diff --git a/src/Avalonia.Native/AvaloniaNativePlatform.cs b/src/Avalonia.Native/AvaloniaNativePlatform.cs
index 0b5d71039d..091a4ad285 100644
--- a/src/Avalonia.Native/AvaloniaNativePlatform.cs
+++ b/src/Avalonia.Native/AvaloniaNativePlatform.cs
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ namespace Avalonia.Native
     {
         public AvaloniaNativeMacOptions MacOptions { get; set; }
         public bool UseDeferredRendering { get; set; } = true;
-        public bool UseGpu { get; set; } = false;
+        public bool UseGpu { get; set; } = true;
         internal AvaloniaNativeOptions(IAvaloniaNativeFactory factory)
         {
             var mac = factory.GetMacOptions();
diff --git a/src/Gtk/Avalonia.Gtk3/Gtk3Platform.cs b/src/Gtk/Avalonia.Gtk3/Gtk3Platform.cs
index 8444e509fd..7bb8facaf5 100644
--- a/src/Gtk/Avalonia.Gtk3/Gtk3Platform.cs
+++ b/src/Gtk/Avalonia.Gtk3/Gtk3Platform.cs
@@ -148,8 +148,8 @@ namespace Avalonia.Gtk3
 
     public class Gtk3PlatformOptions
     {
-        public bool? UseDeferredRendering { get; set; }
-        public bool? UseGpuAcceleration { get; set; }
+        public bool? UseDeferredRendering { get; set; } = true;
+        public bool? UseGpuAcceleration { get; set; } = true;
         public ICustomGtk3NativeLibraryResolver CustomResolver { get; set; }
     }
 }