diff --git a/docker/configure-app.sh b/docker/configure-app.sh
index 28ba39164aba289dffc8f3830f69adaa961c7bd4..aaf4834b4f1152165c9735466d1ed42dcee0855d 100755
--- a/docker/configure-app.sh
+++ b/docker/configure-app.sh
@@ -37,6 +37,11 @@ then
     sed -i "s/memcached_host: .*/memcached_host: $OBS_MEMCACHE_HOST/g" config/options.yml
 fi
 
+if [ ! -z "$OBS_INFLUXDB_HOST" ]
+then
+    sed -i "s/influxdb_hosts: \[]/influxdb_hosts: [\"$OBS_INFLUXDB_HOST\"]/g" config/options.yml
+fi
+
 if [ ! -z "$OBS_LOG_LEVEL" ]
 then
     sed -i "s/config.log_level = .*/config.log_level = :$OBS_LOG_LEVEL/g" config/environments/production.rb
diff --git a/src/api/config/options.yml.example b/src/api/config/options.yml.example
index 1a13f782fceccf5a9854ab25008b06a3fcd18d9a..1213e198189cc33ba9d02ba90ed25a5be77aa663 100644
--- a/src/api/config/options.yml.example
+++ b/src/api/config/options.yml.example
@@ -183,6 +183,7 @@ default: &default
   #    persistent: true
   #    passive: true
 
+  influxdb_hosts: []
   # For sending application performance metrics to a influx time series database
   # influxdb_database: rails
   # influxdb_username: rails