diff --git a/src/daemon/daemon-conf.c b/src/daemon/daemon-conf.c
index 664e4fdea..9010f2f65 100644
--- a/src/daemon/daemon-conf.c
+++ b/src/daemon/daemon-conf.c
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ static const pa_daemon_conf default_conf = {
     .fail = TRUE,
     .high_priority = TRUE,
     .nice_level = -11,
-    .realtime_scheduling = FALSE,
+    .realtime_scheduling = TRUE,
     .realtime_priority = 5,  /* Half of JACK's default rtprio */
     .disallow_module_loading = FALSE,
     .disallow_exit = FALSE,
diff --git a/src/daemon/daemon.conf.in b/src/daemon/daemon.conf.in
index d119716dc..6931359c1 100644
--- a/src/daemon/daemon.conf.in
+++ b/src/daemon/daemon.conf.in
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 ; high-priority = yes
 ; nice-level = -11
 
-; realtime-scheduling = no
+; realtime-scheduling = yes
 ; realtime-priority = 5
 
 ; exit-idle-time = 20