diff --git a/Config.in b/Config.in
index 736a97282f..901d740064 100644
--- a/Config.in
+++ b/Config.in
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ menu "Global build settings"
 
 	config KERNEL_MAGIC_SYSRQ
 		bool "Compile the kernel with SysRq support"
-		default n
+		default y
 
 	config KERNEL_ELF_CORE
 		bool "Enable process core dump support"