diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/enable-snippets-by-default.yml b/changelogs/unreleased/enable-snippets-by-default.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..04fa3f7bdae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/enable-snippets-by-default.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+title: Enable snippets for new projects by default
+merge_request:
+author:
diff --git a/config/gitlab.yml.example b/config/gitlab.yml.example
index 720df0cac2d..a82368e5d0f 100644
--- a/config/gitlab.yml.example
+++ b/config/gitlab.yml.example
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ production: &base
       issues: true
       merge_requests: true
       wiki: true
-      snippets: false
+      snippets: true
       builds: true
       container_registry: true
 
diff --git a/config/initializers/1_settings.rb b/config/initializers/1_settings.rb
index b45d0e23080..d049ae9476f 100644
--- a/config/initializers/1_settings.rb
+++ b/config/initializers/1_settings.rb
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ Settings.gitlab['session_expire_delay'] ||= 10080
 Settings.gitlab.default_projects_features['issues']             = true if Settings.gitlab.default_projects_features['issues'].nil?
 Settings.gitlab.default_projects_features['merge_requests']     = true if Settings.gitlab.default_projects_features['merge_requests'].nil?
 Settings.gitlab.default_projects_features['wiki']               = true if Settings.gitlab.default_projects_features['wiki'].nil?
-Settings.gitlab.default_projects_features['snippets']           = false if Settings.gitlab.default_projects_features['snippets'].nil?
+Settings.gitlab.default_projects_features['snippets']           = true if Settings.gitlab.default_projects_features['snippets'].nil?
 Settings.gitlab.default_projects_features['builds']             = true if Settings.gitlab.default_projects_features['builds'].nil?
 Settings.gitlab.default_projects_features['container_registry'] = true if Settings.gitlab.default_projects_features['container_registry'].nil?
 Settings.gitlab.default_projects_features['visibility_level']   = Settings.send(:verify_constant, Gitlab::VisibilityLevel, Settings.gitlab.default_projects_features['visibility_level'], Gitlab::VisibilityLevel::PRIVATE)