diff --git a/roles/mediawiki/templates/LocalSettings.php.fp.j2 b/roles/mediawiki/templates/LocalSettings.php.fp.j2
index 7adb72cbdd..fe9af63024 100644
--- a/roles/mediawiki/templates/LocalSettings.php.fp.j2
+++ b/roles/mediawiki/templates/LocalSettings.php.fp.j2
@@ -100,6 +100,9 @@ $wgGroupPermissions['pruners']['bigdelete'] = true;
 $wgGroupPermissions['pruners']['deletedhistory'] = true;
 $wgGroupPermissions['pruners']['undelete'] = true;
 
+# Create a protectors group for people who need to protect/unprotect pages
+$wgGroupPermissions['protectors']['protect'] = true;
+
 ## The URL base path to the directory containing the wiki;
 ## defaults for all runtime URL paths are based off of this.
 #$wgScriptPath       = "/wiki";