diff --git a/lms/envs/aws.py b/lms/envs/aws.py
index 788e08a110..1645505dd7 100644
--- a/lms/envs/aws.py
+++ b/lms/envs/aws.py
@@ -172,6 +172,11 @@ for name, value in ENV_TOKENS.get("CODE_JAIL", {}).items():
COURSES_WITH_UNSAFE_CODE = ENV_TOKENS.get("COURSES_WITH_UNSAFE_CODE", [])
+# If segment.io key specified, load it and turn on segment IO if the feature flag is set
+SEGMENT_IO_LMS_KEY = ENV_TOKENS.get('SEGMENT_IO_LMS_KEY')
+if SEGMENT_IO_LMS_KEY:
+ MITX_FEATURES['SEGMENT_IO_LMS'] = ENV_TOKENS.get('SEGMENT_IO_LMS', False)
+
############################## SECURE AUTH ITEMS ###############
# Secret things: passwords, access keys, etc.
diff --git a/lms/envs/common.py b/lms/envs/common.py
index 2029715c60..b2c6f15c39 100644
--- a/lms/envs/common.py
+++ b/lms/envs/common.py
@@ -102,6 +102,9 @@ MITX_FEATURES = {
# Staff Debug tool.
'ENABLE_STUDENT_HISTORY_VIEW': True,
+ # segment.io for LMS--need to explicitly turn it on on production.
+ 'SEGMENT_IO_LMS': False,
+
# Enables the student notes API and UI.
'ENABLE_STUDENT_NOTES': True,
diff --git a/lms/envs/dev.py b/lms/envs/dev.py
index ac0117ad28..17bce93991 100644
--- a/lms/envs/dev.py
+++ b/lms/envs/dev.py
@@ -244,6 +244,13 @@ MITX_FEATURES['ENABLE_PEARSON_LOGIN'] = False
ANALYTICS_SERVER_URL = "http://127.0.0.1:9000/"
ANALYTICS_API_KEY = ""
+##### segment-io ######
+
+# If there's an environment variable set, grab it and turn on segment io
+SEGMENT_IO_LMS_KEY = os.environ.get('SEGMENT_IO_LMS_KEY')
+if SEGMENT_IO_LMS_KEY:
+ MITX_FEATURES['SEGMENT_IO_LMS'] = True
+
#####################################################################
# Lastly, see if the developer has any local overrides.
diff --git a/lms/templates/main.html b/lms/templates/main.html
index f97c173d0d..b00446d190 100644
--- a/lms/templates/main.html
+++ b/lms/templates/main.html
@@ -61,6 +61,8 @@
% endif
% endif
+ <%include file="widgets/segment-io.html" />
+
diff --git a/lms/templates/widgets/segment-io.html b/lms/templates/widgets/segment-io.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6b4ace8375
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lms/templates/widgets/segment-io.html
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+% if settings.MITX_FEATURES.get('SEGMENT_IO_LMS'):
+
+
+
+% else:
+
+
+
+% endif