diff --git a/extension.json b/extension.json
index c29cf483fc..259730de2f 100644
--- a/extension.json
+++ b/extension.json
@@ -387,6 +387,9 @@
 				],
 				"monobook": [
 					"modules/ve-mw/init/styles/ve.init.mw.DesktopArticleTarget-monobook.css"
+				],
+				"minerva": [
+					"modules/ve-mw/init/styles/ve.init.mw.DesktopArticleTarget-minerva.css"
 				]
 			},
 			"dependencies": [
@@ -481,6 +484,9 @@
 				],
 				"monobook": [
 					"modules/ve-mw/init/styles/ve.init.mw.DesktopArticleTarget-monobook.css"
+				],
+				"minerva": [
+					"modules/ve-mw/init/styles/ve.init.mw.DesktopArticleTarget-minerva.css"
 				]
 			},
 			"dependencies": [
diff --git a/modules/ve-mw/init/styles/ve.init.mw.DesktopArticleTarget-minerva.css b/modules/ve-mw/init/styles/ve.init.mw.DesktopArticleTarget-minerva.css
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f1ef456827
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/ve-mw/init/styles/ve.init.mw.DesktopArticleTarget-minerva.css
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+/*!
+ * VisualEditor MediaWiki Initialization DesktopArticleTarget Minerva skin styles.
+ *
+ * @copyright 2011-2018 VisualEditor Team and others; see AUTHORS.txt
+ * @license The MIT License (MIT); see LICENSE.txt
+ */
+
+.ve-init-mw-desktopArticleTarget .ve-init-mw-target-surface .ve-ce-documentNode,
+.ve-init-mw-desktopArticleTarget .ve-init-mw-target-surface .ve-ui-surface-placeholder {
+	padding: 0;
+	/* Provide clickable gutter */
+	padding-left: 1000px;
+	margin-left: -1000px;
+}