diff --git a/galaxy_ng/app/settings.py b/galaxy_ng/app/settings.py
index 07f4b0f702..e564879494 100644
--- a/galaxy_ng/app/settings.py
+++ b/galaxy_ng/app/settings.py
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@
     'crum',
     'ansible_base.resource_registry',
     'ansible_base.rbac',
+    'flags',
     'social_django',
     'dynaconf_merge_unique',
 ]
@@ -447,3 +448,6 @@
 
 # https://github.com/ansible/django-ansible-base/pull/611
 RENAMED_USERNAME_PREFIX = "galaxy_"
+
+# feature flags
+FLAGS = {}
diff --git a/requirements/requirements.common.txt b/requirements/requirements.common.txt
index cb38fbbd3c..585eb0512a 100644
--- a/requirements/requirements.common.txt
+++ b/requirements/requirements.common.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# This file is autogenerated by pip-compile with Python 3.11
+# This file is autogenerated by pip-compile with Python 3.12
 # by the following command:
 #
 #    pip-compile --output-file=requirements/requirements.common.txt setup.py
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ django==4.2.14
     #   django-auth-ldap
     #   django-crum
     #   django-filter
+    #   django-flags
     #   django-guid
     #   django-import-export
     #   django-lifecycle
@@ -113,6 +114,8 @@ django-crum==0.7.9
     #   galaxy-ng (setup.py)
 django-filter==23.5
     # via pulpcore
+django-flags==5.0.13
+    # via galaxy-ng (setup.py)
 django-guid==3.4.0
     # via pulpcore
 django-import-export==3.3.9
diff --git a/requirements/requirements.insights.txt b/requirements/requirements.insights.txt
index 2b972a1400..be98995789 100644
--- a/requirements/requirements.insights.txt
+++ b/requirements/requirements.insights.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# This file is autogenerated by pip-compile with Python 3.11
+# This file is autogenerated by pip-compile with Python 3.12
 # by the following command:
 #
 #    pip-compile --output-file=requirements/requirements.insights.txt requirements/requirements.insights.in setup.py
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ django==4.2.14
     #   django-auth-ldap
     #   django-crum
     #   django-filter
+    #   django-flags
     #   django-guid
     #   django-import-export
     #   django-lifecycle
@@ -131,6 +132,8 @@ django-crum==0.7.9
     #   galaxy-ng (setup.py)
 django-filter==23.5
     # via pulpcore
+django-flags==5.0.13
+    # via galaxy-ng (setup.py)
 django-guid==3.4.0
     # via pulpcore
 django-import-export==3.3.9
diff --git a/requirements/requirements.standalone.txt b/requirements/requirements.standalone.txt
index 4435b98774..df37b1cbe0 100644
--- a/requirements/requirements.standalone.txt
+++ b/requirements/requirements.standalone.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# This file is autogenerated by pip-compile with Python 3.11
+# This file is autogenerated by pip-compile with Python 3.12
 # by the following command:
 #
 #    pip-compile --output-file=requirements/requirements.standalone.txt requirements/requirements.standalone.in setup.py
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ django==4.2.14
     #   django-auth-ldap
     #   django-crum
     #   django-filter
+    #   django-flags
     #   django-guid
     #   django-import-export
     #   django-lifecycle
@@ -113,6 +114,8 @@ django-crum==0.7.9
     #   galaxy-ng (setup.py)
 django-filter==23.5
     # via pulpcore
+django-flags==5.0.13
+    # via galaxy-ng (setup.py)
 django-guid==3.4.0
     # via pulpcore
 django-import-export==3.3.9
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index b7b6567c79..ecffb0d510 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ def _format_pulp_requirement(plugin, specifier=None, ref=None, gh_namespace="pul
     "insights_analytics_collector>=0.3.0",
     "boto3",
     "distro",
+    "django-flags>=5.0.13",
     django_ansible_base_dependency,  # noqa 501
     "django-crum==0.7.9",
     # From vendored automated_logging