diff --git a/cms/envs/common.py b/cms/envs/common.py
index dfe629b7e8..6f4725f805 100644
--- a/cms/envs/common.py
+++ b/cms/envs/common.py
@@ -832,7 +832,7 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = (
     'eventtracking.django.apps.EventTrackingConfig',
 
     # Monitoring
-    'datadog',
+    'openedx.core.djangoapps.datadog',
 
     # For asset pipelining
     'edxmako',
diff --git a/lms/envs/common.py b/lms/envs/common.py
index ba8197bd0a..0f27c61456 100644
--- a/lms/envs/common.py
+++ b/lms/envs/common.py
@@ -1972,7 +1972,7 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = (
     'splash',
 
     # Monitoring
-    'datadog',
+    'openedx.core.djangoapps.datadog',
 
     # User API
     'rest_framework',
diff --git a/common/djangoapps/datadog/__init__.py b/openedx/core/djangoapps/datadog/__init__.py
similarity index 100%
rename from common/djangoapps/datadog/__init__.py
rename to openedx/core/djangoapps/datadog/__init__.py
diff --git a/common/djangoapps/datadog/startup.py b/openedx/core/djangoapps/datadog/startup.py
similarity index 92%
rename from common/djangoapps/datadog/startup.py
rename to openedx/core/djangoapps/datadog/startup.py
index 2767eb5dfc..f8874cd1d6 100644
--- a/common/djangoapps/datadog/startup.py
+++ b/openedx/core/djangoapps/datadog/startup.py
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+"""
+Start up initialization of datadog.
+"""
 from django.conf import settings
 
 from dogapi import dog_stats_api, dog_http_api