diff --git a/spyderlib/config.py b/spyderlib/config.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/spyderlib/config.py
+++ b/spyderlib/config.py
@@ -175,6 +175,7 @@ DEFAULTS = [
               'truncate': True,

               'minmax': True,

               'collvalue': False,

+              'show_icontext': False,

               }),

             ('editor',

              {
Fixed Issue <I>: added missing option 'show_icontext' for external shells