diff --git a/roles/mediawiki/templates/LocalSettings.php.fp.j2 b/roles/mediawiki/templates/LocalSettings.php.fp.j2
index 54ac41cc98..8331bb8eda 100644
--- a/roles/mediawiki/templates/LocalSettings.php.fp.j2
+++ b/roles/mediawiki/templates/LocalSettings.php.fp.j2
@@ -102,6 +102,8 @@ $wgGroupPermissions['pruners']['undelete'] = true;
 
 # Create a protectors group for people who need to protect/unprotect pages
 $wgGroupPermissions['protectors']['protect'] = true;
+$wgGroupPermissions['protectors']['editprotected'] = true;
+$wgGroupPermissions['protectors']['editsemiprotected'] = true;
 
 ## The URL base path to the directory containing the wiki;
 ## defaults for all runtime URL paths are based off of this.