diff --git a/openecomp-be/dist/sdc-onboard-backend-docker/artifacts/chef-repo/cookbooks/sdc-onboard-backend/recipes/ON_5_setup_configuration.rb b/openecomp-be/dist/sdc-onboard-backend-docker/artifacts/chef-repo/cookbooks/sdc-onboard-backend/recipes/ON_5_setup_configuration.rb
index cb8d392..1cd2ed2 100644
--- a/openecomp-be/dist/sdc-onboard-backend-docker/artifacts/chef-repo/cookbooks/sdc-onboard-backend/recipes/ON_5_setup_configuration.rb
+++ b/openecomp-be/dist/sdc-onboard-backend-docker/artifacts/chef-repo/cookbooks/sdc-onboard-backend/recipes/ON_5_setup_configuration.rb
@@ -70,3 +70,11 @@
       :EP2_CONFIG => node['EXTTEST']['ep2_config']
    })
 end
+
+template "FeaturesProperties" do
+   path "#{ENV['JETTY_BASE']}/config/onboarding-be/features.properties"
+   source "features.properties.erb"
+   owner "#{ENV['JETTY_USER']}"
+   group "#{ENV['JETTY_GROUP']}"
+   mode "0755"
+end
diff --git a/openecomp-be/dist/sdc-onboard-backend-docker/artifacts/chef-repo/cookbooks/sdc-onboard-backend/templates/default/features.properties.erb b/openecomp-be/dist/sdc-onboard-backend-docker/artifacts/chef-repo/cookbooks/sdc-onboard-backend/templates/default/features.properties.erb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1f87ee2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openecomp-be/dist/sdc-onboard-backend-docker/artifacts/chef-repo/cookbooks/sdc-onboard-backend/templates/default/features.properties.erb
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+EXTERNAL_LICENSE=true
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/openecomp-be/dist/sdc-onboard-backend-docker/artifacts/startup.sh b/openecomp-be/dist/sdc-onboard-backend-docker/artifacts/startup.sh
index 7381d50..dc68d6f 100644
--- a/openecomp-be/dist/sdc-onboard-backend-docker/artifacts/startup.sh
+++ b/openecomp-be/dist/sdc-onboard-backend-docker/artifacts/startup.sh
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
             -Dlog.home=$JETTY_BASE/logs \
             -Dlogback.configurationFile=$JETTY_BASE/config/onboarding-be/logback.xml \
             -Dconfiguration.yaml=$JETTY_BASE/config/onboarding-be/onboarding_configuration.yaml \
+            -Dfeatures.properties=$JETTY_BASE/config/onboarding-be/features.properties \
             -Dconfig.location=$JETTY_BASE/config/onboarding-be/."
 
 cd $JETTY_BASE