diff --git a/debian/templates/koha-conf-site.xml.in b/debian/templates/koha-conf-site.xml.in
index 54500cd971..f1f6e5af23 100644
--- a/debian/templates/koha-conf-site.xml.in
+++ b/debian/templates/koha-conf-site.xml.in
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ __END_SRU_PUBLICSERVER__
  <authorityservershadow>1</authorityservershadow>
  <pluginsdir>__PLUGINS_DIR__</pluginsdir> <!-- This entry can be repeated to use multiple directories -->
  <enable_plugins>0</enable_plugins>
- <enable_plugin_browser_upload>0</enable_plugin_browser_upload>
+ <enable_plugin_browser_upload>1</enable_plugin_browser_upload>
  <upload_path>__UPLOAD_PATH__</upload_path>
  <tmp_path>__TMP_PATH__</tmp_path>
  <intranetdir>/usr/share/koha/intranet/cgi-bin</intranetdir>
diff --git a/etc/koha-conf.xml b/etc/koha-conf.xml
index 5fa53c1da5..d6d22aacf1 100644
--- a/etc/koha-conf.xml
+++ b/etc/koha-conf.xml
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
  <authorityservershadow>1</authorityservershadow>
  <pluginsdir>__PLUGINS_DIR__</pluginsdir> <!-- This entry can be repeated to use multiple directories -->
  <enable_plugins>0</enable_plugins>
- <enable_plugin_browser_upload>0</enable_plugin_browser_upload>
+ <enable_plugin_browser_upload>1</enable_plugin_browser_upload>
  <upload_path></upload_path>
  <tmp_path></tmp_path>
  <intranetdir>__INTRANET_CGI_DIR__</intranetdir>