diff --git a/package/utils/busybox/Config-defaults.in b/package/utils/busybox/Config-defaults.in
index 91c9b9b5b9..89da7ace8d 100644
--- a/package/utils/busybox/Config-defaults.in
+++ b/package/utils/busybox/Config-defaults.in
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_DEFAULT_FEATURE_SKIP_ROOTFS
 	default n
 config BUSYBOX_DEFAULT_MONOTONIC_SYSCALL
 	bool
-	default n
+	default y
 config BUSYBOX_DEFAULT_IOCTL_HEX2STR_ERROR
 	bool
 	default y