diff --git a/plugins/prometheus/parameters.go b/plugins/prometheus/parameters.go
index 5960760ca3ac7d9cab0ffc8e189d0e6749e9ef1b..ee894652d09f3dc27ada60796b0bf950b8138a20 100644
--- a/plugins/prometheus/parameters.go
+++ b/plugins/prometheus/parameters.go
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ const (
 func init() {
 	flag.String(CfgPrometheusBindAddress, "0.0.0.0:9311", "the bind address on which the Prometheus exporter listens on")
 	flag.Bool(CfgPrometheusGoMetrics, false, "include go metrics")
-	flag.Bool(CfgPrometheusProcessMetrics, false, "include process metrics")
+	flag.Bool(CfgPrometheusProcessMetrics, true, "include process metrics")
 	flag.Bool(CfgPrometheusPromhttpMetrics, false, "include promhttp metrics")
 	flag.Bool(CfgPrometheusWorkerpoolMetrics, false, "include workerpool metrics")
 }