diff --git a/docs/config-schema.yaml b/docs/config-schema.yaml
index 5c395f3b265..0ddb330bb47 100644
--- a/docs/config-schema.yaml
+++ b/docs/config-schema.yaml
@@ -3202,6 +3202,11 @@ config-schema:
             via the `useskin` query parameter. To uninstall a skin, remove its inclusion
             from LocalSettings.php.
             @see \SkinFactory::getAllowedSkins
+    ResourceLoaderClientPreferences:
+        default: false
+        description: |-
+            Whether skins support client side (anonymous) preferences.
+            @see RL/ClientHtml
     DisableOutputCompression:
         default: false
         description: 'Disable output compression (enabled by default if zlib is available)'
diff --git a/includes/MainConfigNames.php b/includes/MainConfigNames.php
index f646db27a5e..e43782cc7db 100644
--- a/includes/MainConfigNames.php
+++ b/includes/MainConfigNames.php
@@ -1990,6 +1990,12 @@ class MainConfigNames {
 	 */
 	public const SkipSkins = 'SkipSkins';
 
+	/**
+	 * Name constant for the ResourceLoaderClientPreferences setting, for use with Config::get()
+	 * @see MainConfigSchema::ResourceLoaderClientPreferences
+	 */
+	public const ResourceLoaderClientPreferences = 'ResourceLoaderClientPreferences';
+
 	/**
 	 * Name constant for the DisableOutputCompression setting, for use with Config::get()
 	 * @see MainConfigSchema::DisableOutputCompression
diff --git a/includes/MainConfigSchema.php b/includes/MainConfigSchema.php
index 5ba0d91f210..e9162b4961a 100644
--- a/includes/MainConfigSchema.php
+++ b/includes/MainConfigSchema.php
@@ -5152,6 +5152,15 @@ class MainConfigSchema {
 		'type' => 'map',
 	];
 
+	/**
+	 * Whether skins support client side (anonymous) preferences.
+	 *
+	 * @see RL/ClientHtml
+	 */
+	public const ResourceLoaderClientPreferences = [
+		'default' => false,
+	];
+
 	/**
 	 * Disable output compression (enabled by default if zlib is available)
 	 */
diff --git a/includes/ResourceLoader/ClientHtml.php b/includes/ResourceLoader/ClientHtml.php
index 45563c9681b..4ca1ebd12ba 100644
--- a/includes/ResourceLoader/ClientHtml.php
+++ b/includes/ResourceLoader/ClientHtml.php
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 namespace MediaWiki\ResourceLoader;
 
 use Html;
+use MediaWiki\MainConfigNames;
 use Wikimedia\WrappedString;
 use Wikimedia\WrappedStringList;
 
@@ -289,6 +290,15 @@ RLPAGEMODULES = {$pageModulesJson};
 ";
 		}
 
+		$config = $this->resourceLoader->getConfig();
+		$user = $this->context->getUserIdentity();
+		$isAnon = !$user || !$user->isRegistered();
+		// This code is only loaded for anonymous users. Logged in users should use preferences.
+		if ( $config->get( MainConfigNames::ResourceLoaderClientPreferences ) && $isAnon ) {
+			$script .= $this->getClientSidePreferencesScript(
+				$config->get( MainConfigNames::CookiePrefix )
+			);
+		}
 		if ( !$this->context->getDebug() ) {
 			$script = ResourceLoader::filter( 'minify-js', $script, [ 'cache' => false ] );
 		}
@@ -383,6 +393,32 @@ RLPAGEMODULES = {$pageModulesJson};
 		return $ret;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Adds ability for anonymous users to change classes on document.documentElement
+	 *
+	 * @param string $cookiePrefix
+	 * @return string
+	 */
+	private function getClientSidePreferencesScript( string $cookiePrefix ) {
+		return <<<END
+(function () {
+// Client side preferences
+	var doc = document.documentElement;
+	var clientPrefCookie = document.cookie.match(/(?:^|; )${cookiePrefix}mwclientprefs=([^;]+)/);
+	// For now, only support disabling a feature
+	// Only supports a single feature (modifying a single class) at this stage.
+	// In future this may be expanded to multiple once this has been proven as viable.
+	if ( clientPrefCookie ) {
+		var featureName = clientPrefCookie[1];
+		doc.className = doc.className.replace(
+			featureName + '-enabled',
+			featureName + '-disabled'
+		);
+	}
+} () );
+END;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Explicitly load or embed modules on a page.
 	 *
diff --git a/includes/config-schema.php b/includes/config-schema.php
index cdccc2733a5..b5171c3a8da 100644
--- a/includes/config-schema.php
+++ b/includes/config-schema.php
@@ -645,6 +645,7 @@ return [
 			'FallbackSkin' => 'fallback',
 			'SkipSkins' => [
 			],
+			'ResourceLoaderClientPreferences' => false,
 			'DisableOutputCompression' => false,
 			'FragmentMode' => [
 				0 => 'html5',
diff --git a/includes/config-vars.php b/includes/config-vars.php
index 7fd6b85fffd..44874039ce4 100644
--- a/includes/config-vars.php
+++ b/includes/config-vars.php
@@ -1974,6 +1974,12 @@ $wgFallbackSkin = null;
  */
 $wgSkipSkins = null;
 
+/**
+ * Config variable stub for the ResourceLoaderClientPreferences setting, for use by phpdoc and IDEs.
+ * @see MediaWiki\MainConfigSchema::ResourceLoaderClientPreferences
+ */
+$wgResourceLoaderClientPreferences = null;
+
 /**
  * Config variable stub for the DisableOutputCompression setting, for use by phpdoc and IDEs.
  * @see MediaWiki\MainConfigSchema::DisableOutputCompression
diff --git a/tests/phpunit/includes/ResourceLoader/ClientHtmlTest.php b/tests/phpunit/includes/ResourceLoader/ClientHtmlTest.php
index 3455810d8eb..42f7aa50468 100644
--- a/tests/phpunit/includes/ResourceLoader/ClientHtmlTest.php
+++ b/tests/phpunit/includes/ResourceLoader/ClientHtmlTest.php
@@ -348,7 +348,9 @@ class ClientHtmlTest extends \PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase {
 	}
 
 	private static function makeContext( $extraQuery = [] ) {
-		$conf = new HashConfig( [] );
+		$conf = new HashConfig( [
+			'ResourceLoaderClientPreferences' => false
+		] );
 		return new Context(
 			new ResourceLoader( $conf, null, null, [
 				'loadScript' => '/w/load.php',