diff --git a/config/config.php b/config/config.php
index a252a556..e1d1d50d 100755
--- a/config/config.php
+++ b/config/config.php
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ define('RASPI_CHANGETHEME_ENABLED', true);
 define('RASPI_VNSTAT_ENABLED', true);
 define('RASPI_SYSTEM_ENABLED', true);
 define('RASPI_MONITOR_ENABLED', false);
+define('RASPI_RESTAPI_ENABLED', false);
 
 // Locale settings
 define('LOCALE_ROOT', 'locale');
diff --git a/installers/common.sh b/installers/common.sh
index f5ea49f3..2d05213d 100755
--- a/installers/common.sh
+++ b/installers/common.sh
@@ -602,6 +602,8 @@ function _install_restapi() {
     sudo mv $webroot_dir/installers/restapi.service /lib/systemd/system/ || _install_status 1 "Unable to move restapi.service file"
     sudo systemctl daemon-reload
     sudo systemctl enable restapi.service || _install_status 1 "Failed to enable restapi.service"
+    echo "Enabling RestAPI management option"
+    sudo sed -i "s/\('RASPI_RESTAPI_ENABLED', \)false/\1true/g" "$webroot_dir/includes/config.php" || _install_status 1 "Unable to modify config.php"
 
     _install_status 0
 }