diff --git a/mod/scorm/classes/external.php b/mod/scorm/classes/external.php
index ea3d7fd5cb3..cfc139a5348 100644
--- a/mod/scorm/classes/external.php
+++ b/mod/scorm/classes/external.php
@@ -742,9 +742,17 @@ class mod_scorm_external extends external_api {
             }
         }
 
-        $result = array();
-        $result['scorms'] = $returnedscorms;
-        $result['warnings'] = $warnings;
+        $settings = [
+            [
+                'name' => 'scormstandard',
+                'value' => get_config('scorm', 'scormstandard'),
+            ]
+        ];
+        $result = [
+            'scorms'   => $returnedscorms,
+            'options'  => $settings,
+            'warnings' => $warnings
+        ];
         return $result;
     }
 
@@ -813,6 +821,14 @@ class mod_scorm_external extends external_api {
                         ]
                     ), 'SCORM')
                 ),
+                'options' => new external_multiple_structure(
+                    new external_single_structure(
+                        [
+                            'name' => new external_value(PARAM_RAW, 'Options name'),
+                            'value' => new external_value(PARAM_RAW, 'Option value')
+                        ]
+                    ), 'Global SCORM options', VALUE_OPTIONAL
+                ),
                 'warnings' => new external_warnings(),
             )
         );
diff --git a/mod/scorm/tests/externallib_test.php b/mod/scorm/tests/externallib_test.php
index 6713eb29539..deb7de9ec90 100644
--- a/mod/scorm/tests/externallib_test.php
+++ b/mod/scorm/tests/externallib_test.php
@@ -670,6 +670,12 @@ class externallib_test extends externallib_advanced_testcase {
 
         $result = mod_scorm_external::get_scorms_by_courses(array($course1->id));
         $result = external_api::clean_returnvalue($returndescription, $result);
+
+        // Test default SCORM settings.
+        $this->assertCount(1, $result['options']);
+        $this->assertEquals('scormstandard', $result['options'][0]['name']);
+        $this->assertEquals(0, $result['options'][0]['value']);
+
         $this->assertCount(1, $result['warnings']);
         // Only 'id', 'coursemodule', 'course', 'name', 'intro', 'introformat', 'introfiles'.
         $this->assertCount(8, $result['scorms'][0]);
@@ -679,8 +685,17 @@ class externallib_test extends externallib_advanced_testcase {
         $scorm1->timeclose = $scorm1->timeopen + DAYSECS;
         $DB->update_record('scorm', $scorm1);
 
+        // Set the SCORM config values.
+        set_config('scormstandard', 1, 'scorm');
+
         $result = mod_scorm_external::get_scorms_by_courses(array($course1->id));
         $result = external_api::clean_returnvalue($returndescription, $result);
+
+        // Test SCORM settings.
+        $this->assertCount(1, $result['options']);
+        $this->assertEquals('scormstandard', $result['options'][0]['name']);
+        $this->assertEquals(1, $result['options'][0]['value']);
+
         $this->assertCount(1, $result['warnings']);
         // Only 'id', 'coursemodule', 'course', 'name', 'intro', 'introformat', 'introfiles'.
         $this->assertCount(8, $result['scorms'][0]);
@@ -780,6 +795,7 @@ class externallib_test extends externallib_advanced_testcase {
 
         // Call for the second course we unenrolled the user from, expected warning.
         $result = mod_scorm_external::get_scorms_by_courses(array($course2->id));
+        $this->assertCount(1, $result['options']);
         $this->assertCount(1, $result['warnings']);
         $this->assertEquals('1', $result['warnings'][0]['warningcode']);
         $this->assertEquals($course2->id, $result['warnings'][0]['itemid']);
diff --git a/mod/scorm/upgrade.txt b/mod/scorm/upgrade.txt
index ac2e637ccac..54f6f361efe 100644
--- a/mod/scorm/upgrade.txt
+++ b/mod/scorm/upgrade.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 This files describes API changes in the mod_scorm code.
 
+=== 4.3 ===
+* Add SCORM options in get_scorms_by_courses() external/ws function.
+
 === 4.0 ===
 * Setting 'displayactivityname' has been removed from scorm. This will be handled by activityheader and is theme dependent.