diff --git a/package/base-files/image-config.in b/package/base-files/image-config.in
index 3029648d85bb4aa39eb240bd0f7f159b5cbe66d5..67604cdd54f1a4575918697fe0312514acbe9c0d 100644
--- a/package/base-files/image-config.in
+++ b/package/base-files/image-config.in
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ endif
 
 menuconfig PER_FEED_REPO
 	bool "Separate feed repositories" if IMAGEOPT
-	default n
+	default y
 	help
 		If set, a separate repository is generated within bin/*/packages/
 		for the core packages and each enabled feed.