diff --git a/src/Config.cpp b/src/Config.cpp
index 60ed2a71b2df59dea5accac529665694883b2abc..ee513e0c92e40c8cce4e039770c9a87a71b03456 100644
--- a/src/Config.cpp
+++ b/src/Config.cpp
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ void Config::updateBackendConfig(const std::string &backendConfig) {
 	options_description opts("Backend options");
 	opts.add_options()
 		("registration.needPassword", value<bool>()->default_value(true), "")
-		("registration.needRegistration", value<bool>()->default_value(false), "")
+		("registration.needRegistration", value<bool>()->default_value(true), "")
 		("registration.extraField", value<std::vector<std::string> >()->multitoken(), "")
 		("features.receipts", value<bool>()->default_value(false), "")
 		("features.muc", value<bool>()->default_value(false), "")