diff --git a/cms/envs/aws.py b/cms/envs/aws.py
index cc3d974377..aca6a42f15 100644
--- a/cms/envs/aws.py
+++ b/cms/envs/aws.py
@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@ SESSION_COOKIE_DOMAIN = ENV_TOKENS.get('SESSION_COOKIE_DOMAIN')
 SESSION_COOKIE_HTTPONLY = ENV_TOKENS.get('SESSION_COOKIE_HTTPONLY', True)
 SESSION_ENGINE = ENV_TOKENS.get('SESSION_ENGINE', SESSION_ENGINE)
 SESSION_COOKIE_SECURE = ENV_TOKENS.get('SESSION_COOKIE_SECURE', SESSION_COOKIE_SECURE)
+SESSION_SAVE_EVERY_REQUEST = ENV_TOKENS.get('SESSION_SAVE_EVERY_REQUEST', SESSION_SAVE_EVERY_REQUEST)
 
 # allow for environments to specify what cookie name our login subsystem should use
 # this is to fix a bug regarding simultaneous logins between edx.org and edge.edx.org which can
diff --git a/cms/envs/common.py b/cms/envs/common.py
index 5f2cddc4a3..b1002e1222 100644
--- a/cms/envs/common.py
+++ b/cms/envs/common.py
@@ -390,6 +390,7 @@ MODULESTORE = {
 DEBUG = False
 TEMPLATE_DEBUG = False
 SESSION_COOKIE_SECURE = False
+SESSION_SAVE_EVERY_REQUEST = False
 
 # Site info
 SITE_ID = 1
diff --git a/lms/envs/aws.py b/lms/envs/aws.py
index 7384e18aed..5142fc9d07 100644
--- a/lms/envs/aws.py
+++ b/lms/envs/aws.py
@@ -160,8 +160,10 @@ HTTPS = ENV_TOKENS.get('HTTPS', HTTPS)
 SESSION_ENGINE = ENV_TOKENS.get('SESSION_ENGINE', SESSION_ENGINE)
 SESSION_COOKIE_DOMAIN = ENV_TOKENS.get('SESSION_COOKIE_DOMAIN')
 SESSION_COOKIE_HTTPONLY = ENV_TOKENS.get('SESSION_COOKIE_HTTPONLY', True)
-REGISTRATION_EXTRA_FIELDS = ENV_TOKENS.get('REGISTRATION_EXTRA_FIELDS', REGISTRATION_EXTRA_FIELDS)
 SESSION_COOKIE_SECURE = ENV_TOKENS.get('SESSION_COOKIE_SECURE', SESSION_COOKIE_SECURE)
+SESSION_SAVE_EVERY_REQUEST = ENV_TOKENS.get('SESSION_SAVE_EVERY_REQUEST', SESSION_SAVE_EVERY_REQUEST)
+
+REGISTRATION_EXTRA_FIELDS = ENV_TOKENS.get('REGISTRATION_EXTRA_FIELDS', REGISTRATION_EXTRA_FIELDS)
 
 # Set the names of cookies shared with the marketing site
 # These have the same cookie domain as the session, which in production
diff --git a/lms/envs/common.py b/lms/envs/common.py
index aa2e8f772f..3040639818 100644
--- a/lms/envs/common.py
+++ b/lms/envs/common.py
@@ -803,6 +803,7 @@ DEBUG = False
 TEMPLATE_DEBUG = False
 USE_TZ = True
 SESSION_COOKIE_SECURE = False
+SESSION_SAVE_EVERY_REQUEST = False
 
 # CMS base
 CMS_BASE = 'localhost:8001'