diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1e955d2d..bf82e6c9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ This release includes a schema change. If you have `datastore.autoupgrade` set t
 * `bouncer` section added for configuring bouncer-like features (in particular, whether multiple clients can use the same nickname)
 * `check-ident` now has recommended value `false`
 * `nick-reservation.method` now has recommended value `strict`
+* `fakelag.enabled` now has recommended value `true`
 * `limits.linelen.tags` removed due to ratification of the [message-tags spec](https://ircv3.net/specs/extensions/message-tags.html), which fixes the maximum tags length at 8191 bytes
 * `registration-messages` added to limit the length of the registration sequence (i.e., handshake)
 * `channels.operator-only-creation` added to optionally restrict creation of new channels to ircops (#537)
diff --git a/oragono.yaml b/oragono.yaml
index 40d658f0..08606063 100644
--- a/oragono.yaml
+++ b/oragono.yaml
@@ -562,7 +562,7 @@ limits:
 # fakelag: prevents clients from spamming commands too rapidly
 fakelag:
     # whether to enforce fakelag
-    enabled: false
+    enabled: true
 
     # time unit for counting command rates
     window: 1s