diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 54befa8599187067a7bc4f2cc8fba11b77565197..e6352a75b5fe820c9f0710b05edeef4e269f847d 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -786,7 +786,7 @@ AS_IF([test "$enable_check_asm" = "yes"], [
 
 AC_ARG_ENABLE([ambisonics],
     [AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-ambisonics],[enable experimental ambisonic encoding and decoding support])],,
-    [enable_ambisonics=no])
+    [enable_ambisonics=yes])
 
 AS_IF([test "$enable_ambisonics" = "yes"], [
   AC_DEFINE([ENABLE_EXPERIMENTAL_AMBISONICS], [1], [Ambisonics Support])