diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d013afc0e6..5ff472ce2c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+v1.7.0 [unreleased]
+-------------------
+
+### Features
+
+-	[#9964](https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb/pull/9964): Enable the storage service by default.
+
 v1.6.0 [unreleased]
 -------------------
 
diff --git a/Gopkg.lock b/Gopkg.lock
index 2d66f57bed..f3b4b05dbb 100644
--- a/Gopkg.lock
+++ b/Gopkg.lock
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@
     "status",
     "yarpcproto"
   ]
-  revision = "f0da2db138cad2fb425541938fc28dd5a5bc6918"
+  revision = "3f4e3d295981d5e8fca0a9930a4f92f9f34bc639"
 
 [[projects]]
   name = "github.com/jsternberg/zap-logfmt"
diff --git a/services/storage/config.go b/services/storage/config.go
index ff611182f4..0b15af609b 100644
--- a/services/storage/config.go
+++ b/services/storage/config.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ type Config struct {
 // NewConfig returns a new Config with default settings.
 func NewConfig() Config {
 	return Config{
-		Enabled:     false,
+		Enabled:     true,
 		LogEnabled:  true,
 		BindAddress: DefaultBindAddress,
 	}