diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index e16e55217..07654d040 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ option(WITH_DEBUG_LOG       "Enable debug log output" OFF)
 option(WITH_TLS             "Enable OpenSSL support" ON)
 option(WITH_ASM             "Enable ASM PoW implementations" ON)
 option(WITH_EMBEDDED_CONFIG "Enable internal embedded JSON config" OFF)
-option(WITH_OPENCL          "Enable OpenCL backend" OFF)
+option(WITH_OPENCL          "Enable OpenCL backend" ON)
 option(WITH_STRICT_CACHE    "Enable strict checks for OpenCL cache" ON)
 option(WITH_INTERLEAVE_DEBUG_LOG "Enable debug log for threads interleave" OFF)