diff --git a/app/app.go b/app/app.go
index 3597bd2a..7b93f77f 100644
--- a/app/app.go
+++ b/app/app.go
@@ -119,16 +119,40 @@ import (
 const (
 	AccountAddressPrefix = "okp4"
 	Name                 = "okp4d"
+
+	// If EnabledSpecificProposals is "", and this is "true", then enable all x/wasm proposals.
+	// If EnabledSpecificProposals is "", and this is not "true", then disable all x/wasm proposals.
+	ProposalsEnabled = "false"
+	// If set to non-empty string it must be comma-separated list of values that are all a subset
+	// of "EnableAllProposals" (takes precedence over ProposalsEnabled)
+	// https://github.com/CosmWasm/wasmd/blob/02a54d33ff2c064f3539ae12d75d027d9c665f05/x/wasm/internal/types/proposal.go#L28-L34
+	EnableSpecificProposals = ""
 )
 
+// GetEnabledProposals parses the ProposalsEnabled / EnableSpecificProposals values to
+// produce a list of enabled proposals to pass into wasmd app.
+func GetEnabledProposals() []wasm.ProposalType {
+	if EnableSpecificProposals == "" {
+		if ProposalsEnabled == "true" {
+			return wasm.EnableAllProposals
+		}
+		return wasm.DisableAllProposals
+	}
+	chunks := strings.Split(EnableSpecificProposals, ",")
+	proposals, err := wasm.ConvertToProposals(chunks)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	return proposals
+}
+
 // this line is used by starport scaffolding # stargate/wasm/app/enabledProposals
 
 func getGovProposalHandlers() []govclient.ProposalHandler {
 	var govProposalHandlers []govclient.ProposalHandler
 	// this line is used by starport scaffolding # stargate/app/govProposalHandlers
 
-	govProposalHandlers = append(govProposalHandlers, wasmclient.ProposalHandlers...)
-	govProposalHandlers = append(govProposalHandlers,
+	govProposalHandlers = append(wasmclient.ProposalHandlers,
 		paramsclient.ProposalHandler,
 		distrclient.ProposalHandler,
 		upgradeclient.ProposalHandler,