diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index fe09ad67828..e6c1bfb6706 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 Add any new changes to the top (right below this line).
 
+ - 2022-06-08
+    - Role: edxapp
+        - Added a new `CELERY_RESULT_BACKEND` setting to allow operators to
+          override the default celery result backend.
+
  - 2022-06-06
     - Role: common
         - Remove PPA for `watchman` as we have shifted to Ubuntu 20.04,
diff --git a/docker/build/edxapp/lms.yml b/docker/build/edxapp/lms.yml
index fe809bb5513..9463740bac5 100644
--- a/docker/build/edxapp/lms.yml
+++ b/docker/build/edxapp/lms.yml
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ CELERY_BROKER_USE_SSL: false
 CELERY_BROKER_VHOST: ''
 CELERY_EVENT_QUEUE_TTL: null
 CELERY_TIMEZONE: UTC
+CELERY_RESULT_BACKEND: django-cache
 CERTIFICATE_TEMPLATE_LANGUAGES:
     en: English
     es: Español
diff --git a/docker/build/edxapp/studio.yml b/docker/build/edxapp/studio.yml
index 037e80ed31e..0339423054a 100644
--- a/docker/build/edxapp/studio.yml
+++ b/docker/build/edxapp/studio.yml
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ CELERY_BROKER_USE_SSL: false
 CELERY_BROKER_VHOST: ''
 CELERY_EVENT_QUEUE_TTL: null
 CELERY_TIMEZONE: UTC
+CELERY_RESULT_BACKEND: django-cache
 CERTIFICATE_TEMPLATE_LANGUAGES:
     en: English
     es: Español
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/edxapp/defaults/main.yml b/playbooks/roles/edxapp/defaults/main.yml
index 04293f2abe6..d1048eb809a 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/edxapp/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/edxapp/defaults/main.yml
@@ -190,6 +190,7 @@ EDXAPP_CELERY_BROKER_USE_SSL: false
 EDXAPP_CELERY_EVENT_QUEUE_TTL: !!null
 EDXAPP_CELERY_TIMEZONE: "UTC"
 EDXAPP_CELERYBEAT_SCHEDULER: "celery.beat:PersistentScheduler"
+EDXAPP_CELERY_RESULT_BACKEND: "django-cache"
 EDXAPP_ENABLE_CELERY_BEAT: false
 EDXAPP_SINGLE_BEAT_LOCK_TIME: 60
 # EDXAPP_SINGLE_BEAT_HEARTBEAT_INTERVAL must be smaller than EDXAPP_SINGLE_BEAT_LOCK_TIME / 2
@@ -1345,6 +1346,7 @@ generic_env_config:  &edxapp_generic_env
   CELERY_BROKER_VHOST: "{{ EDXAPP_CELERY_BROKER_VHOST }}"
   CELERY_BROKER_USE_SSL: "{{ EDXAPP_CELERY_BROKER_USE_SSL }}"
   CELERY_EVENT_QUEUE_TTL: "{{ EDXAPP_CELERY_EVENT_QUEUE_TTL }}"
+  CELERY_RESULT_BACKEND: "{{ EDXAPP_CELERY_RESULT_BACKEND }}"
   PAYMENT_SUPPORT_EMAIL: "{{ EDXAPP_PAYMENT_SUPPORT_EMAIL }}"
   ZENDESK_URL: "{{ EDXAPP_ZENDESK_URL }}"
   ZENDESK_CUSTOM_FIELDS: "{{ EDXAPP_ZENDESK_CUSTOM_FIELDS }}"