diff --git a/src/lib/features/project/project-service.test.ts b/src/lib/features/project/project-service.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4dc601dadb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/features/project/project-service.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+import { createTestConfig } from '../../../test/config/test-config';
+import { RoleName } from '../../types';
+import { createFakeProjectService } from './createProjectService';
+
+describe('enterprise extension: enable change requests', () => {
+    test('it calls the change request enablement function', async () => {
+        expect.assertions(1);
+
+        const config = createTestConfig();
+        const service = createFakeProjectService(config);
+
+        // @ts-expect-error: if we don't set this up, the test will fail due to a missing role.
+        service.accessService.createRole({
+            name: RoleName.OWNER,
+            description: 'Project owner',
+            createdByUserId: -1,
+        });
+
+        const projectId = 'fake-project-id';
+        await service.createProject(
+            {
+                id: projectId,
+                name: 'fake-project-name',
+            },
+            {
+                id: 5,
+                permissions: [],
+                isAPI: false,
+            },
+            async () => {
+                // @ts-expect-error: we want to verify that the project /has/
+                // been created when calling the function.
+                const project = await service.projectStore.get(projectId);
+
+                expect(project).toBeTruthy();
+            },
+        );
+    });
+});
diff --git a/src/lib/features/project/project-service.ts b/src/lib/features/project/project-service.ts
index 793783d46d..7fa036cf2d 100644
--- a/src/lib/features/project/project-service.ts
+++ b/src/lib/features/project/project-service.ts
@@ -283,6 +283,7 @@ export default class ProjectService {
     async createProject(
         newProject: CreateProject,
         user: IUser,
+        enableChangeRequestsForSpecifiedEnvironments: () => Promise<void> = async () => {},
     ): Promise<IProject> {
         await this.validateProjectEnvironments(newProject.environments);
 
@@ -308,6 +309,8 @@ export default class ProjectService {
             }),
         );
 
+        await enableChangeRequestsForSpecifiedEnvironments();
+
         await this.accessService.createDefaultProjectRoles(user, data.id);
 
         await this.eventService.storeEvent({