diff --git a/asterisk.c b/asterisk.c
index 0b4b12a3ddf7a6d4a28cdf9ded54494494f61df4..d5394ca0c526ade5ecfe43bf47a516a13243fcf8 100644
--- a/asterisk.c
+++ b/asterisk.c
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ ASTERISK_FILE_VERSION(__FILE__, "$Revision$")
  */
 /*! @{ */
 
-struct ast_flags ast_options = { AST_OPT_FLAG_TRANSCODE_VIA_SLIN };
+struct ast_flags ast_options = { AST_DEFAULT_OPTIONS };
 
 int option_verbose = 0;				/*!< Verbosity level */
 int option_debug = 0;				/*!< Debug level */
diff --git a/include/asterisk/options.h b/include/asterisk/options.h
index 73d98b2755e7e14163ebe3b22f47908f1eea9e49..03470d21741f700bd48edaa4d23890e1a536b93a 100644
--- a/include/asterisk/options.h
+++ b/include/asterisk/options.h
@@ -74,6 +74,9 @@ enum ast_option_flags {
 	AST_OPT_END_CDR_BEFORE_H_EXTEN = (1 << 19)
 };
 
+/*! These are the options that set by default when Asterisk starts */
+#define AST_DEFAULT_OPTIONS AST_OPT_FLAG_TRANSCODE_VIA_SLIN
+
 #define ast_opt_exec_includes		ast_test_flag(&ast_options, AST_OPT_FLAG_EXEC_INCLUDES)
 #define ast_opt_no_fork			ast_test_flag(&ast_options, AST_OPT_FLAG_NO_FORK)
 #define ast_opt_quiet			ast_test_flag(&ast_options, AST_OPT_FLAG_QUIET)