterns += [
+    url(r'', include('csrf.urls')),
+]
+
 urlpatterns.extend(plugin_urls.get_patterns(plugin_constants.ProjectType.LMS))
diff --git a/requirements/edx/base.txt b/requirements/edx/base.txt
index ea19b39071..f7c9560701 100644
--- a/requirements/edx/base.txt
+++ b/requirements/edx/base.txt
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ edx-django-oauth2-provider==1.3.5
 edx-django-release-util==0.3.1
 edx-django-sites-extensions==2.3.1
 edx-django-utils==1.0.1
-edx-drf-extensions==1.10.0
+edx-drf-extensions==1.11.0
 edx-enterprise==0.73.6
 edx-i18n-tools==0.4.6
 edx-milestones==0.1.13
diff --git a/requirements/edx/development.txt b/requirements/edx/development.txt
index 74f37f2749..c4a455a028 100644
--- a/requirements/edx/development.txt
+++ b/requirements/edx/development.txt
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ edx-django-oauth2-provider==1.3.5
 edx-django-release-util==0.3.1
 edx-django-sites-extensions==2.3.1
 edx-django-utils==1.0.1
-edx-drf-extensions==1.10.0
+edx-drf-extensions==1.11.0
 edx-enterprise==0.73.6
 edx-i18n-tools==0.4.6
 edx-lint==0.5.5
diff --git a/requirements/edx/testing.txt b/requirements/edx/testing.txt
index d7efcc7b0c..50c2dca7a0 100644
--- a/requirements/edx/testing.txt
+++ b/requirements/edx/testing.txt
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ edx-django-oauth2-provider==1.3.5
 edx-django-release-util==0.3.1
 edx-django-sites-extensions==2.3.1
 edx-django-utils==1.0.1
-edx-drf-extensions==1.10.0
+edx-drf-extensions==1.11.0
 edx-enterprise==0.73.6
 edx-i18n-tools==0.4.6
 edx-lint==0.5.5