diff --git a/awx/api/views.py b/awx/api/views.py
index 48c3a6e66f..30bd034619 100644
--- a/awx/api/views.py
+++ b/awx/api/views.py
@@ -238,7 +238,8 @@ class ApiV1ConfigView(APIView):
         # Sanity check: If this license includes system tracking, make
         # sure that we have a valid MongoDB to point to, and complain if
         # we do not.
-        if (license_data['features']['system_tracking'] and settings.MONGO_HOST == NotImplemented):
+        if ('features' in license_data and 'system_tracking' in license_data['features'] and
+           license_data['features']['system_tracking'] and settings.MONGO_HOST == NotImplemented):
             return Response({
                 'error': 'This license supports system tracking, which '
                          'requires MongoDB to be installed. Since you are '