diff --git a/lms/envs/production.py b/lms/envs/production.py
index 046d4b5b25..5a235c2a9e 100644
--- a/lms/envs/production.py
+++ b/lms/envs/production.py
@@ -705,6 +705,7 @@ if FEATURES.get('ENABLE_COURSEWARE_SEARCH') or \
    FEATURES.get('ENABLE_TEAMS'):
     # Use ElasticSearch as the search engine herein
     SEARCH_ENGINE = "search.elastic.ElasticSearchEngine"
+    SEARCH_FILTER_GENERATOR = ENV_TOKENS.get('SEARCH_FILTER_GENERATOR', SEARCH_FILTER_GENERATOR)
 
 ELASTIC_SEARCH_CONFIG = ENV_TOKENS.get('ELASTIC_SEARCH_CONFIG', [{}])