diff --git a/conf/defaults.ini b/conf/defaults.ini
index 6a837319248..02cf623ec45 100644
--- a/conf/defaults.ini
+++ b/conf/defaults.ini
@@ -1011,3 +1011,10 @@ default_timezone = browser
 [expressions]
 # Enable or disable the expressions functionality.
 enabled = true
+
+[geomap]
+# Set the default base layer in GeoMaps plugin
+default_baselayer =
+
+# Enable or disable loading other base map layers
+disable_custom_baselayers = false
diff --git a/conf/sample.ini b/conf/sample.ini
index 0cb73f926f8..ca48ae27a99 100644
--- a/conf/sample.ini
+++ b/conf/sample.ini
@@ -991,3 +991,10 @@
 [expressions]
 # Enable or disable the expressions functionality.
 ;enabled = true
+
+[geomap]
+# Set the default base layer in GeoMaps plugin
+;default_baselayer =
+
+# Enable or disable loading other base map layers
+;disable_custom_baselayers = false
diff --git a/docs/sources/administration/configuration.md b/docs/sources/administration/configuration.md
index 0b4184ec620..9b9ab0b9452 100644
--- a/docs/sources/administration/configuration.md
+++ b/docs/sources/administration/configuration.md
@@ -1672,3 +1672,26 @@ Used as the default time zone for user preferences. Can be either `browser` for
 ### enabled
 
 Set this to `false` to disable expressions and hide them in the Grafana UI. Default is `true`.
+
+## [geomap]
+
+This section controls the defaults settings for Geomap Plugin.
+
+### default_baselayer
+
+The json config used to define the default base map. Four base map options to choose from are `carto`, `esriXYZTiles`, `xyzTiles`, `standard`.
+For example, to set cartoDB light as the default base layer:
+
+```ini
+geomap_default_baselayer = `{
+      "type": "carto",
+      "config": {
+        "theme": "light",
+        "showLabels": true
+      }
+    }`
+```
+
+### disable_custom_baselayers
+
+Set this to `true` to disable loading other custom base maps and hide them in the Grafana UI. Default is `false`.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/grafana-data/src/types/config.ts b/packages/grafana-data/src/types/config.ts
index bf8601b445f..e28bd2455da 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-data/src/types/config.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-data/src/types/config.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { PanelPluginMeta } from './panel';
 import { GrafanaTheme } from './theme';
 import { SystemDateFormatSettings } from '../datetime';
 import { GrafanaTheme2 } from '../themes';
+import { MapLayerOptions } from '../geo/layer';
 
 /**
  * Describes the build information that will be available via the Grafana configuration.
@@ -125,4 +126,6 @@ export interface GrafanaConfig {
   dateFormats?: SystemDateFormatSettings;
   sentry: SentryConfig;
   customTheme?: any;
+  geomapDefaultBaseLayer?: MapLayerOptions;
+  geomapDisableCustomBaseLayer?: boolean;
 }
diff --git a/pkg/api/frontendsettings.go b/pkg/api/frontendsettings.go
index c2d68b25a7b..084fc567843 100644
--- a/pkg/api/frontendsettings.go
+++ b/pkg/api/frontendsettings.go
@@ -259,6 +259,8 @@ func (hs *HTTPServer) getFrontendSettingsMap(c *models.ReqContext) (map[string]i
 		"caching": map[string]bool{
 			"enabled": hs.Cfg.SectionWithEnvOverrides("caching").Key("enabled").MustBool(true),
 		},
+		"geomapDefaultBaseLayer":       hs.Cfg.DefaultBaseLayer,
+		"geomapDisableCustomBaseLayer": hs.Cfg.DisableCustomBaseLayers,
 	}
 
 	return jsonObj, nil
diff --git a/pkg/setting/setting.go b/pkg/setting/setting.go
index af268d0d728..13cce7cba71 100644
--- a/pkg/setting/setting.go
+++ b/pkg/setting/setting.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ package setting
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
+	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
@@ -400,6 +401,10 @@ type Cfg struct {
 
 	// Grafana.com URL
 	GrafanaComURL string
+
+	// Geomap plugin tile server
+	DefaultBaseLayer        map[string]interface{}
+	DisableCustomBaseLayers bool
 }
 
 // IsLiveConfigEnabled returns true if live should be able to save configs to SQL tables
@@ -966,6 +971,18 @@ func (cfg *Cfg) Load(args *CommandLineArgs) error {
 		ConnStr: connStr,
 	}
 
+	geomapSection := iniFile.Section("geomap")
+	basemapJSON := valueAsString(geomapSection, "default_baselayer", "")
+	cfg.DefaultBaseLayer = make(map[string]interface{})
+	if basemapJSON != "" {
+		err = json.Unmarshal([]byte(basemapJSON), &cfg.DefaultBaseLayer)
+		if err != nil {
+			cfg.Logger.Error(fmt.Sprintf("Error parsing JSON string: %s", err))
+			cfg.DefaultBaseLayer = nil
+		}
+	}
+	cfg.DisableCustomBaseLayers = geomapSection.Key("disable_custom_baselayers").MustBool(false)
+
 	cfg.readDateFormats()
 	cfg.readSentryConfig()