diff --git a/playbooks/roles/common_vars/defaults/main.yml b/playbooks/roles/common_vars/defaults/main.yml
index a67f77ca15c..1fb21e07e7b 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/common_vars/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/common_vars/defaults/main.yml
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ COMMON_MONGO_READ_ONLY_PASS: !!null
 COMMON_ENABLE_DATADOG: False
 # Enable APM monitoring with Datadog (metrics, traces, and logs)
 COMMON_ENABLE_DATADOG_APP: False
-COMMON_ENABLE_DATADOG_APP_SERVICES: []
+COMMON_ENABLE_DATADOG_APP_SERVICES: ['analytics_api']
 COMMON_ENABLE_NGINXTRA: False
 COMMON_ENABLE_SPLUNKFORWARDER: False
 COMMON_ENABLE_NEWRELIC: False