diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 10e5a341b..f46e32590 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2007-12-18  Thomas Thurman  <tthurman@gnome.org>
+
+        * configure.in: compositor enabled by default.
+
 2007-12-18  Iain Holmes  <iain@gnome.org>
 
         * configure.in, src/theme.c, src/display.c,
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index ddc1f6164..6e5104c0d 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -223,8 +223,8 @@ if test x$enable_compositor = xyes; then
    have_xcomposite=yes
    echo "CompositeExt support forced on"
 elif test x$enable_compositor = xauto; then
-   echo "Not building compositing manager by default now, must enable explicitly to get it."
-   have_xcomposite=no
+   echo "Building compositing manager by default now."
+   have_xcomposite=yes
 else
    have_xcomposite=no
 fi