diff --git a/certbot-apache/certbot_apache/configurator.py b/certbot-apache/certbot_apache/configurator.py
index d36b897aa..e2069ad95 100644
--- a/certbot-apache/certbot_apache/configurator.py
+++ b/certbot-apache/certbot_apache/configurator.py
@@ -1729,6 +1729,7 @@ class ApacheConfigurator(augeas_configurator.AugeasConfigurator):
             if not self.parser.parsed_in_original(vhost.filep):
                 # Add direct include to root conf
                 self.parser.add_include(self.parser.loc["default"], vhost.filep)
+                vhost.enabled = True
             return
 
         enabled_path = ("%s/sites-enabled/%s" %