diff --git a/includes/MinervaHooks.php b/includes/MinervaHooks.php
index 4516b77..da29d2d 100644
--- a/includes/MinervaHooks.php
+++ b/includes/MinervaHooks.php
@@ -234,9 +234,12 @@ class MinervaHooks {
 				SkinOptions::OPTION_OVERFLOW_SUBMENU => $featureManager->isFeatureAvailableForCurrentUser(
 					self::FEATURE_OVERFLOW_PAGE_ACTIONS
 				),
+				SkinOptions::OPTION_TABS_ON_SPECIALS => false,
 			] );
+			Hooks::run( 'SkinMinervaOptionsInit', [ $skin, $skinOptions ] );
 		}
 	}
+
 	/**
 	 * ResourceLoaderGetConfigVars hook handler.
 	 * Used for setting JS variables which are pulled in dynamically with RL
diff --git a/includes/SkinOptions.php b/includes/SkinOptions.php
index ce0fb06..d0e63ab 100644
--- a/includes/SkinOptions.php
+++ b/includes/SkinOptions.php
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ final class SkinOptions {
 	const OPTIONS_TALK_AT_TOP = 'talkAtTop';
 	const OPTIONS_HISTORY_PAGE_ACTIONS = 'historyInPageActions';
 	const OPTION_OVERFLOW_SUBMENU = 'overflowSubmenu';
+	const OPTION_TABS_ON_SPECIALS = 'tabsOnSpecials';
 
 	/** @var array skin specific options */
 	private $skinOptions = [
diff --git a/includes/skins/MinervaTemplate.php b/includes/skins/MinervaTemplate.php
index 55987c0..7e19af4 100644
--- a/includes/skins/MinervaTemplate.php
+++ b/includes/skins/MinervaTemplate.php
@@ -229,9 +229,7 @@ class MinervaTemplate extends BaseTemplate {
 		$internalBanner = $data[ 'internalBanner' ];
 		$preBodyHtml = isset( $data['prebodyhtml'] ) ? $data['prebodyhtml'] : '';
 		$hasHeadingHolder = $internalBanner || $preBodyHtml || isset( $data['page_actions'] );
-		$hasPageActions = !$this->isSpecialPage && !$this->isMainPage &&
-			Action::getActionName( RequestContext::getMain() ) === 'view';
-		$hasTalkTabs = $hasPageActions && !$this->isMainPageTalk;
+		$hasPageActions = $this->hasPageActions( $data['skin']->getContext() );
 
 		// prepare template data
 		$templateData = [
@@ -268,7 +266,8 @@ class MinervaTemplate extends BaseTemplate {
 			'secondaryactionshtml' => $this->getSecondaryActionsHtml(),
 			'footer' => $this->getFooterTemplateData( $data ),
 			'isBeta' => $skinOptions->get( SkinOptions::OPTIONS_MOBILE_BETA ),
-			'tabs' => $hasTalkTabs && $skinOptions->get( SkinOptions::OPTIONS_TALK_AT_TOP ) ? [
+			'tabs' => $this->showTalkTabs( $hasPageActions, $skinOptions ) &&
+					  $skinOptions->get( SkinOptions::OPTIONS_TALK_AT_TOP ) ? [
 				'items' => array_values( $data['content_navigation']['namespaces'] ),
 			] : false,
 		];
@@ -280,4 +279,27 @@ class MinervaTemplate extends BaseTemplate {
 		</html>
 		<?php
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @param IContextSource $context
+	 * @return bool
+	 */
+	private function hasPageActions( IContextSource $context ) {
+		return !$this->isSpecialPage && !$this->isMainPage &&
+		   Action::getActionName( $context ) === 'view';
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @param bool $hasPageActions
+	 * @param SkinOptions $skinOptions
+	 * @return bool
+	 */
+	private function showTalkTabs( $hasPageActions, SkinOptions $skinOptions ) {
+		$hasTalkTabs = $hasPageActions && !$this->isMainPageTalk;
+		if ( !$hasTalkTabs && $this->isSpecialPage &&
+			 $skinOptions->get( SkinOptions::OPTION_TABS_ON_SPECIALS ) ) {
+			$hasTalkTabs = true;
+		}
+		return $hasTalkTabs;
+	}
 }