diff --git a/solr/defaults/main.yml b/solr/defaults/main.yml
index 53e26bfc..e803314b 100644
--- a/solr/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/solr/defaults/main.yml
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ solr_jar_files:
   - contrib/analysis-extras/lib/icu4*.jar
   - contrib/analysis-extras/lucene-libs/lucene-analyzers-icu*.jar
 
+solr_startup_opts: '-Ddisable.configEdit=true'
+
 solr_set_gc_options: False
 #solr_gc_tune: '-XX:NewRatio=3 -XX:SurvivorRatio=4'
 solr_gc_tune: ''