diff --git a/admin/admin_settings.php b/admin/admin_settings.php
index cb1676f1..116ad69e 100644
--- a/admin/admin_settings.php
+++ b/admin/admin_settings.php
@@ -2127,6 +2127,46 @@ if ( defined('HESK_DEMO') )
                           </div>
                       </div>
                   </div>
+                  <div class="blankSpace"></div>
+                  <h6 style="font-weight: bold"><?php echo $hesklang['menu_kb']; ?></h6>
+                  <div class="footerWithBorder blankSpace"></div>
+                  <div class="form-group">
+                      <label for="knowledgebase-visibility-setting" class="col-sm-4 col-xs-12 control-label">
+                          <?php echo $hesklang['new_article_default_type']; ?>
+                          <i class="fa fa-question-circle settingsquestionmark" data-toggle="popover"
+                             title="<?php echo $hesklang['new_article_default_type']; ?>"
+                             data-content="<?php echo $hesklang['new_article_default_type_help']; ?>"></i>
+                      </label>
+                      <div class="col-sm-8 col-xs-12">
+                          <div class="radio">
+                              <label>
+                                  <input type="radio" name="new_kb_article_visibility" value="0" <?php echo $modsForHesk_settings['new_kb_article_visibility'] == 0 ? 'checked' : ''; ?>>
+                                  <?php echo $hesklang['kb_published']; ?>
+                                  <i class="fa fa-question-circle settingsquestionmark" data-toggle="popover"
+                                     title="<?php echo $hesklang['kb_published']; ?>"
+                                     data-content="<?php echo $hesklang['kb_published2']; ?>"></i>
+                              </label>
+                          </div>
+                          <div class="radio">
+                              <label>
+                                  <input type="radio" name="new_kb_article_visibility" value="1" <?php echo $modsForHesk_settings['new_kb_article_visibility'] == 1 ? 'checked' : ''; ?>>
+                                  <?php echo $hesklang['kb_private']; ?>
+                                  <i class="fa fa-question-circle settingsquestionmark" data-toggle="popover"
+                                     title="<?php echo $hesklang['kb_private']; ?>"
+                                     data-content="<?php echo $hesklang['kb_private2']; ?>"></i>
+                              </label>
+                          </div>
+                          <div class="radio">
+                              <label>
+                                  <input type="radio" name="new_kb_article_visibility" value="2" <?php echo $modsForHesk_settings['new_kb_article_visibility'] == 2 ? 'checked' : ''; ?>>
+                                  <?php echo $hesklang['kb_draft']; ?>
+                                  <i class="fa fa-question-circle settingsquestionmark" data-toggle="popover"
+                                     title="<?php echo $hesklang['kb_draft']; ?>"
+                                     data-content="<?php echo $hesklang['kb_draft3']; ?>"></i>
+                              </label>
+                          </div>
+                      </div>
+                  </div>
               </div>
               <!-- Mods For Hesk: Statuses -->
               <div class="tab-pane fade in" id="statuses">
diff --git a/admin/admin_settings_save.php b/admin/admin_settings_save.php
index 9dec5326..09c92a66 100644
--- a/admin/admin_settings_save.php
+++ b/admin/admin_settings_save.php
@@ -614,6 +614,7 @@ $set['custom-field-setting'] = empty($_POST['custom-field-setting']) ? 0 : 1;
 $set['customer-email-verification-required'] = empty($_POST['email-verification']) ? 0 : 1;
 $set['html_emails'] = empty($_POST['html_emails']) ? 0 : 1;
 $set['use_bootstrap_theme'] = empty($_POST['use_bootstrap_theme']) ? 0 : 1;
+$set['new_kb_article_visibility'] = hesk_checkMinMax( intval( hesk_POST('new_kb_article_visibility') ) , 0, 2, 2);
 
 if ($set['customer-email-verification-required'])
 {
@@ -667,7 +668,10 @@ $modsForHesk_settings[\'mailgun_api_key\'] = \''.$set['mailgun_api_key'].'\';
 $modsForHesk_settings[\'mailgun_domain\'] = \''.$set['mailgun_domain'].'\';
 
 //-- Set this to 1 to enable bootstrap-theme.css
-$modsForHesk_settings[\'use_bootstrap_theme\'] = '.$set['use_bootstrap_theme'].';';
+$modsForHesk_settings[\'use_bootstrap_theme\'] = '.$set['use_bootstrap_theme'].';
+
+//-- Default value for new Knowledgebase article: 0 = Published, 1 = Private, 2 = Draft
+$modsForHesk_settings[\'new_kb_article_visibility\'] = '.$set['new_kb_article_visibility'].';';
 
 // Write the file
 if ( ! file_put_contents(HESK_PATH . 'modsForHesk_settings.inc.php', $modsForHesk_file_content) )
diff --git a/language/en/text.php b/language/en/text.php
index b55da13f..686dc347 100644
--- a/language/en/text.php
+++ b/language/en/text.php
@@ -21,6 +21,12 @@ $hesklang['_COLLATE']='utf8_unicode_ci';
 // This is the email break line that will be used in email piping
 $hesklang['EMAIL_HR']='------ Reply above this line ------';
 
+// ADDED OR MODIFIED IN Mods for HESK 2.2.0
+$hesklang['new_article_default_type'] = 'Default Type for New Articles';
+$hesklang['new_article_default_type_help'] = 'Choose the default type for new knowledgebase articles.';
+$hesklang['kb_draft3'] = 'The article is saved but not yet published. It can only be read by staff who has permission to
+ manage knowledgebase articles.'; // This is exactly the same as kb_draft2 with all HTML removed
+
 // ADDED OR MODIFIED IN Mods for HESK 2.1.0
 $hesklang['e_mfh_settings'] = 'You will not be able to save your settings unless this file is writable by the script (CHMOD to 666)!';
 $hesklang['mfh_up_to_date'] = 'Mods for HESK is up to date';
diff --git a/modsForHesk_settings.inc.php b/modsForHesk_settings.inc.php
index 6a5e6e30..77ffd35e 100644
--- a/modsForHesk_settings.inc.php
+++ b/modsForHesk_settings.inc.php
@@ -34,4 +34,7 @@ $modsForHesk_settings['mailgun_api_key'] = '';
 $modsForHesk_settings['mailgun_domain'] = '';
 
 //-- Set this to 1 to enable bootstrap-theme.css
-$modsForHesk_settings['use_bootstrap_theme'] = 1;
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+$modsForHesk_settings['use_bootstrap_theme'] = 1;
+
+//-- Default value for new Knowledgebase article: 0 = Published, 1 = Private, 2 = Draft
+$modsForHesk_settings['new_kb_article_visibility'] = 0;
\ No newline at end of file