diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 86769bb7f..0405f55e6 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ http://weechat.org/files/releasenotes/ReleaseNotes-devel.html[release notes]
 
 == Version 0.4.3 (under dev)
 
+* core: set option weechat.look.paste_bracketed to "on" by default
 * core: fix truncated text when pasting several long lines (bug #40210)
 * core: rename option weechat.look.set_title to weechat.look.window_title,
   value is now a string (evaluated)
diff --git a/src/core/wee-config.c b/src/core/wee-config.c
index 67cdd8f2a..3603d98f8 100644
--- a/src/core/wee-config.c
+++ b/src/core/wee-config.c
@@ -2334,7 +2334,7 @@ config_weechat_init_options ()
            "with control sequences so that WeeChat can differentiate pasted "
            "text from typed-in text (\"ESC[200~\", followed by the pasted text, "
            "followed by \"ESC[201~\")"),
-        NULL, 0, 0, "off", NULL, 0, NULL, NULL, &config_change_paste_bracketed, NULL, NULL, NULL);
+        NULL, 0, 0, "on", NULL, 0, NULL, NULL, &config_change_paste_bracketed, NULL, NULL, NULL);
     config_look_paste_bracketed_timer_delay = config_file_new_option (
         weechat_config_file, ptr_section,
         "paste_bracketed_timer_delay", "integer",