diff --git a/doc/admin-guide/files/records.config.en.rst b/doc/admin-guide/files/records.config.en.rst
index 7e1f1844bc2..cb9c9064408 100644
--- a/doc/admin-guide/files/records.config.en.rst
+++ b/doc/admin-guide/files/records.config.en.rst
@@ -3420,7 +3420,7 @@ SSL Termination
   a single segment after ~1 second of inactivity and the record size ramping
   mechanism is repeated again.
 
-.. ts:cv:: CONFIG proxy.config.ssl.origin_session_cache INT 0
+.. ts:cv:: CONFIG proxy.config.ssl.origin_session_cache INT 1
 
    This configuration enables the SSL session cache for the origin server
    when set to ``1``.
diff --git a/iocore/net/SSLConfig.cc b/iocore/net/SSLConfig.cc
index befa4bb1755..2af43bcdfb4 100644
--- a/iocore/net/SSLConfig.cc
+++ b/iocore/net/SSLConfig.cc
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ int SSLConfigParams::ssl_ocsp_cache_timeout                 = 3600;
 int SSLConfigParams::ssl_ocsp_request_timeout               = 10;
 int SSLConfigParams::ssl_ocsp_update_period                 = 60;
 int SSLConfigParams::ssl_handshake_timeout_in               = 0;
-int SSLConfigParams::origin_session_cache                   = 0;
+int SSLConfigParams::origin_session_cache                   = 1;
 size_t SSLConfigParams::origin_session_cache_size           = 10240;
 size_t SSLConfigParams::session_cache_number_buckets        = 1024;
 bool SSLConfigParams::session_cache_skip_on_lock_contention = false;
diff --git a/mgmt/RecordsConfig.cc b/mgmt/RecordsConfig.cc
index 9dff9c2c992..9b6cabc75d9 100644
--- a/mgmt/RecordsConfig.cc
+++ b/mgmt/RecordsConfig.cc
@@ -1128,7 +1128,7 @@ static const RecordElement RecordsConfig[] =
   ,
   {RECT_CONFIG, "proxy.config.ssl.client.sni_policy", RECD_STRING, "host", RECU_RESTART_TS, RR_NULL, RECC_NULL, nullptr, RECA_NULL}
   ,
-  {RECT_CONFIG, "proxy.config.ssl.origin_session_cache", RECD_INT, "0", RECU_RESTART_TS, RR_NULL, RECC_NULL, nullptr, RECA_NULL}
+  {RECT_CONFIG, "proxy.config.ssl.origin_session_cache", RECD_INT, "1", RECU_RESTART_TS, RR_NULL, RECC_NULL, nullptr, RECA_NULL}
   ,
   {RECT_CONFIG, "proxy.config.ssl.origin_session_cache.size", RECD_INT, "10240", RECU_RESTART_TS, RR_NULL, RECC_NULL, nullptr, RECA_NULL}
   ,