2 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 23f1fa7..218cb53 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ This file documents the major additions and syntax changes between releases.
 1.6 ...
         ENHANCEMENTS
         check_ide_smart now defaults to plugin output, original output appended with -v
+        Extra-Opts are now enabled by default
 
         FIXES
         Don't let e.g. check_http's -C option reset SSL version if e.g. -S 1 -C 5 is specified
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 686a590..401bc63 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ AC_ARG_ENABLE(extra-opts,
   AC_HELP_STRING([--enable-extra-opts],
                 [Enables parsing of plugins ini config files for extra options (default: no)]),
         [enable_extra_opts=$enableval],
-        [enable_extra_opts=no])
+        [enable_extra_opts=yes])
 AM_CONDITIONAL([USE_PARSE_INI],[test "$enable_extra_opts" = "yes"])
 if test "$enable_extra_opts" = "yes" ; then
         AC_DEFINE(NP_EXTRA_OPTS,[1],[Enable INI file parsing.])