diff --git a/SyntaxHighlight_GeSHi.class.php b/SyntaxHighlight_GeSHi.class.php
index 4538a5f1..7318574d 100644
--- a/SyntaxHighlight_GeSHi.class.php
+++ b/SyntaxHighlight_GeSHi.class.php
@@ -327,6 +327,9 @@ class SyntaxHighlight_GeSHi {
 	 * @return GeSHi
 	 */
 	public static function prepare( $text, $lang ) {
+
+		global $wgSyntaxHighlightKeywordLinks;
+
 		self::initialise();
 		$geshi = new GeSHi( $text, $lang );
 		if( $geshi->error() == GESHI_ERROR_NO_SUCH_LANG ) {
@@ -335,7 +338,7 @@ class SyntaxHighlight_GeSHi {
 		$geshi->set_encoding( 'UTF-8' );
 		$geshi->enable_classes();
 		$geshi->set_overall_class( "source-$lang" );
-		$geshi->enable_keyword_links( false );
+		$geshi->enable_keyword_links( $wgSyntaxHighlightKeywordLinks );
 
 		// If the source code is over 100 kB, disable higlighting of symbols.
 		// If over 200 kB, disable highlighting of strings too.
diff --git a/SyntaxHighlight_GeSHi.php b/SyntaxHighlight_GeSHi.php
index 0b6cb0c6..5372342d 100644
--- a/SyntaxHighlight_GeSHi.php
+++ b/SyntaxHighlight_GeSHi.php
@@ -48,7 +48,10 @@ $wgExtensionCredits['parserhook']['SyntaxHighlight_GeSHi'] = array(
 	'url'            => 'https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:SyntaxHighlight_GeSHi',
 );
 
-$wgSyntaxHighlightDefaultLang = null; //Change this in LocalSettings.php
+// Change these in LocalSettings.php
+$wgSyntaxHighlightDefaultLang = null;
+$wgSyntaxHighlightKeywordLinks = false;
+
 $dir = dirname(__FILE__) . '/';
 $wgExtensionMessagesFiles['SyntaxHighlight_GeSHi'] = $dir . 'SyntaxHighlight_GeSHi.i18n.php';
 $wgAutoloadClasses['SyntaxHighlight_GeSHi'] = $dir . 'SyntaxHighlight_GeSHi.class.php';