diff --git a/contrib/fedora/rpm/20-connectivity-fedora.conf b/contrib/fedora/rpm/20-connectivity-fedora.conf
index 4c398c3ec9..5c9476a032 100644
--- a/contrib/fedora/rpm/20-connectivity-fedora.conf
+++ b/contrib/fedora/rpm/20-connectivity-fedora.conf
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 # Note that connectivity checking works badly with rp_filter set to
 # strict. Check "/proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/*/rp_filter".
 [connectivity]
+enabled=true
 uri=http://fedoraproject.org/static/hotspot.txt
 response=OK
 interval=300
diff --git a/contrib/fedora/rpm/20-connectivity-redhat.conf b/contrib/fedora/rpm/20-connectivity-redhat.conf
index 94783b3557..070f030b60 100644
--- a/contrib/fedora/rpm/20-connectivity-redhat.conf
+++ b/contrib/fedora/rpm/20-connectivity-redhat.conf
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 # Note that connectivity checking works badly with rp_filter set to
 # strict. Check "/proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/*/rp_filter".
 [connectivity]
+enabled=true
 uri=http://static.redhat.com/test/rhel-networkmanager.txt
 response=OK
 interval=300