diff --git a/etc/sahara/sahara.conf.sample b/etc/sahara/sahara.conf.sample
index 3c75858f..ab451045 100644
--- a/etc/sahara/sahara.conf.sample
+++ b/etc/sahara/sahara.conf.sample
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@
 
 # List of plugins to be loaded. Sahara preserves the order of the list
 # when returning it. (list value)
-#plugins = vanilla,hdp,spark
+#plugins = vanilla,hdp,spark,cdh
 
 # Enables data locality for hadoop cluster. Also enables data locality
 # for Swift used by hadoop. If enabled, 'compute_topology' and
diff --git a/etc/sahara/sahara.conf.sample-basic b/etc/sahara/sahara.conf.sample-basic
index 5e011d7c..28a61f46 100644
--- a/etc/sahara/sahara.conf.sample-basic
+++ b/etc/sahara/sahara.conf.sample-basic
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
 
 # List of plugins to be loaded. Sahara preserves the order of
 # the list when returning it. (list value)
-#plugins=vanilla,hdp,spark
+#plugins=vanilla,hdp,spark,cdh
 
 [database]
 
diff --git a/sahara/plugins/base.py b/sahara/plugins/base.py
index 44487af1..ec28b7d2 100644
--- a/sahara/plugins/base.py
+++ b/sahara/plugins/base.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 opts = [
     cfg.ListOpt('plugins',
-                default=['vanilla', 'hdp', 'spark'],
+                default=['vanilla', 'hdp', 'spark', 'cdh'],
                 help='List of plugins to be loaded. Sahara preserves the '
                      'order of the list when returning it.'),
 ]