diff --git a/app/frontend/styles/application.scss b/app/frontend/styles/application.scss
index 6d0e3ca55..0d172f26f 100644
--- a/app/frontend/styles/application.scss
+++ b/app/frontend/styles/application.scss
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 $govuk-font-url-function: frontend-font-url;
 $govuk-image-url-function: frontend-image-url;
 $govuk-global-styles: true;
+$govuk-new-link-styles: true;
 
 @import "~govuk-frontend/govuk/all";