diff --git a/terraform/application/variables.tf b/terraform/application/variables.tf
index b6e6922a9..baea30144 100644
--- a/terraform/application/variables.tf
+++ b/terraform/application/variables.tf
@@ -108,6 +108,11 @@ variable "enable_dfe_analytics_federated_auth" {
   default     = false
 }
 
+variable "dataset_name" {
+  description = "dfe analytics dataset name in Google Bigquery"
+  default     = null
+}
+
 locals {
   postgres_ssl_mode                = var.enable_postgres_ssl ? "require" : "disable"
   storage_account_environment      = var.config == var.environment ? var.config_short : replace(var.environment, "-", "")