diff --git a/etc/defaults/rc.conf b/etc/defaults/rc.conf
index ccbeba762b0..dfa384a2802 100644
--- a/etc/defaults/rc.conf
+++ b/etc/defaults/rc.conf
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ ipv6_firewall_flags=""		# Flags passed to ip6fw when type is a file
 ipv6_ipfilter_rules="/etc/ipf6.rules"	# rules definition file for ipfilter,
 					# see /usr/src/contrib/ipfilter/rules
 					# for examples
-ip6addrctl_enable="NO"	# Set to YES to enable default address selection
+ip6addrctl_enable="YES"	# Set to YES to enable default address selection
 ip6addrctl_verbose="NO"	# Set to YES to enable verbose configuration messages
 
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