diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/conf/YarnConfiguration.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/conf/YarnConfiguration.java
index 96f6c57a855..a97dc57ea21 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/conf/YarnConfiguration.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/conf/YarnConfiguration.java
@@ -1611,7 +1611,7 @@ public class YarnConfiguration extends Configuration {
       DOCKER_CONTAINER_RUNTIME_PREFIX + "enable-userremapping.allowed";
 
   /** Set enable user remapping as false by default. */
-  public static final boolean DEFAULT_NM_DOCKER_ENABLE_USER_REMAPPING = false;
+  public static final boolean DEFAULT_NM_DOCKER_ENABLE_USER_REMAPPING = true;
 
   /** lower limit for acceptable uids of user remapped user. */
   public static final String NM_DOCKER_USER_REMAPPING_UID_THRESHOLD =