diff --git a/pkg/config/setup/config.go b/pkg/config/setup/config.go
index 60c9c40c34c910..6f474f8789d047 100644
--- a/pkg/config/setup/config.go
+++ b/pkg/config/setup/config.go
@@ -1741,7 +1741,7 @@ func dogstatsd(config pkgconfigmodel.Setup) {
 	config.BindEnvAndSetDefault("dogstatsd_origin_detection_client", false)
 	config.BindEnvAndSetDefault("dogstatsd_origin_optout_enabled", true)
 	config.BindEnvAndSetDefault("dogstatsd_so_rcvbuf", 0)
-	config.BindEnvAndSetDefault("dogstatsd_metrics_stats_enable", false)
+	config.BindEnvAndSetDefault("dogstatsd_metrics_stats_enable", true)
 	config.BindEnvAndSetDefault("dogstatsd_tags", []string{})
 	config.BindEnvAndSetDefault("dogstatsd_mapper_cache_size", 1000)
 	config.BindEnvAndSetDefault("dogstatsd_string_interner_size", 4096)