diff --git a/ipalib/config.py b/ipalib/config.py
index 1a5987920..388ffe81b 100644
--- a/ipalib/config.py
+++ b/ipalib/config.py
@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@ from ipalib.constants import (
     TLS_VERSIONS
 )
 from ipalib import errors
+try:
+    from ipaplatform.tasks import tasks
+except ImportError:
+    tasks = None
 
 if six.PY3:
     unicode = str
@@ -443,6 +447,10 @@ class Env(object):
         self.bin = path.dirname(self.script)
         self.home = os.environ.get('HOME', None)
 
+        # Set fips_mode only if ipaplatform module was loaded
+        if tasks is not None:
+            self.fips_mode = tasks.is_fips_enabled()
+
         # Merge in overrides:
         self._merge(**overrides)