diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index fb13ac88b84..7bb3c796b54 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ v 7.7.0
   - Close standard input in Gitlab::Popen.popen
   - Trigger GitLab CI when push tags
   - When accept merge request - do merge using sidaekiq job
+  - Enable web signups by default
 
 
 v 7.6.0
diff --git a/config/initializers/1_settings.rb b/config/initializers/1_settings.rb
index c744577d516..3685008bcb0 100644
--- a/config/initializers/1_settings.rb
+++ b/config/initializers/1_settings.rb
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ rescue ArgumentError # no user configured
   '/home/' + Settings.gitlab['user']
 end
 Settings.gitlab['time_zone']  ||= nil
-Settings.gitlab['signup_enabled'] ||= false
+Settings.gitlab['signup_enabled'] ||= true
 Settings.gitlab['signin_enabled'] ||= true if Settings.gitlab['signin_enabled'].nil?
 Settings.gitlab['restricted_visibility_levels'] = Settings.send(:verify_constant_array, Gitlab::VisibilityLevel, Settings.gitlab['restricted_visibility_levels'], [])
 Settings.gitlab['username_changing_enabled'] = true if Settings.gitlab['username_changing_enabled'].nil?