diff --git a/conf/config.cmake.dist b/conf/config.cmake.dist
index 5884963ac..d0893df3c 100644
--- a/conf/config.cmake.dist
+++ b/conf/config.cmake.dist
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ option(SCRIPTS             "Build core with scripts included"
 option(TOOLS               "Build map/vmap/mmap extraction/assembler tools"              0)
 option(USE_SCRIPTPCH       "Use precompiled headers when compiling scripts"              1)
 option(USE_COREPCH         "Use precompiled headers when compiling servers"              1)
-option(WITH_WARNINGS       "Show all warnings during compile"                            0)
+option(WITH_WARNINGS       "Show all warnings during compile"                            1)
 option(WITH_COREDEBUG      "Include additional debug-code in core"                       0)
 option(WITH_PERFTOOLS      "Enable compilation with gperftools libraries included"       0)
 option(WITH_MESHEXTRACTOR  "Build meshextractor (alpha)"                                 0)
diff --git a/src/cmake/showoptions.cmake b/src/cmake/showoptions.cmake
index 1ec0e8754..f46302462 100644
--- a/src/cmake/showoptions.cmake
+++ b/src/cmake/showoptions.cmake
@@ -53,9 +53,9 @@ else()
 endif()
 
 if( WITH_WARNINGS )
-  message("* Show all warnings      : Yes")
+  message("* Show all warnings      : Yes (default)")
 else()
-  message("* Show compile-warnings  : No  (default)")
+  message("* Show compile-warnings  : No")
 endif()
 
 if( WITH_COREDEBUG )