diff --git a/lms/envs/cms/dev.py b/lms/envs/cms/dev.py
index 3d2c0c3c3b..4b6b0a12f0 100644
--- a/lms/envs/cms/dev.py
+++ b/lms/envs/cms/dev.py
@@ -33,3 +33,13 @@ CONTENTSTORE = {
         'db': 'xcontent',
     }
 }
+
+INSTALLED_APPS += (
+    # Mongo perf stats
+    'debug_toolbar_mongo',
+    )
+
+
+DEBUG_TOOLBAR_PANELS += (
+   'debug_toolbar_mongo.panel.MongoDebugPanel',
+   )
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 2ebca50bc5..c1738bf98c 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -50,3 +50,5 @@ pygraphviz
 -r repo-requirements.txt
 pil
 nltk
+django-debug-toolbar-mongo
+