diff --git a/src/Avalonia.X11/XI2Manager.cs b/src/Avalonia.X11/XI2Manager.cs
index 448635332c..4e44f55fe0 100644
--- a/src/Avalonia.X11/XI2Manager.cs
+++ b/src/Avalonia.X11/XI2Manager.cs
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ namespace Avalonia.X11
         {
             _platform = platform;
             _x11 = platform.Info;
-            _multitouch = platform.Options?.EnableMultiTouch ?? false;
+            _multitouch = platform.Options?.EnableMultiTouch ?? true;
             var devices =(XIDeviceInfo*) XIQueryDevice(_x11.Display,
                 (int)XiPredefinedDeviceId.XIAllMasterDevices, out int num);
             for (var c = 0; c < num; c++)
diff --git a/src/Windows/Avalonia.Win32/WindowImpl.cs b/src/Windows/Avalonia.Win32/WindowImpl.cs
index 0cf5a73b9f..81340fcde7 100644
--- a/src/Windows/Avalonia.Win32/WindowImpl.cs
+++ b/src/Windows/Avalonia.Win32/WindowImpl.cs
@@ -577,7 +577,7 @@ namespace Avalonia.Win32
 
             Handle = new PlatformHandle(_hwnd, PlatformConstants.WindowHandleType);
 
-            _multitouch = Win32Platform.Options.EnableMultitouch ?? false;
+            _multitouch = Win32Platform.Options.EnableMultitouch ?? true;
 
             if (_multitouch)
             {