diff --git a/polymer/eduke32/source/lunatic/doc/lunacon.txt b/polymer/eduke32/source/lunatic/doc/lunacon.txt
index 1373e9bb4..e5db65e01 100644
--- a/polymer/eduke32/source/lunatic/doc/lunacon.txt
+++ b/polymer/eduke32/source/lunatic/doc/lunacon.txt
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ to positive ones and may entail undesired behavior.
 NOTE: From CON as well as Lunatic, `hitag` and `lotag` are seen as *signed*
 16-bit integers.
 
-`-fbad-getactorvar-use-pli` (default: off)::
+`-fbad-getactorvar-use-pli` (default: on)::
 If enabled and `-Werror-bad-getactorvar` is off, a `getactorvar` of a
 per-player variable will result the gamevar being indexed with the current
 player instead of the provided index. This is the (probably unintended)
diff --git a/polymer/eduke32/source/lunatic/lunacon.lua b/polymer/eduke32/source/lunatic/lunacon.lua
index 027a9a966..655c1516c 100644
--- a/polymer/eduke32/source/lunatic/lunacon.lua
+++ b/polymer/eduke32/source/lunatic/lunacon.lua
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ local g_warn = { ["not-redefined"]=true, ["bad-identifier"]=false,
 local g_cgopt = { ["no"]=false, ["debug-lineinfo"]=false, ["gendir"]=nil,
                   ["cache-sap"]=false, ["error-nostate"]=true,
                   ["playervar"]=true, ["trapv"]=false, ["wrapv"]=false,
-                  ["bad-getactorvar-use-pli"]=false,
+                  ["bad-getactorvar-use-pli"]=true,
                   ["error-nonlocal-userdef"]=true,
                   ["error-negative-tag-write"]=false, }