diff --git a/package/utils/busybox/Config-defaults.in b/package/utils/busybox/Config-defaults.in
index afb7d48f8c..4e429f4371 100644
--- a/package/utils/busybox/Config-defaults.in
+++ b/package/utils/busybox/Config-defaults.in
@@ -1497,7 +1497,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_DEFAULT_FINDFS
 	default n
 config BUSYBOX_DEFAULT_FLOCK
 	bool
-	default n
+	default y
 config BUSYBOX_DEFAULT_FDFLUSH
 	bool
 	default n