diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/freetds/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/freetds/default.nix
index 4f07316bd3f..536859bc4b3 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/freetds/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/freetds/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, autoreconfHook, pkgconfig
 , openssl
-, odbcSupport ? false, unixODBC ? null }:
+, odbcSupport ? true, unixODBC ? null }:
 
 assert odbcSupport -> unixODBC != null;