diff --git a/app/contexts/projects/create_context.rb b/app/contexts/projects/create_context.rb
index 56c4e1c51da..f044b1eeb6a 100644
--- a/app/contexts/projects/create_context.rb
+++ b/app/contexts/projects/create_context.rb
@@ -33,8 +33,11 @@ module Projects
       end
 
       # Disable less important features by default
-      @project.wall_enabled = false
-      @project.snippets_enabled = false
+      @project.issues_enabled         = Gitlab.config.gitlab.default_projects_features.issues
+      @project.wiki_enabled           = Gitlab.config.gitlab.default_projects_features.wiki
+      @project.wall_enabled           = Gitlab.config.gitlab.default_projects_features.wall
+      @project.snippets_enabled       = Gitlab.config.gitlab.default_projects_features.snippets
+      @project.merge_requests_enabled = Gitlab.config.gitlab.default_projects_features.merge_requests
 
       @project.creator = current_user
 
diff --git a/config/gitlab.yml.example b/config/gitlab.yml.example
index 10fe1245115..0ba8b5d211f 100644
--- a/config/gitlab.yml.example
+++ b/config/gitlab.yml.example
@@ -37,6 +37,13 @@ production: &base
     # signup_enabled: true          # default: false - Account passwords are not sent via the email if signup is enabled.
     # username_changing_enabled: false # default: true - User can change her username/namespace
 
+    ## Default project features settings
+    default_projects_features:
+      issues: true
+      merge_requests: true
+      wiki: true
+      wall: false
+      snippets: false
 
   ## External issues trackers
   issues_tracker:
diff --git a/config/initializers/1_settings.rb b/config/initializers/1_settings.rb
index ac35eef4218..be5393b0483 100644
--- a/config/initializers/1_settings.rb
+++ b/config/initializers/1_settings.rb
@@ -60,6 +60,12 @@ Settings.gitlab['url']        ||= Settings.send(:build_gitlab_url)
 Settings.gitlab['user']       ||= 'git'
 Settings.gitlab['signup_enabled'] ||= false
 Settings.gitlab['username_changing_enabled'] = true if Settings.gitlab['username_changing_enabled'].nil?
+Settings.gitlab['default_projects_features'] ||= {}
+Settings.gitlab.default_projects_features['issues']         = true if Settings.gitlab.default_projects_features['issues'].nil?
+Settings.gitlab.default_projects_features['merge_requests'] = true if Settings.gitlab.default_projects_features['merge_requests'].nil?
+Settings.gitlab.default_projects_features['wiki']           = true if Settings.gitlab.default_projects_features['wiki'].nil?
+Settings.gitlab.default_projects_features['wall']           = false if Settings.gitlab.default_projects_features['wall'].nil?
+Settings.gitlab.default_projects_features['snippets']       = false if Settings.gitlab.default_projects_features['snippets'].nil?
 
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