diff --git a/site-cookbooks/kosmos-mediawiki/recipes/default.rb b/site-cookbooks/kosmos-mediawiki/recipes/default.rb
index deb263b..1f1ce8d 100644
--- a/site-cookbooks/kosmos-mediawiki/recipes/default.rb
+++ b/site-cookbooks/kosmos-mediawiki/recipes/default.rb
@@ -250,6 +250,7 @@ wfLoadExtension( 'LDAPAuthentication2' );
 # Disable account creation page, since this is not possible to create an account
 # when only LDAP login is enabled
 $wgGroupPermissions['*']['createaccount'] = false;
+$wgGroupPermissions['*']['autocreateaccount'] = true;
                                  EOF
                                  )