diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES-1.19 b/RELEASE-NOTES-1.19
index 1dd51038697..a59e47dea0f 100644
--- a/RELEASE-NOTES-1.19
+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES-1.19
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ production.
   although they are not used there.
 * (bug 30451) Add page_props to RefreshLinks::deleteLinksFromNonexistent
 * (bug 30450) Clear page_props table on page deletion
+* Hook added to check for exempt from account creation throttle
 
 === Bug fixes in 1.19 ===
 * $wgUploadNavigationUrl should be used for file redlinks if
diff --git a/docs/hooks.txt b/docs/hooks.txt
index a120aa9efd2..0ee7e6f7c40 100644
--- a/docs/hooks.txt
+++ b/docs/hooks.txt
@@ -849,6 +849,9 @@ $user: The user who is trying to email another user.
 $editToken: The user's edit token.
 &$hookErr: Out-param for the error. Passed as the parameters to OutputPage::showErrorPage.
 
+'exemptFromAccountCreationThrottle': Exemption from the account creation throttle
+$ip: The ip address of the user
+
 'ExtensionTypes': called when generating the extensions credits, use this to change the tables headers
 &$extTypes: associative array of extensions types
 
diff --git a/includes/specials/SpecialUserlogin.php b/includes/specials/SpecialUserlogin.php
index ee4d617ff7b..ae89765988c 100644
--- a/includes/specials/SpecialUserlogin.php
+++ b/includes/specials/SpecialUserlogin.php
@@ -377,17 +377,23 @@ class LoginForm extends SpecialPage {
 			return false;
 		}
 
-		if ( $wgAccountCreationThrottle && $wgUser->isPingLimitable() ) {
-			$key = wfMemcKey( 'acctcreate', 'ip', $ip );
-			$value = $wgMemc->get( $key );
-			if ( !$value ) {
-				$wgMemc->set( $key, 0, 86400 );
+		// Hook point to check for exempt from account creation throttle	
+		if ( !wfRunHooks( 'exemptFromAccountCreationThrottle', array( $ip ) ) ) {
+			wfDebug( "LoginForm::exemptFromAccountCreationThrottle: a hook allowed account creation w/o throttle\n" );
+		} else {
+			if ( ( $wgAccountCreationThrottle && $wgUser->isPingLimitable() ) ) {
+				wfDebugLog( 'CACT', "IN der core Throttle Abfrage\n" );
+				$key = wfMemcKey( 'acctcreate', 'ip', $ip );
+				$value = $wgMemc->get( $key );
+				if ( !$value ) {
+					$wgMemc->set( $key, 0, 86400 );
+				}
+				if ( $value >= $wgAccountCreationThrottle ) {
+					$this->throttleHit( $wgAccountCreationThrottle );
+					return false;
+				}
+				$wgMemc->incr( $key );
 			}
-			if ( $value >= $wgAccountCreationThrottle ) {
-				$this->throttleHit( $wgAccountCreationThrottle );
-				return false;
-			}
-			$wgMemc->incr( $key );
 		}
 
 		if( !$wgAuth->addUser( $u, $this->mPassword, $this->mEmail, $this->mRealName ) ) {