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:";
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/timgroup/statsd/TelemetryTest.java b/src/test/java/com/timgroup/statsd/TelemetryTest.java
index 0ad40f35..687f2f89 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/timgroup/statsd/TelemetryTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/timgroup/statsd/TelemetryTest.java
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ public StatsDNonBlockingTelemetry(final String prefix, final int queueSize, Stri
                 .processorWorkers(processorWorkers)
                 .senderWorkers(senderWorkers)
                 .blocking(blocking)
+                .enableAggregation(false)
                 .enableTelemetry(enableTelemetry)
                 .telemetryFlushInterval(telemetryFlushInterval)
                 .resolve());