diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 5bd6a3a90..aa822d2d3 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ gem "rails", "5.1.7"
 gem "acts-as-taggable-on", "~> 6.5.0"
 gem "acts_as_votable", "~> 0.11.1"
 gem "ahoy_matey", "~> 1.6.0"
+gem "airbrake", "~> 5.0"
 gem "ancestry", "~> 3.0.7"
 gem "audited", "~> 4.9.0"
 gem "autoprefixer-rails", "~> 8.2.0"
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 3119a74bc..5e7df6b2e 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -63,6 +63,9 @@ GEM
       safely_block (>= 0.1.1)
       user_agent_parser
       uuidtools
+    airbrake (5.8.1)
+      airbrake-ruby (~> 1.8)
+    airbrake-ruby (1.8.0)
     airbrussh (1.4.0)
       sshkit (>= 1.6.1, != 1.7.0)
     akami (1.3.1)
@@ -622,6 +625,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   acts-as-taggable-on (~> 6.5.0)
   acts_as_votable (~> 0.11.1)
   ahoy_matey (~> 1.6.0)
+  airbrake (~> 5.0)
   ancestry (~> 3.0.7)
   audited (~> 4.9.0)
   autoprefixer-rails (~> 8.2.0)
diff --git a/config/initializers/errbit.rb b/config/initializers/errbit.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9e1ba059c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/initializers/errbit.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+Airbrake.configure do |config|
+  config.host = Rails.application.secrets.errbit_host
+  config.project_id = Rails.application.secrets.errbit_project_id
+  config.project_key = Rails.application.secrets.errbit_project_key
+
+  config.environment = Rails.env
+  config.ignore_environments = %w[development test]
+  config.ignore_environments += [Rails.env] if Rails.application.secrets.errbit_project_id.blank?
+end
diff --git a/config/secrets.yml.example b/config/secrets.yml.example
index 6b81a6400..da94d81d7 100644
--- a/config/secrets.yml.example
+++ b/config/secrets.yml.example
@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@ staging:
   #   :enable_starttls_auto: true
   force_ssl: true
   delay_jobs: true
+  errbit_host: ""
+  errbit_project_key: ""
+  errbit_project_id: 1
+  errbit_self_hosted_ssl: false
   rollbar_server_token: ""
   http_basic_username: ""
   http_basic_password: ""
@@ -66,6 +70,10 @@ preproduction:
   #   :enable_starttls_auto: true
   force_ssl: true
   delay_jobs: true
+  errbit_host: ""
+  errbit_project_key: ""
+  errbit_project_id: 1
+  errbit_self_hosted_ssl: false
   rollbar_server_token: ""
   http_basic_username: ""
   http_basic_password: ""
@@ -94,6 +102,10 @@ production:
   #   :enable_starttls_auto: true
   force_ssl: true
   delay_jobs: true
+  errbit_host: ""
+  errbit_project_key: ""
+  errbit_project_id: 1
+  errbit_self_hosted_ssl: false
   rollbar_server_token: ""
   http_basic_username: ""
   http_basic_password: ""