diff --git a/config/environments/development.js.example b/config/environments/development.js.example
index 86aea6ce..f9bc51be 100644
--- a/config/environments/development.js.example
+++ b/config/environments/development.js.example
@@ -88,7 +88,14 @@ var config = {
       cache_ttl: 60000,
       metatile: 4,
       bufferSize: 64,
-      statsInterval: 5000 // milliseconds between each report to statsd about number of renderers and mapnik pool status
+      statsInterval: 5000, // milliseconds between each report to statsd about number of renderers and mapnik pool status
+      http: {
+          timeout: 2000, // the timeout in ms for a http tile request
+          proxy: undefined, // the url for a proxy server
+          whitelist: [ // the whitelist of urlTemplates that can be used
+              'http://{s}.example.com/{z}/{x}/{y}.png'
+          ]
+      }
     }
     ,millstone: {
         // Needs to be writable by server user
diff --git a/config/environments/production.js.example b/config/environments/production.js.example
index 8d20f27a..69585a92 100644
--- a/config/environments/production.js.example
+++ b/config/environments/production.js.example
@@ -82,7 +82,14 @@ var config = {
       cache_ttl: 60000,
       metatile: 4,
       bufferSize: 64,
-      statsInterval: 5000 // milliseconds between each report to statsd about number of renderers and mapnik pool status
+      statsInterval: 5000, // milliseconds between each report to statsd about number of renderers and mapnik pool status
+      http: {
+          timeout: 2000, // the timeout in ms for a http tile request
+          proxy: undefined, // the url for a proxy server
+          whitelist: [ // the whitelist of urlTemplates that can be used
+              'http://{s}.example.com/{z}/{x}/{y}.png'
+          ]
+      }
     }
     ,millstone: {
         // Needs to be writable by server user
diff --git a/config/environments/staging.js.example b/config/environments/staging.js.example
index 8b1ba7a8..311eaaec 100644
--- a/config/environments/staging.js.example
+++ b/config/environments/staging.js.example
@@ -82,7 +82,14 @@ var config = {
       cache_ttl: 60000,
       metatile: 4,
       bufferSize: 64,
-      statsInterval: 5000 // milliseconds between each report to statsd about number of renderers and mapnik pool status
+      statsInterval: 5000, // milliseconds between each report to statsd about number of renderers and mapnik pool status
+      http: {
+          timeout: 2000, // the timeout in ms for a http tile request
+          proxy: undefined, // the url for a proxy server
+          whitelist: [ // the whitelist of urlTemplates that can be used
+              'http://{s}.example.com/{z}/{x}/{y}.png'
+          ]
+      }
     }
     ,millstone: {
         // Needs to be writable by server user
diff --git a/config/environments/test.js.example b/config/environments/test.js.example
index e2882331..2b931f38 100644
--- a/config/environments/test.js.example
+++ b/config/environments/test.js.example
@@ -82,7 +82,14 @@ var config = {
       cache_ttl: 60000,
       metatile: 4,
       bufferSize: 64,
-      statsInterval: 5000 // milliseconds between each report to statsd about number of renderers and mapnik pool status
+      statsInterval: 5000, // milliseconds between each report to statsd about number of renderers and mapnik pool status
+      http: {
+          timeout: 2000, // the timeout in ms for a http tile request
+          proxy: undefined, // the url for a proxy server
+          whitelist: [ // the whitelist of urlTemplates that can be used
+              'http://{s}.example.com/{z}/{x}/{y}.png'
+          ]
+      }
     }
     ,millstone: {
         // Needs to be writable by server user
diff --git a/lib/cartodb/server_options.js b/lib/cartodb/server_options.js
index adea9a3c..f86a9673 100644
--- a/lib/cartodb/server_options.js
+++ b/lib/cartodb/server_options.js
@@ -64,6 +64,9 @@ module.exports = function(redisPool) {
             ttl: rendererConfig.cache_ttl,
             statsInterval: rendererConfig.statsInterval
         },
+        renderer: {
+            http: rendererConfig.http
+        },
         redis: global.environment.redis,
         enable_cors: global.environment.enable_cors,
         varnish_host: global.environment.varnish.host,