diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
index 0a70d66da..9699fdab6 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2002-01-17  Pavel Roskin  <proski@gnu.org>
+
+	* dir.c: Show backups by default.
+
 2002-01-15  Andrew V. Samoilov  <kai@cmail.ru>
 
 	* file.c (copy_dir_dir): Check the destination is a directory
diff --git a/src/dir.c b/src/dir.c
index f0bd199bb..fa11cdbe4 100644
--- a/src/dir.c
+++ b/src/dir.c
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 int show_dot_files = 1;
 
 /* If true show files ending in ~ */
-int show_backups = 0;
+int show_backups = 1;
 
 /* If false then directories are shown separately from files */
 int mix_all_files = 0;