diff --git a/daemon/configure.ac b/daemon/configure.ac
index 911fd628fe317fc2f8370820ec13c6cfd0d725c2..8423ef945dc5e13860affa69d57f781748f88132 100644
--- a/daemon/configure.ac
+++ b/daemon/configure.ac
@@ -147,10 +147,10 @@ AS_IF([test "x$enable_coverage" = "xyes"], [
         CXXFLAGS="${CXXFLAGS} --coverage"
         LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS} --coverage"])
 
-dnl Video is default-disabled
-AC_ARG_ENABLE([video], AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-video], [Enable video]))
+dnl Video is default-enabled
+AC_ARG_ENABLE([video], AS_HELP_STRING([--disable-video], [Disable video]))
 
-AS_IF([test "x$enable_video" = "xyes"],
+AS_IF([test "x$enable_video" != "xno"],
       [
         AC_DEFINE(SFL_VIDEO, [], [Video support enabled])
         AM_CONDITIONAL(SFL_VIDEO, true)
diff --git a/gnome/configure.ac b/gnome/configure.ac
index 8d91e574cf72b6cf119f972e74ec975a366d33ea..9be46848e08346e735adc8a383988d9fd301d744 100644
--- a/gnome/configure.ac
+++ b/gnome/configure.ac
@@ -37,9 +37,9 @@ if echo "$LIBNOTIFY_LIBS" | grep -q gtk+-x11-2.0; then
     exit 1
 fi
 
-dnl Video is default-disabled
-AC_ARG_ENABLE([video], AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-video], [Enable video]))
-AS_IF([test "x$enable_video" = "xyes"], [
+dnl Video is default-enabled
+AC_ARG_ENABLE([video], AS_HELP_STRING([--disable-video], [Disable video]))
+AS_IF([test "x$enable_video" != "xno"], [
     AC_DEFINE(SFL_VIDEO, [], [Video support enabled])
     PKG_CHECK_MODULES(CLUTTER, clutter-1.0)
     PKG_CHECK_MODULES(CLUTTERGTK, clutter-gtk-1.0)