diff --git a/lms/envs/common.py b/lms/envs/common.py
index 95bfc26c109d..05cb91b003de 100644
--- a/lms/envs/common.py
+++ b/lms/envs/common.py
@@ -3294,6 +3294,11 @@ def _make_locale_paths(settings):  # pylint: disable=missing-function-docstring
     'DEFAULT_RENDERER_CLASSES': (
         'rest_framework.renderers.JSONRenderer',
     ),
+    'DEFAULT_AUTHENTICATION_CLASSES': [
+        'edx_rest_framework_extensions.auth.jwt.authentication.JwtAuthentication',
+        'rest_framework.authentication.SessionAuthentication',
+        'rest_framework.authentication.BasicAuthentication'
+    ],
     'EXCEPTION_HANDLER': 'openedx.core.lib.request_utils.expected_error_exception_handler',
     'PAGE_SIZE': 10,
     'URL_FORMAT_OVERRIDE': None,