diff --git a/newrelic/config.py b/newrelic/config.py
index f0b638cd4..0bfb7daa0 100644
--- a/newrelic/config.py
+++ b/newrelic/config.py
@@ -2162,6 +2162,11 @@ def _process_module_builtin_defaults():
     )
 
     _process_module_definition("flask_restful", "newrelic.hooks.component_flask_rest", "instrument_flask_rest")
+    _process_module_definition(
+        "flask_restplus.api",
+        "newrelic.hooks.component_flask_rest",
+        "instrument_flask_rest",
+    )
     _process_module_definition(
         "flask_restx.api",
         "newrelic.hooks.component_flask_rest",