diff --git a/manifests/master/storeconfigs.pp b/manifests/master/storeconfigs.pp
index 12d726b..cb46cc0 100644
--- a/manifests/master/storeconfigs.pp
+++ b/manifests/master/storeconfigs.pp
@@ -1,35 +1,35 @@
 # This class configures the puppet master to enable storeconfigs and to use
 # puppetdb as the storeconfigs backend. See README.md for more details.
 class puppetdb::master::storeconfigs (
   $puppet_conf = $puppetdb::params::puppet_conf,
   $masterless  = $puppetdb::params::masterless,
-  $enable      = false,
+  $enable      = true,
 ) inherits puppetdb::params {
 
   if $masterless {
     $puppet_conf_section = 'main'
   } else {
     $puppet_conf_section = 'master'
   }
 
   $storeconfigs_ensure = $enable ? {
     true    => present,
     default => absent,
   }
 
   Ini_setting {
     section => $puppet_conf_section,
     path    => $puppet_conf,
     ensure  => $storeconfigs_ensure,
   }
 
   ini_setting { "puppet.conf/${puppet_conf_section}/storeconfigs":
     setting => 'storeconfigs',
     value   => true,
   }
 
   ini_setting { "puppet.conf/${puppet_conf_section}/storeconfigs_backend":
     setting => 'storeconfigs_backend',
     value   => 'puppetdb',
   }
 }