diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog
index 61de16aeff3e..c10f7f3a5e4e 100644
--- a/gcc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2014-09-23  Wilco Dijkstra  <wdijkstr@arm.com>
+
+	* common/config/aarch64/aarch64-common.c:
+	(default_options aarch_option_optimization_table):
+	Default to -fsched-pressure.
+
 2014-09-23  Ilya Enkovich  <ilya.enkovich@intel.com>
 
 	* cfgcleanup.c (try_optimize_cfg): Do not remove label
diff --git a/gcc/common/config/aarch64/aarch64-common.c b/gcc/common/config/aarch64/aarch64-common.c
index e44b40a17546..63f22128fb1b 100644
--- a/gcc/common/config/aarch64/aarch64-common.c
+++ b/gcc/common/config/aarch64/aarch64-common.c
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ static const struct default_options aarch_option_optimization_table[] =
   {
     /* Enable section anchors by default at -O1 or higher.  */
     { OPT_LEVELS_1_PLUS, OPT_fsection_anchors, NULL, 1 },
+    /* Enable -fsched-pressure by default when optimizing.  */
+    { OPT_LEVELS_1_PLUS, OPT_fsched_pressure, NULL, 1 },
     /* Enable redundant extension instructions removal at -O2 and higher.  */
     { OPT_LEVELS_2_PLUS, OPT_free, NULL, 1 },
     { OPT_LEVELS_NONE, 0, NULL, 0 }