diff --git a/datafusion/common/src/config.rs b/datafusion/common/src/config.rs
index 95a02147438b0..d5ceaa67f6229 100644
--- a/datafusion/common/src/config.rs
+++ b/datafusion/common/src/config.rs
@@ -688,7 +688,7 @@ config_namespace! {
 
         /// (reading) If true, filter expressions are be applied during the parquet decoding operation to
         /// reduce the number of rows decoded. This optimization is sometimes called "late materialization".
-        pub pushdown_filters: bool, default = false
+        pub pushdown_filters: bool, default = true
 
         /// (reading) If true, filter expressions evaluated during the parquet decoding operation
         /// will be reordered heuristically to minimize the cost of evaluation. If false,