diff --git a/ansible/roles/stack-sunbird/templates/sunbird_player.env b/ansible/roles/stack-sunbird/templates/sunbird_player.env
index 1545ce7b19ba097e6cac7dcc998f37fd9d4378c7..5270de2f103e7bc3224381106b1b34ec1ac87eef 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/stack-sunbird/templates/sunbird_player.env
+++ b/ansible/roles/stack-sunbird/templates/sunbird_player.env
@@ -144,3 +144,6 @@ portal_redis_connection_string={{portal_redis_connection_string|default('redis:/
 
 # anonymous session ttl in milliseconnds
 sunbird_anonymous_session_ttl={{sunbird_anonymous_session_ttl|default(1800000)}}
+
+# api whitelisting for sunbird portal
+sunbird_enable_api_whitelist={{sunbird_enable_api_whitelist|default('true')}}