diff --git a/k8.Dockerfile b/k8.Dockerfile
index 39fd1730c..e67539735 100644
--- a/k8.Dockerfile
+++ b/k8.Dockerfile
@@ -141,6 +141,7 @@ RUN mkdir -p ${RAILS_ROOT}/keys; chmod -R 0755 ${RAILS_ROOT}/keys; \
     mkdir -p ${RAILS_ROOT}/tmp/sockets; chmod -R 0755 ${RAILS_ROOT}/tmp/sockets; \
     mkdir -p ${RAILS_ROOT}/config/puma; chmod -R 0755 ${RAILS_ROOT}/config/puma; 
 COPY --chown=app --chmod=755 ./k8files/application.yml.default.docker ./config/application.yml
+COPY --chown=app --chmod=755 ./k8files/newrelic.yml ./config/newrelic.yml
 COPY --chown=app --chmod=755 ./k8files/puma_production ./config/puma/production.rb
 
 # Expose port the app runs on
diff --git a/k8files/newrelic.yml b/k8files/newrelic.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..410afe936
--- /dev/null
+++ b/k8files/newrelic.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+common: &default_settings
+  code_level_metrics:
+    enabled: false
+  # Application log forwarding should always be disabled
+  application_logging:
+    forwarding:
+      enabled: false
+production:
+  <<: *default_settings
+  agent_enabled: false
+  audit_log:
+    enabled: false
+  browser_monitoring:
+    auto_instrument: false
+  log_level: info
+  monitor_mode: false
+  log_file_path: 'STDOUT'