diff --git a/config/gitlab.yml.example b/config/gitlab.yml.example
index 8fdb2603ce8f1d86eb299814beb37028721c0d3f..1788d4c2c7cab4e0b2133f47c4b84e1ec55fca22 100644
--- a/config/gitlab.yml.example
+++ b/config/gitlab.yml.example
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ production: &base
 
   ## Git LFS
   lfs:
-    enabled: false
+    enabled: true
     # The location where LFS objects are stored (default: shared/lfs-objects).
     # storage_path: shared/lfs-objects
 
diff --git a/config/initializers/1_settings.rb b/config/initializers/1_settings.rb
index 6b7990c0ab06f8f703bf5e57de35ca18bf6cc9c9..b498fb1e1da7d2c8976de63aca9dd5f3e573bf7e 100644
--- a/config/initializers/1_settings.rb
+++ b/config/initializers/1_settings.rb
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ def base_gitlab_url
 # Git LFS
 #
 Settings['lfs'] ||= Settingslogic.new({})
-Settings.lfs['enabled']      = false if Settings.lfs['enabled'].nil?
+Settings.lfs['enabled']      = true if Settings.lfs['enabled'].nil?
 Settings.lfs['storage_path'] = File.expand_path(Settings.lfs['storage_path'] || File.join(Settings.shared['path'], "lfs-objects"), Rails.root)
 
 #