diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
index 0e4b8c7d..803d3a75 100644
--- a/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -513,7 +513,7 @@ pub struct Pool {
 
     pub query_parser_max_length: Option<usize>,
 
-    #[serde(default)] // False
+    #[serde(default = "Pool::query_parser_read_write_splitting")] // False
     pub query_parser_read_write_splitting: bool,
 
     #[serde(default)] // False
@@ -592,6 +592,10 @@ impl Pool {
         true
     }
 
+    pub fn query_parser_read_write_splitting() -> bool {
+        true
+    }
+
     pub fn validate(&mut self) -> Result<(), Error> {
         match self.default_role.as_ref() {
             "any" => (),