diff --git a/plugins/git4idea/resources/META-INF/plugin.xml b/plugins/git4idea/resources/META-INF/plugin.xml
index 9518f2d9681b..5306b3863a81 100644
--- a/plugins/git4idea/resources/META-INF/plugin.xml
+++ b/plugins/git4idea/resources/META-INF/plugin.xml
@@ -571,7 +571,7 @@
     <registryKey key="git.update.incoming.info.time" defaultValue="20"
                  description="Time period (in minutes) between incoming commits checks." restartRequired="true"/>
 
-    <registryKey key="git.commit.completion.fixup.squash" defaultValue="false"
+    <registryKey key="git.commit.completion.fixup.squash" defaultValue="true"
                  description="Provide completion for fixup and squash prefixes in commit message field" restartRequired="false"/>
 
     <registryKey key="git.interactive.rebase.collect.entries.using.log" defaultValue="true"