diff --git a/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Webp/IWebpEncoderOptions.cs b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Webp/IWebpEncoderOptions.cs
index d119d3031..57ec32753 100644
--- a/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Webp/IWebpEncoderOptions.cs
+++ b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Webp/IWebpEncoderOptions.cs
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Webp
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets a value indicating whether the alpha plane should be compressed with Webp lossless format.
+        /// Defaults to true.
         /// </summary>
         bool UseAlphaCompression { get; }
 
diff --git a/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Webp/WebpEncoder.cs b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Webp/WebpEncoder.cs
index bdcbb194b..d0b60d18c 100644
--- a/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Webp/WebpEncoder.cs
+++ b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Webp/WebpEncoder.cs
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Webp
         public WebpEncodingMethod Method { get; set; } = WebpEncodingMethod.Default;
 
         /// <inheritdoc/>
-        public bool UseAlphaCompression { get; set; }
+        public bool UseAlphaCompression { get; set; } = true;
 
         /// <inheritdoc/>
         public int EntropyPasses { get; set; } = 1;
diff --git a/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Webp/WebpEncoderCore.cs b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Webp/WebpEncoderCore.cs
index deed08b72..0fbff81fe 100644
--- a/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Webp/WebpEncoderCore.cs
+++ b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Webp/WebpEncoderCore.cs
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Webp
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Indicating whether the alpha plane should be compressed with Webp lossless format.
+        /// Defaults to true.
         /// </summary>
         private readonly bool alphaCompression;