diff --git a/share/man/man4/linux.4 b/share/man/man4/linux.4
--- a/share/man/man4/linux.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/linux.4
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@
 From a user perspective, this makes
 .Va SIGINFO
 work for Linux executables.
-Defaults to 0.
+Defaults to 1.
 .It Va compat.linux.setid_allowed
 Enable handling of set-user-ID and set-group-ID mode bits for the new
 process image file when image is to be executed under Linux ABI.
diff --git a/sys/compat/linux/linux_mib.c b/sys/compat/linux/linux_mib.c
--- a/sys/compat/linux/linux_mib.c
+++ b/sys/compat/linux/linux_mib.c
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
 SYSCTL_INT(_compat_linux, OID_AUTO, ignore_ip_recverr, CTLFLAG_RWTUN,
     &linux_ignore_ip_recverr, 0, "Ignore enabling IP_RECVERR");
 
-int linux_preserve_vstatus = 0;
+int linux_preserve_vstatus = 1;
 SYSCTL_INT(_compat_linux, OID_AUTO, preserve_vstatus, CTLFLAG_RWTUN,
     &linux_preserve_vstatus, 0, "Preserve VSTATUS termios(4) flag");