diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 581fa0f4..546e51b2 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2009-12-11  Tatsuhiro Tsujikawa  <t-tujikawa@users.sourceforge.net>
+
+	Enabled DHT by default because of Magnet URI support. To disable
+	DHT, use --enable-dht=false
+	* src/OptionHandlerFactory.cc
+
 2009-12-10  Tatsuhiro Tsujikawa  <t-tujikawa@users.sourceforge.net>
 
 	Print Magnet URI in -S output.
diff --git a/src/OptionHandlerFactory.cc b/src/OptionHandlerFactory.cc
index 54dbc78a..ea36d020 100644
--- a/src/OptionHandlerFactory.cc
+++ b/src/OptionHandlerFactory.cc
@@ -1081,7 +1081,7 @@ OptionHandlers OptionHandlerFactory::createOptionHandlers()
     SharedHandle<OptionHandler> op(new BooleanOptionHandler
 				   (PREF_ENABLE_DHT,
 				    TEXT_ENABLE_DHT,
-				    V_FALSE,
+				    V_TRUE,
 				    OptionHandler::OPT_ARG));
     op->addTag(TAG_BASIC);
     op->addTag(TAG_BITTORRENT);