diff --git a/MozillaFirefox.changes b/MozillaFirefox.changes
index fcb5415..a016a80 100644
--- a/MozillaFirefox.changes
+++ b/MozillaFirefox.changes
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ Thu Oct  3 08:40:05 UTC 2019 - Wolfgang Rosenauer <wr@rosenauer.org>
   firefox-add-kde.js-in-order-to-survive-PGO-build.patch
 - update create-tar.sh to latest revision and adjusted tar_stamps
 - add mozilla-fix-top-level-asm.patch to fix LTO build (w/o PGO)
+- extension preferences moved from branding package to core package
+  (packaging but not branding specific)
 
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 Thu Sep 19 13:31:16 UTC 2019 - Wolfgang Rosenauer <wr@rosenauer.org>
diff --git a/firefox.js b/firefox.js
index 64e74c6..5751e39 100644
--- a/firefox.js
+++ b/firefox.js
@@ -3,3 +3,6 @@ pref("browser.preferences.instantApply", true);
 pref("geo.wifi.uri", "https://location.services.mozilla.com/v1/geolocate?key=%MOZILLA_API_KEY%");
 /* Disable DoH by default */
 pref("network.trr.mode", 5);
+// do not disable system-global or app-global extensions
+pref("extensions.autoDisableScopes", 3);
+pref("extensions.shownSelectionUI", true);