diff --git a/roles/mediawiki/tasks/main.yml b/roles/mediawiki/tasks/main.yml
index 673d872de5..7e379ee530 100644
--- a/roles/mediawiki/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/mediawiki/tasks/main.yml
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
   - mediawiki-OpenIDConnectAPI
   - php-rmccue-requests
   - mediawiki-fedoradocsredirect
+  - mediawiki-backtick-code
   tags:
   - packages
   - mediawiki
diff --git a/roles/mediawiki/templates/LocalSettings.php.fp.j2 b/roles/mediawiki/templates/LocalSettings.php.fp.j2
index c815f6b97c..7f22b8d696 100644
--- a/roles/mediawiki/templates/LocalSettings.php.fp.j2
+++ b/roles/mediawiki/templates/LocalSettings.php.fp.j2
@@ -522,6 +522,9 @@ wfLoadExtension( 'PluggableAuth' );
 wfLoadExtension( 'OpenIDConnect' );
 wfLoadExtension( 'OpenIDConnectAPI' );
 
+# BacktickCode
+wfLoadExtension( 'BacktickCode' );
+
 require_once('/usr/share/php/Fedora/Autoloader/autoload.php');
 \Fedora\Autoloader\Dependencies::required(array(
         '/usr/share/php/jumbojett/OpenID-Connect-PHP/autoload.php',