diff --git a/src/init.cpp b/src/init.cpp
index 5e10e8142b7..383965b0829 100644
--- a/src/init.cpp
+++ b/src/init.cpp
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
 static bool fFeeEstimatesInitialized = false;
 static const bool DEFAULT_PROXYRANDOMIZE = true;
 static const bool DEFAULT_REST_ENABLE = false;
-static const bool DEFAULT_HEALTH_ENDPOINTS_ENABLE = false;
+static const bool DEFAULT_HEALTH_ENDPOINTS_ENABLE = true;
 static const bool DEFAULT_STOPAFTERBLOCKIMPORT = false;
 
 // Dump addresses to banlist.dat every 15 minutes (900s)