check if includeDocs is supported for existing triggers
diff --git a/provider/app.js b/provider/app.js
index 9a25a47..1198cf6 100644
--- a/provider/app.js
+++ b/provider/app.js
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@
 // Whisk API Router Host
 var routerHost = process.env.ROUTER_HOST || 'localhost';
 
+// Support includeDocs=true for triggers who existed before the removal of includeDocs
+var supportIncludeDocs = process.env.SUPPORT_INCLUDE_DOCS || 'false';
+
 // Maximum number of times to retry the invocation of an action
 // before deleting the associated trigger
 var retriesBeforeDelete = constants.RETRIES_BEFORE_DELETE;
@@ -99,7 +102,7 @@
 
       logger.info(tid, 'init', 'trigger storage database details: ', nanoDb);
 
-      var providerUtils = new ProviderUtils (tid, logger, app, retriesBeforeDelete, nanoDb, routerHost);
+      var providerUtils = new ProviderUtils (tid, logger, app, retriesBeforeDelete, nanoDb, routerHost, supportIncludeDocs);
       var providerRAS = new ProviderRAS (tid, logger, providerUtils);
       var providerHealth = new ProviderHealth (tid, logger, providerUtils);
       var providerUpdate = new ProviderUpdate (tid, logger, providerUtils);
diff --git a/provider/lib/utils.js b/provider/lib/utils.js
index 35b96bf..5c3e12d 100644
--- a/provider/lib/utils.js
+++ b/provider/lib/utils.js
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@
   app,
   retriesBeforeDelete,
   triggerDB,
-  routerHost
+  routerHost,
+  supportIncludeDocs
 ) {
 
     this.tid = tid;
@@ -79,10 +80,13 @@
         try {
     	  
             var triggeredDB = nanoConnection.use(dataTrigger.dbname);
-          
+
+            var includeDocs = false;
+            if (supportIncludeDocs === 'true' && (dataTrigger.includeDoc === true || dataTrigger.includeDoc === 'true')) {
+                includeDocs = true;
+            }
             // Listen for changes on this database.
-            // always set the include doc setting to false
-            var feed = triggeredDB.follow({since: sinceToUse, include_docs: false});
+            var feed = triggeredDB.follow({since: sinceToUse, include_docs: includeDocs});
 
             dataTrigger.feed = feed;
             that.triggers[dataTrigger.id] = dataTrigger;
@@ -179,7 +183,7 @@
         // (note: this will only be the set for old feeds.  we no longer allow 
         // this to be set for newly created feeds).
         if (obj.includeDoc && (obj.includeDoc === true || obj.includeDoc.toString().trim().toLowerCase() === 'true')) {
-            logger.warn(tid, method, 'cloudant trigger feed: includeDoc parameter is no longer supported and will be ignored.');
+            logger.warn(tid, method, 'cloudant trigger feed: includeDoc parameter is no longer supported.');
         }
 
         var trigger = {