diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog
index 298c1dd0e63e..63db809189f7 100644
--- a/gcc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2003-02-28  Richard Henderson  <rth@redhat.com>
+
+	* toplev.c (flag_eliminate_unused_debug_types): Enable by default.
+
 2003-02-28  scott snyder  <snyder@fnal.gov>
 
 	* flags.h: Add flag_eliminate_unused_debug_types.
diff --git a/gcc/toplev.c b/gcc/toplev.c
index 7730a39aacff..cb716924930b 100644
--- a/gcc/toplev.c
+++ b/gcc/toplev.c
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ int flag_eliminate_dwarf2_dups = 0;
 
 /* Nonzero if doing unused type elimination.  */
 
-int flag_eliminate_unused_debug_types = 0;
+int flag_eliminate_unused_debug_types = 1;
 
 /* Nonzero if generating code to do profiling.  */