diff --git a/php.ini b/php.ini
index b93edfa..a7cbc4b 100644
--- a/php.ini
+++ b/php.ini
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ zend.ze1_compatibility_mode = Off
 ; servers which are not under your control, because short tags may not
 ; be supported on the target server. For portable, redistributable code,
 ; be sure not to use short tags.
-short_open_tag = Off
+short_open_tag = On
 
 ; Allow ASP-style <% %> tags.
 asp_tags = Off
diff --git a/php.spec b/php.spec
index 6526833..4fe87c0 100644
--- a/php.spec
+++ b/php.spec
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 Summary: The PHP HTML-embedded scripting language. (PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor)
 Name: php
 Version: 5.1.1
-Release: 5.1
+Release: 6
 License: The PHP License
 Group: Development/Languages
 URL: http://www.php.net/
@@ -537,6 +537,9 @@ rm files.*
 %files pdo -f files.pdo
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Dec 12 2005 Joe Orton <jorton@redhat.com> 5.1.1-6
+- enable short_open_tag in default php.ini again (#175381)
+
 * Fri Dec 09 2005 Jesse Keating <jkeating@redhat.com>
 - rebuilt