diff --git a/translator/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/j2objc/Options.java b/translator/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/j2objc/Options.java
index 23d58b0716..6ecc8acfcc 100644
--- a/translator/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/j2objc/Options.java
+++ b/translator/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/j2objc/Options.java
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ public class Options {
   private boolean emitSourceHeaders = true;
   private boolean injectLogSites = false;
   private boolean allVersions = false;
-  private boolean asObjCGenericDecl = false;
+  private boolean asObjCGenericDecl = true;
 
   private Mappings mappings = new Mappings();
   private FileUtil fileUtil = new FileUtil();