diff --git a/lib/SimpleSAML/XHTML/Template.php b/lib/SimpleSAML/XHTML/Template.php
index 43a00a768ed8a277226504c62d80725959eaf817..d2f860a88b86268c29786416c56f01a7ba6aa025 100644
--- a/lib/SimpleSAML/XHTML/Template.php
+++ b/lib/SimpleSAML/XHTML/Template.php
@@ -198,6 +198,7 @@ class SimpleSAML_XHTML_Template
 
         $twig = new Twig_Environment($loader, $options);
         $twig->addExtension(new Twig_Extensions_Extension_I18n());
+        SimpleSAML\Module::callHooks('twigInit', $twig);
         return $twig;
     }