diff --git a/maintenance/backfillReadBundles.php b/maintenance/backfillReadBundles.php
index c6a54dd3b..66a8c6455 100644
--- a/maintenance/backfillReadBundles.php
+++ b/maintenance/backfillReadBundles.php
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ class BackfillReadBundles extends Maintenance {
 		$this->mDescription = "Backfill echo_notification.notification_read_timestamp for bundles";
 
 		$this->setBatchSize( 300 );
+
+		$this->requireExtension( 'Echo' );
 	}
 
 	public function execute() {
diff --git a/maintenance/backfillUnreadWikis.php b/maintenance/backfillUnreadWikis.php
index 9914309de..18f13a8db 100644
--- a/maintenance/backfillUnreadWikis.php
+++ b/maintenance/backfillUnreadWikis.php
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ class BackfillUnreadWikis extends Maintenance {
 		$this->mDescription = "Backfill echo_unread_wikis table";
 		$this->addOption( 'rebuild', 'Only recompute already-existing rows' );
 		$this->setBatchSize( 300 );
+		$this->requireExtension( 'Echo' );
 	}
 
 	public function execute() {
diff --git a/maintenance/generateSampleNotifications.php b/maintenance/generateSampleNotifications.php
index 0793f836b..8fd7994c7 100644
--- a/maintenance/generateSampleNotifications.php
+++ b/maintenance/generateSampleNotifications.php
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ class GenerateSampleNotifications extends Maintenance {
 			'other',
 			'Name of another user involved with the notifications',
 			true, true, 'o' );
+
+		$this->requireExtension( 'Echo' );
 	}
 
 	public function execute() {
diff --git a/maintenance/processEchoEmailBatch.php b/maintenance/processEchoEmailBatch.php
index ad943311a..34f726c78 100644
--- a/maintenance/processEchoEmailBatch.php
+++ b/maintenance/processEchoEmailBatch.php
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ class ProcessEchoEmailBatch extends Maintenance {
 			"ignoreConfiguredSchedule",
 			"Send all pending notifications immediately even if configured to be weekly or daily.",
 			false, false, "i" );
+
+		$this->requireExtension( 'Echo' );
 	}
 
 	public function execute() {
diff --git a/maintenance/removeInvalidNotification.php b/maintenance/removeInvalidNotification.php
index 588b564e0..65b4ddd31 100644
--- a/maintenance/removeInvalidNotification.php
+++ b/maintenance/removeInvalidNotification.php
@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@ class RemoveInvalidNotification extends Maintenance {
 	protected $batchSize = 500;
 	protected $invalidEventType = array( 'article-linked' );
 
+	public function __construct() {
+		$this->mDescription = "Removes invalid notifications from the database.";
+		$this->requireExtension( 'Echo' );
+	}
+
 	public function execute() {
 		if ( !$this->invalidEventType ) {
 			$this->output( "There is nothing to process\n" );
diff --git a/maintenance/removeOrphanedEvents.php b/maintenance/removeOrphanedEvents.php
index a639cd7ca..047265a42 100644
--- a/maintenance/removeOrphanedEvents.php
+++ b/maintenance/removeOrphanedEvents.php
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ class RemoveOrphanedEvents extends LoggedUpdateMaintenance {
 		$this->mDescription = "Remove rows from echo_event that don't have corresponding rows in echo_notification";
 
 		$this->setBatchSize( 500 );
+
+		$this->requireExtension( 'Echo' );
 	}
 
 	public function getUpdateKey() {
diff --git a/maintenance/testDiscussionParser.php b/maintenance/testDiscussionParser.php
index 0f84dc7eb..baf3bb9de 100644
--- a/maintenance/testDiscussionParser.php
+++ b/maintenance/testDiscussionParser.php
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ class TestDiscussionParser extends Maintenance {
 		$this->mDescription = "Takes enwiki revision IDs and attempts to identify interested users";
 
 		$this->addArg( 'revisions', 'Revision IDs, separated by commas', true /*required*/ );
+
+		$this->requireExtension( 'Echo' );
 	}
 
 	public function execute() {
diff --git a/maintenance/updateEchoSchemaForSuppression.php b/maintenance/updateEchoSchemaForSuppression.php
index 6224af5f1..cfba653dc 100644
--- a/maintenance/updateEchoSchemaForSuppression.php
+++ b/maintenance/updateEchoSchemaForSuppression.php
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ class UpdateEchoSchemaForSuppression extends LoggedUpdateMaintenance {
 	public function __construct() {
 		parent::__construct();
 		$this->setBatchSize( 500 );
+		$this->requireExtension( 'Echo' );
 	}
 
 	public function getUpdateKey() {