diff --git a/.changeset/gorgeous-games-build.md b/.changeset/gorgeous-games-build.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ff050c43f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/gorgeous-games-build.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-rollbar': patch
+'@backstage/plugin-rollbar-backend': patch
+---
+
+Add config schema for the rollbar & rollbar-backend plugins
diff --git a/app-config.yaml b/app-config.yaml
index fcc54a1a35..546d00466a 100644
--- a/app-config.yaml
+++ b/app-config.yaml
@@ -64,11 +64,6 @@ techdocs:
 sentry:
   organization: my-company
 
-rollbar:
-  organization: my-company
-  accountToken:
-    $env: ROLLBAR_ACCOUNT_TOKEN
-
 lighthouse:
   baseUrl: http://localhost:3003
 
diff --git a/packages/create-app/templates/default-app/packages/backend/package.json.hbs b/packages/create-app/templates/default-app/packages/backend/package.json.hbs
index 179d604670..07d1b0be58 100644
--- a/packages/create-app/templates/default-app/packages/backend/package.json.hbs
+++ b/packages/create-app/templates/default-app/packages/backend/package.json.hbs
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
     "@backstage/plugin-auth-backend": "^{{version '@backstage/plugin-auth-backend'}}",
     "@backstage/plugin-catalog-backend": "^{{version '@backstage/plugin-catalog-backend'}}",
     "@backstage/plugin-proxy-backend": "^{{version '@backstage/plugin-proxy-backend'}}",
-    "@backstage/plugin-rollbar-backend": "^{{version '@backstage/plugin-rollbar-backend'}}",
     "@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-backend": "^{{version '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-backend'}}",
     "@backstage/plugin-techdocs-backend": "^{{version '@backstage/plugin-techdocs-backend'}}",
     "@octokit/rest": "^18.0.0",
diff --git a/plugins/rollbar-backend/README.md b/plugins/rollbar-backend/README.md
index 8f13eb5f26..6cf3b55948 100644
--- a/plugins/rollbar-backend/README.md
+++ b/plugins/rollbar-backend/README.md
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ The following values are read from the configuration file.
 
 ```yaml
 rollbar:
-  organization: organization-name
   accountToken:
     $env: ROLLBAR_ACCOUNT_TOKEN
 ```
diff --git a/plugins/rollbar-backend/config.d.ts b/plugins/rollbar-backend/config.d.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..473b27a506
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/rollbar-backend/config.d.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2020 Spotify AB
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+export interface Config {
+  /** Configuration options for the rollbar-backend plugin */
+  rollbar?: {
+    /**
+     * The autentication token for accessing the Rollbar API
+     * @see https://explorer.docs.rollbar.com/#section/Authentication
+     */
+    accountToken: string;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/plugins/rollbar-backend/package.json b/plugins/rollbar-backend/package.json
index 307c37e0da..0f0b8bc366 100644
--- a/plugins/rollbar-backend/package.json
+++ b/plugins/rollbar-backend/package.json
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@
     "supertest": "^4.0.2"
   },
   "files": [
-    "dist"
-  ]
+    "dist",
+    "config.d.ts"
+  ],
+  "configSchema": "config.d.ts"
 }
diff --git a/plugins/rollbar/README.md b/plugins/rollbar/README.md
index a232462dde..cc862051f7 100644
--- a/plugins/rollbar/README.md
+++ b/plugins/rollbar/README.md
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ const ServiceEntityPage = ({ entity }: { entity: Entity }) => (
 # app.config.yaml
 rollbar:
   organization: organization-name
+  # used by rollbar-backend
   accountToken:
     $env: ROLLBAR_ACCOUNT_TOKEN
 ```
diff --git a/plugins/rollbar/config.d.ts b/plugins/rollbar/config.d.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..63526d19b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/rollbar/config.d.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2020 Spotify AB
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+export interface Config {
+  /** Configuration options for the rollbar plugin */
+  rollbar?: {
+    /**
+     * The Rollbar organization name. This can be omitted by using the `rollbar.com/project-slug` annotation.
+     * @see https://backstage.io/docs/features/software-catalog/well-known-annotations#rollbarcomproject-slug
+     * @visibility frontend
+     */
+    organization?: string;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/plugins/rollbar/package.json b/plugins/rollbar/package.json
index 1177a83eb6..64850c0dee 100644
--- a/plugins/rollbar/package.json
+++ b/plugins/rollbar/package.json
@@ -51,22 +51,8 @@
     "msw": "^0.21.2"
   },
   "files": [
-    "dist"
+    "dist",
+    "config.d.ts"
   ],
-  "configSchema": {
-    "$schema": "https://backstage.io/schema/config-v1",
-    "title": "@backstage/rollbar",
-    "type": "object",
-    "properties": {
-      "rollbar": {
-        "type": "object",
-        "properties": {
-          "organization": {
-            "type": "string",
-            "visibility": "frontend"
-          }
-        }
-      }
-    }
-  }
+  "configSchema": "config.d.ts"
 }