diff --git a/src/main/java/com/timgroup/statsd/NonBlockingStatsDClient.java b/src/main/java/com/timgroup/statsd/NonBlockingStatsDClient.java
index f394890b..972a85f6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/timgroup/statsd/NonBlockingStatsDClient.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/timgroup/statsd/NonBlockingStatsDClient.java
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ String tag() {
     public static final boolean DEFAULT_BLOCKING = false;
     public static final boolean DEFAULT_ENABLE_TELEMETRY = true;
 
-    public static final boolean DEFAULT_ENABLE_AGGREGATION = false;
+    public static final boolean DEFAULT_ENABLE_AGGREGATION = true;
 
     public static final String CLIENT_TAG = "client:java";
     public static final String CLIENT_VERSION_TAG = "client_version:";