diff --git a/constants.py b/constants.py
index cfe86b22d2382968a7cf23e3e0e2b7078b2a8c0b..4fea991c59659249680a6072c8c4280dd4163c39 100644
--- a/constants.py
+++ b/constants.py
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ CONF_ALL_AUTHELIA_DB_POSTGRES_PASSWORD = "authelia_db_postgres_password"
 CONF_GALAXY_DEFAULT_ADMIN_EMAIL = "galaxy_default_admin_email"
 CONF_GALAXY_DEFAULT_ADMIN_USER = "galaxy_default_admin_user"
 CONF_GALAXY_DEFAULT_ADMIN_PASSWORD = "galaxy_default_admin_password"
+CONF_GALAXY_DEFAULT_ADMIN_KEY = "galaxy_default_admin_key"
 CONF_GALAXY_CONFIG_REMOTE_USER_MAILDOMAIN = "galaxy_config_remote_user_maildomain"
 CONF_GALAXY_PERSIST_DATA = "galaxy_persist_data"
 CONF_TRIPAL_PASSWORD = "tripal_password"
diff --git a/examples/config.yml b/examples/config.yml
index ed028cbc1b4119cee49ea6ad3a05708013ebd9fd..695ab037edca67cef70d507c1cc9757ca42d058f 100644
--- a/examples/config.yml
+++ b/examples/config.yml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ authelia_db_postgres_password: psqlpwd #  Required for Authelia.
 galaxy_default_admin_email: gga@galaxy.org  # Required
 galaxy_default_admin_user: gga  # Required
 galaxy_default_admin_password: password  # Required
+galaxy_default_admin_key: myfakekey  # Required
 galaxy_config_remote_user_maildomain: mydomain.com  # Required. The maildomain used by Galaxy authentication
 galaxy_persist_data: "True"  # Optional (default: True). If False, docker data will NOT be persisted on your host's file system and will be lost any time the galaxy container is recreated. Do not set this variable to "False" for production
 
diff --git a/templates/gspecies_compose.yml.j2 b/templates/gspecies_compose.yml.j2
index 4651cf460fdde2c44648ada68b31873ff9b57eb3..4c9848ef03b7b7a0ac72d50d3559972e8000909d 100644
--- a/templates/gspecies_compose.yml.j2
+++ b/templates/gspecies_compose.yml.j2
@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@ services:
             GALAXY_DEFAULT_ADMIN_EMAIL: "{{ galaxy_default_admin_email }}"
             GALAXY_DEFAULT_ADMIN_USER: "{{ galaxy_default_admin_user }}"
             GALAXY_DEFAULT_ADMIN_PASSWORD: "{{ galaxy_default_admin_password }}"
+            GALAXY_DEFAULT_ADMIN_KEY: "{{ galaxy_default_admin_key }}"
             GALAXY_CONFIG_ADMIN_USERS: "admin@galaxy.org,{{ galaxy_default_admin_email }}"   # admin@galaxy.org is the default (leave it), galaxy_default_admin_email is a shared ldap user we use to connect
             ENABLE_FIX_PERMS: 0
             PROXY_PREFIX: /sp/{{ genus_species }}/galaxy