diff --git a/libvirt.changes b/libvirt.changes
index 19c34a9..3a9ee6e 100644
--- a/libvirt.changes
+++ b/libvirt.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Sep  8 10:15:32 MDT 2011 - jfehlig@suse.com
+
+- polkit support was mistakenly disabled, re-enable
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Aug 24 20:29:37 MDT 2011 - jfehlig@novell.com
 
diff --git a/libvirt.spec b/libvirt.spec
index 9d1ef35..8624456 100644
--- a/libvirt.spec
+++ b/libvirt.spec
@@ -60,8 +60,10 @@
 %define with_selinux       0%{!?_without_selinux:%{server_drivers}}
 %define with_apparmor      0%{!?_without_apparmor:%{server_drivers}}
 
+# Optional bits on by default
+%define with_polkit        0%{!?_without_polkit:1}
+
 # A few optional bits off by default, we enable later
-%define with_polkit        0%{!?_without_polkit:0}
 %define with_capng         0%{!?_without_capng:0}
 %define with_netcf         0%{!?_without_netcf:0}
 %define with_udev          0%{!?_without_udev:0}