diff --git a/playbooks/roles/edx_django_service/templates/edx/app/app/app.sh.j2 b/playbooks/roles/edx_django_service/templates/edx/app/app/app.sh.j2
index 96a36b6ab6a..90e3c0035da 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/edx_django_service/templates/edx/app/app/app.sh.j2
+++ b/playbooks/roles/edx_django_service/templates/edx/app/app/app.sh.j2
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ export DD_DJANGO_USE_HANDLER_RESOURCE_FORMAT=true
 # other trace-related configs that are documented seem to help, but
 # from testing DD_TRACE_LOG_STREAM_HANDLER=false seems to help.
 export DD_TRACE_LOG_STREAM_HANDLER=false
+export DD_PROFILING_ENABLED=true
+export DD_DATA_STREAMS_ENABLED=true
 {% endif -%}
 
 export EDX_REST_API_CLIENT_NAME="{{ COMMON_ENVIRONMENT }}-{{ COMMON_DEPLOYMENT }}-{{ edx_django_service_name }}"
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/edxapp/templates/edx/app/edxapp/cms.sh.j2 b/playbooks/roles/edxapp/templates/edx/app/edxapp/cms.sh.j2
index 92b492e4b3b..77b1af88e86 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/edxapp/templates/edx/app/edxapp/cms.sh.j2
+++ b/playbooks/roles/edxapp/templates/edx/app/edxapp/cms.sh.j2
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ export DD_DJANGO_USE_HANDLER_RESOURCE_FORMAT=true
 export DD_TRACE_LOG_STREAM_HANDLER=false
 # Datadog's instrumentation breaks pymongo: https://github.com/edx/edx-arch-experiments/issues/580
 export DD_TRACE_PYMONGO_ENABLED=false
+export DD_PROFILING_ENABLED=true
+export DD_DATA_STREAMS_ENABLED=true
 {% endif -%}
 
 export PORT="{{ edxapp_cms_gunicorn_port }}"
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/edxapp/templates/edx/app/edxapp/lms.sh.j2 b/playbooks/roles/edxapp/templates/edx/app/edxapp/lms.sh.j2
index a5788c5d320..560057f1ff7 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/edxapp/templates/edx/app/edxapp/lms.sh.j2
+++ b/playbooks/roles/edxapp/templates/edx/app/edxapp/lms.sh.j2
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ export DD_DJANGO_USE_HANDLER_RESOURCE_FORMAT=true
 export DD_TRACE_LOG_STREAM_HANDLER=false
 # Datadog's instrumentation breaks pymongo: https://github.com/edx/edx-arch-experiments/issues/580
 export DD_TRACE_PYMONGO_ENABLED=false
+export DD_PROFILING_ENABLED=true
+export DD_DATA_STREAMS_ENABLED=true
 {% endif -%}
 
 export PORT="{{ edxapp_lms_gunicorn_port }}"
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/edxapp/templates/edx/app/edxapp/worker.sh.j2 b/playbooks/roles/edxapp/templates/edx/app/edxapp/worker.sh.j2
index 66a4fc91a4c..92af44c9b7c 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/edxapp/templates/edx/app/edxapp/worker.sh.j2
+++ b/playbooks/roles/edxapp/templates/edx/app/edxapp/worker.sh.j2
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ export DD_DJANGO_USE_LEGACY_RESOURCE_FORMAT=true
 export DD_TRACE_LOG_STREAM_HANDLER=false
 # Datadog's instrumentation breaks pymongo: https://github.com/edx/edx-arch-experiments/issues/580
 export DD_TRACE_PYMONGO_ENABLED=false
+export DD_PROFILING_ENABLED=true
+export DD_DATA_STREAMS_ENABLED=true
 {% endif -%}
 
 
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/forum/defaults/main.yml b/playbooks/roles/forum/defaults/main.yml
index 49afa02f867..ad662d2c3cd 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/forum/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/forum/defaults/main.yml
@@ -93,6 +93,8 @@ forum_base_env: &forum_base_env
   DD_TAGS: "{{ FORUM_DD_TAGS }}"
   DD_DJANGO_USE_HANDLER_RESOURCE_FORMAT: "true"
   DD_TRACE_LOG_STREAM_HANDLER: "false"
+  DD_PROFILING_ENABLED: "true"
+  DD_DATA_STREAMS_ENABLED: "true"
 
 forum_env:
   <<: *forum_base_env