diff --git a/channels/chan_sip.c b/channels/chan_sip.c
index f4e2312458e25a1e40ea320a240f933318429e88..33cebb804a34258a7c5c64c944174288033da82d 100644
--- a/channels/chan_sip.c
+++ b/channels/chan_sip.c
@@ -26405,7 +26405,7 @@ static int reload_config(enum channelreloadreason reason)
 	sip_cfg.notifyhold = FALSE;		/*!< Keep track of hold status for a peer */
 	sip_cfg.directrtpsetup = FALSE;		/* Experimental feature, disabled by default */
 	sip_cfg.alwaysauthreject = DEFAULT_ALWAYSAUTHREJECT;
-	sip_cfg.auth_options_requests = 1;
+	sip_cfg.auth_options_requests = DEFAULT_AUTH_OPTIONS;
 	sip_cfg.allowsubscribe = FALSE;
 	sip_cfg.disallowed_methods = SIP_UNKNOWN;
 	sip_cfg.contact_ha = NULL;		/* Reset the contact ACL */
@@ -26647,8 +26647,8 @@ static int reload_config(enum channelreloadreason reason)
 		} else if (!strcasecmp(v->name, "alwaysauthreject")) {
 			sip_cfg.alwaysauthreject = ast_true(v->value);
 		} else if (!strcasecmp(v->name, "auth_options_requests")) {
-			if (ast_false(v->value)) {
-				sip_cfg.auth_options_requests = 0;
+			if (ast_true(v->value)) {
+				sip_cfg.auth_options_requests = 1;
 			}
 		} else if (!strcasecmp(v->name, "mohinterpret")) {
 			ast_copy_string(default_mohinterpret, v->value, sizeof(default_mohinterpret));
diff --git a/channels/sip/include/sip.h b/channels/sip/include/sip.h
index 2f4411550397e3c0217ac483bb2defc75d09e2d0..2bd1bc75f6e9b6dd2b220588068c4a0d54f5aa44 100644
--- a/channels/sip/include/sip.h
+++ b/channels/sip/include/sip.h
@@ -207,6 +207,7 @@
 #define DEFAULT_QUALIFY        FALSE    /*!< Don't monitor devices */
 #define DEFAULT_CALLEVENTS     FALSE    /*!< Extra manager SIP call events */
 #define DEFAULT_ALWAYSAUTHREJECT  TRUE  /*!< Don't reject authentication requests always */
+#define DEFAULT_AUTH_OPTIONS  FALSE
 #define DEFAULT_REGEXTENONQUALIFY FALSE
 #define DEFAULT_T1MIN             100   /*!< 100 MS for minimal roundtrip time */
 #define DEFAULT_MAX_CALL_BITRATE (384)  /*!< Max bitrate for video */
diff --git a/configs/sip.conf.sample b/configs/sip.conf.sample
index 08ce0ba778b297c96107656adab9c299af47b5b6..320895669677c38e1df8d81a362ff9a16259876e 100644
--- a/configs/sip.conf.sample
+++ b/configs/sip.conf.sample
@@ -370,13 +370,8 @@ srvlookup=yes                   ; Enable DNS SRV lookups on outbound calls
                                 ; the ability of an attacker to scan for valid SIP usernames.
                                 ; This option is set to "yes" by default.
 
-;auth_options_requests = no     ; sip OPTIONS requests should be treated the exact same as
-                                ; an INVITE, this includes performing authentication.  By default
-                                ; OPTIONS requests are authenticated, however this option allows
-                                ; OPTION requests to proceed unauthenticated in order to increase
-                                ; performance. This may be desirable if OPTIONS are only used to
-                                ; qualify the availabilty of the endpoint/extension.  Disabling
-                                ; this option is not recommended.
+;auth_options_requests = yes    ; Enabling this option will authenticate OPTIONS requests just like
+                                ; INVITE requests are.  By default this option is disabled.
 
 ;g726nonstandard = yes          ; If the peer negotiates G726-32 audio, use AAL2 packing
                                 ; order instead of RFC3551 packing order (this is required