diff --git a/core/server/api/canary/config.js b/core/server/api/canary/config.js
index 963a5fee7b..64c0005467 100644
--- a/core/server/api/canary/config.js
+++ b/core/server/api/canary/config.js
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ module.exports = {
                 useGravatar: !config.isPrivacyDisabled('useGravatar'),
                 labs: labs.getAll(),
                 clientExtensions: config.get('clientExtensions') || {},
-                enableDeveloperExperiments: config.get('enableDeveloperExperiments') || false
+                enableDeveloperExperiments: config.get('enableDeveloperExperiments') || false,
+                stripeDirect: config.get('stripeDirect')
             };
             if (billingUrl) {
                 response.billingUrl = billingUrl;
diff --git a/core/server/config/defaults.json b/core/server/config/defaults.json
index 7f3ae49cde..159e443566 100644
--- a/core/server/config/defaults.json
+++ b/core/server/config/defaults.json
@@ -107,5 +107,6 @@
     "compress": true,
     "preloadHeaders": false,
     "adminFrameProtection": true,
-    "sendWelcomeEmail": true
+    "sendWelcomeEmail": true,
+    "stripeDirect": true
 }
diff --git a/test/api-acceptance/admin/utils.js b/test/api-acceptance/admin/utils.js
index 7ac9d2f17b..0339eba194 100644
--- a/test/api-acceptance/admin/utils.js
+++ b/test/api-acceptance/admin/utils.js
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ const expectedProperties = {
 
     action: ['id', 'resource_type', 'actor_type', 'event', 'created_at', 'actor'],
 
-    config: ['version', 'environment', 'database', 'mail', 'labs', 'clientExtensions', 'enableDeveloperExperiments', 'useGravatar'],
+    config: ['version', 'environment', 'database', 'mail', 'labs', 'clientExtensions', 'enableDeveloperExperiments', 'useGravatar', 'stripeDirect'],
 
     post: _(schema.posts)
         .keys()