diff --git a/package/busybox/config/coreutils/Config.in b/package/busybox/config/coreutils/Config.in
index 10cf659b10..299e060cc1 100644
--- a/package/busybox/config/coreutils/Config.in
+++ b/package/busybox/config/coreutils/Config.in
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_OD
 
 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_PRINTF
 	bool "printf"
-	default n
+	default y
 	help
 	  printf is used to format and print specified strings.
 	  It's similar to `echo' except it has more options.