diff --git a/package/busybox/config/networking/Config.in b/package/busybox/config/networking/Config.in
index 5af65ef4a..3699db9fc 100644
--- a/package/busybox/config/networking/Config.in
+++ b/package/busybox/config/networking/Config.in
@@ -465,14 +465,14 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_ROUTE
 
 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TELNET
 	bool "telnet"
-	default n
+	default y
 	help
 	  Telnet is an interface to the TELNET protocol, but is also commonly
 	  used to test other simple protocols.
 
 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_TELNET_TTYPE
 	bool "  Pass TERM type to remote host"
-	default n
+	default y
 	depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TELNET
 	help
 	  Setting this option will forward the TERM environment variable to the