diff --git a/package/utils/busybox/Config-defaults.in b/package/utils/busybox/Config-defaults.in
index 29cc475e4baf289f0977e38a92aa661e83fcac01..9438cb26e70395f25a4fe4b6fb8ec3289602f331 100644
--- a/package/utils/busybox/Config-defaults.in
+++ b/package/utils/busybox/Config-defaults.in
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_DEFAULT_FEATURE_VERBOSE_CP_MESSAGE
 	default n
 config BUSYBOX_DEFAULT_FEATURE_USE_SENDFILE
 	bool
-	default n
+	default y
 config BUSYBOX_DEFAULT_FEATURE_COPYBUF_KB
 	int
 	default 4