diff --git a/UniversalLanguageSelector.hooks.php b/UniversalLanguageSelector.hooks.php
index b14ad2ae..95778f76 100644
--- a/UniversalLanguageSelector.hooks.php
+++ b/UniversalLanguageSelector.hooks.php
@@ -82,6 +82,19 @@ class UniversalLanguageSelectorHooks {
 		return false;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Sets user preference to enable the Compact language links if the
+	 * user account is new.
+	 *
+	 * To be removed once no longer needed.
+	 */
+	public static function onLocalUserCreated( User $user, $autoCreate ) {
+		if ( RequestContext::getMain()->getConfig()->get( 'ULSCompactLinksForNewAccounts' ) ) {
+			$user->setOption( 'compact-language-links', 1 );
+			$user->saveSettings();
+		}
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * @param OutputPage $out
 	 * @param Skin $skin
diff --git a/extension.json b/extension.json
index 19396282..bd2abf34 100644
--- a/extension.json
+++ b/extension.json
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 		"EventLoggingRegisterSchemas": "UniversalLanguageSelectorHooks::onEventLoggingRegisterSchemas",
 		"GetBetaFeaturePreferences": "UniversalLanguageSelectorHooks::onGetBetaFeaturePreferences",
 		"GetPreferences": "UniversalLanguageSelectorHooks::onGetPreferences",
+		"LocalUserCreated": "UniversalLanguageSelectorHooks::onLocalUserCreated",
 		"MakeGlobalVariablesScript": "UniversalLanguageSelectorHooks::addVariables",
 		"PersonalUrls": "UniversalLanguageSelectorHooks::addPersonalBarTrigger",
 		"ResourceLoaderGetConfigVars": "UniversalLanguageSelectorHooks::addConfig",
@@ -92,7 +93,9 @@
 		"@ULSFontRepositoryBasePath": "Base path of ULS font repository. If not set, will be set to 'UniversalLanguageSelector/data/fontrepo/fonts/', relative to $wgExtensionAssetsPath. @since 2013.10",
 		"ULSFontRepositoryBasePath": false,
 		"ULSCompactLanguageLinksBetaFeature": true,
-		"@ULSCompactLanguageLinksBetaFeature": "Set compact interlanguage links as beta feature or not. If set false, compact interlanguage links will be available by default to all users."
+		"@ULSCompactLanguageLinksBetaFeature": "Set compact interlanguage links as beta feature or not. If set false, compact interlanguage links will be available by default to all users.",
+		"ULSCompactLinksForNewAccounts": false,
+		"@ULSCompactLinksForNewAccounts": "Enable compact interlanguage links for new user accounts."
 	},
 	"callback": "UniversalLanguageSelectorHooks::setVersionConstant",
 	"ResourceModules": {