diff --git a/config/environments/development.js.example b/config/environments/development.js.example
index 81f5b31e..8a1cc7ad 100644
--- a/config/environments/development.js.example
+++ b/config/environments/development.js.example
@@ -267,7 +267,10 @@ var config = {
         // whether it should intercept tile render errors an act based on them, enabled by default.
         onTileErrorStrategy: true,
         // whether the affected tables for a given SQL must query directly postgresql or use the SQL API
-        cdbQueryTablesFromPostgres: true
+        cdbQueryTablesFromPostgres: true,
+        // whether in mapconfig is available stats & metadata for each layer
+        layerMetadata: true
+
     }
 };
 
diff --git a/config/environments/production.js.example b/config/environments/production.js.example
index 8e6a60dc..73c68f1d 100644
--- a/config/environments/production.js.example
+++ b/config/environments/production.js.example
@@ -267,7 +267,9 @@ var config = {
         // whether it should intercept tile render errors an act based on them, enabled by default.
         onTileErrorStrategy: true,
         // whether the affected tables for a given SQL must query directly postgresql or use the SQL API
-        cdbQueryTablesFromPostgres: true
+        cdbQueryTablesFromPostgres: true,
+        // whether in mapconfig is available stats & metadata for each layer
+        layerMetadata: false
     }
 };
 
diff --git a/config/environments/staging.js.example b/config/environments/staging.js.example
index 3777872a..f81b88f7 100644
--- a/config/environments/staging.js.example
+++ b/config/environments/staging.js.example
@@ -267,7 +267,9 @@ var config = {
         // whether it should intercept tile render errors an act based on them, enabled by default.
         onTileErrorStrategy: true,
         // whether the affected tables for a given SQL must query directly postgresql or use the SQL API
-        cdbQueryTablesFromPostgres: true
+        cdbQueryTablesFromPostgres: true,
+        // whether in mapconfig is available stats & metadata for each layer
+        layerMetadata: true
     }
 };
 
diff --git a/config/environments/test.js.example b/config/environments/test.js.example
index b0cff74a..0400be6e 100644
--- a/config/environments/test.js.example
+++ b/config/environments/test.js.example
@@ -262,7 +262,9 @@ var config = {
         // whether it should intercept tile render errors an act based on them, enabled by default.
         onTileErrorStrategy: true,
         // whether the affected tables for a given SQL must query directly postgresql or use the SQL API
-        cdbQueryTablesFromPostgres: true
+        cdbQueryTablesFromPostgres: true,
+        // whether in mapconfig is available stats & metadata for each layer
+        layerMetadata: true
     }
 };