diff --git a/chef/lib/chef/config.rb b/chef/lib/chef/config.rb
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/chef/lib/chef/config.rb
+++ b/chef/lib/chef/config.rb
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ class Chef
     why_run false
     color false
     client_fork false
-    enable_reporting false
+    enable_reporting true
     
     # Set these to enable SSL authentication / mutual-authentication
     # with the server
Resource reporting should default to enabled/true

If the server does not provide the endpoint the client will
continue without resource reporting.