diff --git a/res/res_sip.c b/res/res_sip.c
index 30724ae4f30e94c59fd15f148edf469f3c0dd6d1..9b05235fe5dd050a2386cbf3ebbf5053bb3d14ca 100644
--- a/res/res_sip.c
+++ b/res/res_sip.c
@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@
 						See https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/IP+Quality+of+Service for more information about QoS settings
 					</para></description>
 				</configOption>
-				<configOption name="allowsubscribe" default="no">
+				<configOption name="allowsubscribe" default="yes">
 					<synopsis>Determines if endpoint is allowed to initiate subscriptions with Asterisk.</synopsis>
 				</configOption>
 				<configOption name="subminexpiry" default="60">
diff --git a/res/res_sip/sip_configuration.c b/res/res_sip/sip_configuration.c
index 809430a275ce71f970f0a9deba7c039031112691..37a225f398e2e56c334b85c5384ee5d36a44a911 100644
--- a/res/res_sip/sip_configuration.c
+++ b/res/res_sip/sip_configuration.c
@@ -679,7 +679,7 @@ int ast_res_sip_initialize_configuration(void)
 	ast_sorcery_object_field_register(sip_sorcery, "endpoint", "tos_video", "0", OPT_UINT_T, 0, FLDSET(struct ast_sip_endpoint, tos_video));
 	ast_sorcery_object_field_register(sip_sorcery, "endpoint", "cos_audio", "0", OPT_UINT_T, 0, FLDSET(struct ast_sip_endpoint, cos_audio));
 	ast_sorcery_object_field_register(sip_sorcery, "endpoint", "cos_video", "0", OPT_UINT_T, 0, FLDSET(struct ast_sip_endpoint, cos_video));
-	ast_sorcery_object_field_register(sip_sorcery, "endpoint", "allowsubscribe", "no", OPT_BOOL_T, 1, FLDSET(struct ast_sip_endpoint, allowsubscribe));
+	ast_sorcery_object_field_register(sip_sorcery, "endpoint", "allowsubscribe", "yes", OPT_BOOL_T, 1, FLDSET(struct ast_sip_endpoint, allowsubscribe));
 	ast_sorcery_object_field_register(sip_sorcery, "endpoint", "subminexpiry", "0", OPT_UINT_T, 0, FLDSET(struct ast_sip_endpoint, subminexpiry));
 	ast_sorcery_object_field_register(sip_sorcery, "endpoint", "subminexpirey", "0", OPT_UINT_T, 0, FLDSET(struct ast_sip_endpoint, subminexpiry));
 	ast_sorcery_object_field_register(sip_sorcery, "endpoint", "fromuser", "", OPT_STRINGFIELD_T, 0, STRFLDSET(struct ast_sip_endpoint, fromuser));