diff --git a/Wikibase.php b/Wikibase.php
index 7c1e0a5606..6a21fc8249 100644
--- a/Wikibase.php
+++ b/Wikibase.php
@@ -80,6 +80,8 @@
 $wgWBClientSettings['purgeCacheBatchSize'] = 100;
 $wgWBClientSettings['recentChangesBatchSize'] = 100;
 
+$wgMFUseWikibase = true;
+
 // Per-wiki
 if ( $wgDBname === 'famedatawiki' ) {
 	$wgWBRepoSettings['statementSections'] = [