diff --git a/src/Windows/Avalonia.Win32/Win32Platform.cs b/src/Windows/Avalonia.Win32/Win32Platform.cs
index e9c7faed1d..7959cb20c7 100644
--- a/src/Windows/Avalonia.Win32/Win32Platform.cs
+++ b/src/Windows/Avalonia.Win32/Win32Platform.cs
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ namespace Avalonia
     public class Win32PlatformOptions
     {
         public bool UseDeferredRendering { get; set; } = true;
-        public bool AllowEglInitialization { get; set; };
+        public bool AllowEglInitialization { get; set; } = true;
         public bool? EnableMultitouch { get; set; }
         public bool OverlayPopups { get; set; }
         public bool UseWgl { get; set; }