diff --git a/editcheck/modules/init.js b/editcheck/modules/init.js
index 43a8419658..45f422fc30 100644
--- a/editcheck/modules/init.js
+++ b/editcheck/modules/init.js
@@ -176,7 +176,8 @@ if ( mw.config.get( 'wgVisualEditorConfig' ).editCheckTagging ) {
 if (
 	( mw.config.get( 'wgVisualEditorConfig' ).editCheck && mw.editcheck.accountShouldSeeEditCheck( mw.editcheck.config.addReference ) ) ||
 	// ecenable will bypass normal account-status checks as well:
-	new URL( location.href ).searchParams.get( 'ecenable' )
+	new URL( location.href ).searchParams.get( 'ecenable' ) ||
+	!!window.MWVE_FORCE_EDIT_CHECK_ENABLED
 ) {
 	var saveProcessDeferred;
 	mw.hook( 've.preSaveProcess' ).add( function ( saveProcess, target ) {
diff --git a/modules/ve-mw/preinit/ve.init.mw.ArticleTargetLoader.js b/modules/ve-mw/preinit/ve.init.mw.ArticleTargetLoader.js
index 69d7442c68..a6f245ebf6 100644
--- a/modules/ve-mw/preinit/ve.init.mw.ArticleTargetLoader.js
+++ b/modules/ve-mw/preinit/ve.init.mw.ArticleTargetLoader.js
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 		modules.push( 'ext.visualEditor.mwwikitext' );
 	}
 
-	var editCheck = conf.editCheck || !!url.searchParams.get( 'ecenable' );
+	var editCheck = conf.editCheck || !!url.searchParams.get( 'ecenable' ) || !!window.MWVE_FORCE_EDIT_CHECK_ENABLED;
 	if ( conf.editCheckTagging || editCheck ) {
 		modules.push( 'ext.visualEditor.editCheck' );
 	}