diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 411b946a55..990fa07202 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -979,7 +979,7 @@ EFL_LIB_START([Eina_Cxx])
 EFL_CXX_COMPILE_STDCXX_11([ext])
 AC_ARG_ENABLE([cxx-bindings],
    [AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-cxx-bindings],[enable C++11 bindings. @<:@default=disabledd@:>@])],
-   [want_cxx11="${enableval}"], [want_cxx11="no"])
+   [want_cxx11="${enableval}"], [want_cxx11="yes"])
 
 if test "x${HAVE_CXX11}" = "x1" -a "x${want_cxx11}" = "xyes"; then
   have_cxx11="yes"