diff --git a/src/node_options.cc b/src/node_options.cc
index 2dac84a6d8a17a76922ac5827280df1239367552..75162acde2ace9e67af049390ce26043e932f0a6 100644
--- a/src/node_options.cc
+++ b/src/node_options.cc
@@ -356,7 +356,8 @@ EnvironmentOptionsParser::EnvironmentOptionsParser() {
   AddOption("--enable-network-family-autoselection",
             "Enable network address family autodetection algorithm",
             &EnvironmentOptions::enable_network_family_autoselection,
-            kAllowedInEnvvar);
+            kAllowedInEnvvar,
+            true);
   AddOption("--enable-source-maps",
             "Source Map V3 support for stack traces",
             &EnvironmentOptions::enable_source_maps,
diff --git a/src/node_options.h b/src/node_options.h
index 288e5a1d9f9caeedd69c8b00c6ef96724540342b..1e0f1f2164e65394e31fff480a2366e2da2a215e 100644
--- a/src/node_options.h
+++ b/src/node_options.h
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ class EnvironmentOptions : public Options {
   bool frozen_intrinsics = false;
   int64_t heap_snapshot_near_heap_limit = 0;
   std::string heap_snapshot_signal;
-  bool enable_network_family_autoselection = false;
+  bool enable_network_family_autoselection = true;
   uint64_t max_http_header_size = 16 * 1024;
   bool deprecation = true;
   bool force_async_hooks_checks = true;