diff --git a/opencontrail/files/2.2/contrail-api.conf b/opencontrail/files/2.2/contrail-api.conf
index 0a70359..ff92939 100644
--- a/opencontrail/files/2.2/contrail-api.conf
+++ b/opencontrail/files/2.2/contrail-api.conf
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 cassandra_server_list={% for member in config.database.members %}{{ member.host }}:{{ member.port }} {% endfor %}
 listen_ip_addr=0.0.0.0
 listen_port={{ config.bind.get('api_port', '8082') }}
-multi_tenancy=True
+multi_tenancy={{ config.get('multi_tenancy', 'true')|lower }}
 log_file=/var/log/contrail/contrail-api.log
 log_local=1
 log_level=SYS_NOTICE