diff --git a/libavcodec/aacenc.c b/libavcodec/aacenc.c
index 2f9b5e5706ea38cf876bf5a48244f39c7ff3d731..26680a190294e749b0239614eef09998e6d18e8d 100644
--- a/libavcodec/aacenc.c
+++ b/libavcodec/aacenc.c
@@ -854,7 +854,7 @@ static const AVOption aacenc_options[] = {
         {"anmr",     "ANMR method",               0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, {.i64 = AAC_CODER_ANMR},    INT_MIN, INT_MAX, AACENC_FLAGS, "aac_coder"},
         {"twoloop",  "Two loop searching method", 0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, {.i64 = AAC_CODER_TWOLOOP}, INT_MIN, INT_MAX, AACENC_FLAGS, "aac_coder"},
         {"fast",     "Constant quantizer",        0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, {.i64 = AAC_CODER_FAST},    INT_MIN, INT_MAX, AACENC_FLAGS, "aac_coder"},
-    {"aac_pns", "Perceptual Noise Substitution", offsetof(AACEncContext, options.pns), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, {.i64 = 0}, 0, 1, AACENC_FLAGS, "aac_pns"},
+    {"aac_pns", "Perceptual Noise Substitution", offsetof(AACEncContext, options.pns), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, {.i64 = 1}, 0, 1, AACENC_FLAGS, "aac_pns"},
         {"disable",  "Disable perceptual noise substitution", 0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, {.i64 =  0 }, INT_MIN, INT_MAX, AACENC_FLAGS, "aac_pns"},
         {"enable",   "Enable perceptual noise substitution",  0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, {.i64 =  1 }, INT_MIN, INT_MAX, AACENC_FLAGS, "aac_pns"},
     {"aac_is", "Intensity stereo coding", offsetof(AACEncContext, options.intensity_stereo), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, {.i64 = 0}, 0, 1, AACENC_FLAGS, "intensity_stereo"},