diff --git a/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/controller/ConfigurationController.java b/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/controller/ConfigurationController.java
index 837a000b2e9f680d6787a6366699a8098ae0a839..c8f18a06c1b253e4e833149441763d59b6789dcf 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/controller/ConfigurationController.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/controller/ConfigurationController.java
@@ -91,6 +91,9 @@ public class ConfigurationController extends AbstractController {
 	@Value("${features.students-own-questions.enabled:false}")
 	private String studentsOwnQuestions;
 
+	@Value("${features.freetext-imageanswer.enabled:false}")
+	private String imageAnswerEnabled;
+
 	@Value("${features.question-format.flashcard.enabled:false}")
 	private String flashcardEnabled;
 
@@ -224,6 +227,7 @@ public class ConfigurationController extends AbstractController {
 		features.put("markdown", "true".equals(markdownEnabled));
 		features.put("learningProgress", "true".equals(learningProgressEnabled));
 		features.put("studentsOwnQuestions", "true".equals(studentsOwnQuestions));
+		features.put("imageAnswer", "true".equals(imageAnswerEnabled));
 		features.put("flashcard", "true".equals(flashcardEnabled));
 		features.put("gridSquare", "true".equals(gridSquareEnabled));
 		features.put("sessionImportExport", "true".equals(sessionImportExportEnabled));
diff --git a/src/main/resources/arsnova.properties.example b/src/main/resources/arsnova.properties.example
index ba66153c28e38574e62f37fbf0d632806976da3c..2b20df7dcf63caf3d4d45713388e3bbe61c68e70 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/arsnova.properties.example
+++ b/src/main/resources/arsnova.properties.example
@@ -175,6 +175,7 @@ features.mathjax.src=//cdn.mathjax.org/mathjax/2.4-latest/MathJax.js
 features.markdown.enabled=true
 features.learning-progress.enabled=true
 features.students-own-questions.enabled=true
+features.freetext-imageanswer.enabled=true
 features.question-format.flashcard.enabled=true
 features.question-format.grid-square.enabled=true
 
diff --git a/src/test/resources/arsnova.properties.example b/src/test/resources/arsnova.properties.example
index b89a2eebe9188e3fa6d9847cf77c7e7adc38445c..ee688971ac5c2de0942f9d924d88f80dfc442dfd 100644
--- a/src/test/resources/arsnova.properties.example
+++ b/src/test/resources/arsnova.properties.example
@@ -175,6 +175,7 @@ features.mathjax.src=//cdn.mathjax.org/mathjax/2.4-latest/MathJax.js
 features.markdown.enabled=false
 features.learning-progress.enabled=false
 features.students-own-questions.enabled=false
+features.freetext-imageanswer.enabled=false
 features.question-format.flashcard.enabled=false
 features.question-format.grid-square.enabled=false