diff --git a/resources/mmv/mmv.bootstrap.js b/resources/mmv/mmv.bootstrap.js
index f92ff9041..4efd48d8f 100644
--- a/resources/mmv/mmv.bootstrap.js
+++ b/resources/mmv/mmv.bootstrap.js
@@ -335,6 +335,14 @@
 						// do not treat categories as galleries - the autogenerated caption they have is not helpful
 						return $thumbContain.closest( '#mw-category-media' ).length;
 					} )
+					.not( function () {
+						// do not treat special file related pages as galleries
+						var $specialFileRelatedPages = $( '.page-Special_NewFiles, .page-Special_MostLinkedFiles\
+									, .page-Special_MostGloballyLinkedFiles\
+									, .page-Special_UncategorizedFiles, .page-Special_UnusedFiles'
+						);
+						return $thumbContain.closest( $specialFileRelatedPages ).length;
+					} )
 					.find( '.gallerytext' )
 					.clone();
 			}