diff --git a/includes/skins/SkinMinerva.php b/includes/skins/SkinMinerva.php
index 55b070f94..85ed2de75 100644
--- a/includes/skins/SkinMinerva.php
+++ b/includes/skins/SkinMinerva.php
@@ -1352,6 +1352,7 @@ class SkinMinerva extends SkinTemplate implements ICustomizableSkin {
 			'skins.minerva.base.reset',
 			'skins.minerva.base.styles',
 			'skins.minerva.content.styles',
+			'mediawiki.hlist',
 			'skins.minerva.tablet.styles',
 			'mediawiki.ui.icon',
 			'mediawiki.ui.button',
diff --git a/resources/skins.minerva.content.styles/lists.less b/resources/skins.minerva.content.styles/lists.less
index c44176a5c..31aff1398 100644
--- a/resources/skins.minerva.content.styles/lists.less
+++ b/resources/skins.minerva.content.styles/lists.less
@@ -2,25 +2,8 @@
 @import 'minerva.variables.less';
 @import 'minerva.mixins.less';
 
-// FIXME: to support hlists on enwiki projects - this should be deprecated
-.hlist > ul,
-// Horizontal Lists
-//
-// Use hlist class when dealing with lists where items should be horizontal.
-//
-// Markup:
-// <ul class="hlist">
-// <li>item 1</li>
-// <li>item 2</li>
-// </ul>
-//
-// Styleguide 1.5.
-ul.hlist {
-	li {
-		display: inline-block;
-		margin-right: 8px;
-	}
-}
+// FIXME: Delete this in 7 days time (T42062)
+@import '../../skinStyles/mediawiki.hlist/minerva.less';
 
 .content {
 	ul {
@@ -80,15 +63,3 @@ body.mw-hide-empty-elt .mw-empty-elt {
 	display: none;
 }
 
-.hlist-separated {
-	li:after {
-		content: '•';
-		padding-left: 8px;
-		color: @linkColor;
-		font-size: 16px;
-		line-height: 1;
-	}
-	:last-child:after {
-		content: '';
-	}
-}
diff --git a/skin.json b/skin.json
index dbf880297..5bb2f25cc 100644
--- a/skin.json
+++ b/skin.json
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@
 	},
 	"ResourceModuleSkinStyles": {
 		"minerva": {
+			"mediawiki.hlist": [
+				"skinStyles/mediawiki.hlist/minerva.less"
+			],
 			"mobile.languages.structured": [
 				"skinStyles/mobile.languages.structured/LanguageOverlay.less"
 			],
diff --git a/skinStyles/mediawiki.hlist/minerva.less b/skinStyles/mediawiki.hlist/minerva.less
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..80e646a64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/skinStyles/mediawiki.hlist/minerva.less
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+ @import 'minerva.variables.less';
+
+/**
+ * This tweaks the default mediawiki.hlist module to provide performance optimisations
+ * as well as subtle tweaks to the appearance. It's a work in progress.
+ */
+
+// FIXME: to support hlists on enwiki projects - this should be deprecated
+.hlist > ul,
+.hlist > dl,.hlist > ul,
+// Horizontal Lists
+//
+// Use hlist class when dealing with lists where items should be horizontal.
+//
+// Markup:
+// <ul class="hlist">
+// <li>item 1</li>
+// <li>item 2</li>
+// </ul>
+//
+// Styleguide 1.5.
+ul.hlist {
+	li {
+		display: inline-block;
+		margin-right: 8px;
+	}
+}
+
+.hlist-separated {
+	li:after {
+		content: '•';
+		padding-left: 8px;
+		color: @linkColor;
+		font-size: 16px;
+		line-height: 1;
+	}
+	:last-child:after {
+		content: '';
+	}
+}