diff --git a/src/gui/qgsnewhttpconnection.cpp b/src/gui/qgsnewhttpconnection.cpp
index 01552a3d97f85..55ac3773bf938 100644
--- a/src/gui/qgsnewhttpconnection.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/qgsnewhttpconnection.cpp
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@
 #include <QRegularExpressionValidator>
 #include <QUrlQuery>
 
+const QgsSettingsEntryBool *QgsNewHttpConnection::settingsIgnoreReportedLayerExtentsDefault = new QgsSettingsEntryBool( QStringLiteral( "ignore-reported-layer-extents-default" ), sTreeHttpConnectionDialog, false ) ;
+
 QgsNewHttpConnection::QgsNewHttpConnection( QWidget *parent, ConnectionTypes types, const QString &serviceName, const QString &connectionName, QgsNewHttpConnection::Flags flags, Qt::WindowFlags fl )
   : QDialog( parent, fl )
   , mTypes( types )
@@ -158,6 +160,8 @@ QgsNewHttpConnection::QgsNewHttpConnection( QWidget *parent, ConnectionTypes typ
     }
   }
 
+  cbxWmsIgnoreReportedLayerExtents->setChecked( settingsIgnoreReportedLayerExtentsDefault->value() );
+
   if ( !( flags & FlagShowTestConnection ) )
   {
     mTestConnectionButton->hide();
diff --git a/src/gui/qgsnewhttpconnection.h b/src/gui/qgsnewhttpconnection.h
index d80a857bc117c..4bba9e529e75f 100644
--- a/src/gui/qgsnewhttpconnection.h
+++ b/src/gui/qgsnewhttpconnection.h
@@ -22,8 +22,10 @@
 #include "ui_qgsnewhttpconnectionbase.h"
 #include "qgsguiutils.h"
 #include "qgis_gui.h"
+#include "qgssettingstree.h"
 
 class QgsAuthSettingsWidget;
+class QgsSettingsEntryBool;
 
 /**
  * \ingroup gui
@@ -36,6 +38,12 @@ class GUI_EXPORT QgsNewHttpConnection : public QDialog, private Ui::QgsNewHttpCo
 
   public:
 
+#ifndef SIP_RUN
+  static inline QgsSettingsTreeNode *sTreeHttpConnectionDialog = QgsSettingsTree::sTreeConnections->createChildNode( QStringLiteral( "http-connection-dialog" ) );
+
+  static const QgsSettingsEntryBool *settingsIgnoreReportedLayerExtentsDefault;
+#endif
+
     /**
      * Available connection types for configuring in the dialog.
      */