diff --git a/solr/src/java/org/apache/solr/search/SolrQueryParser.java b/solr/src/java/org/apache/solr/search/SolrQueryParser.java
index 9882e220dca..3048893bb4a 100644
--- a/solr/src/java/org/apache/solr/search/SolrQueryParser.java
+++ b/solr/src/java/org/apache/solr/search/SolrQueryParser.java
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ public class SolrQueryParser extends QueryParser {
     this.defaultField = defaultField;
     setLowercaseExpandedTerms(false);
     setEnablePositionIncrements(true);
+    setAutoGeneratePhraseQueries(true);
     checkAllowLeadingWildcards();
   }
 
@@ -93,6 +94,7 @@ public class SolrQueryParser extends QueryParser {
     this.defaultField = defaultField;
     setLowercaseExpandedTerms(false);
     setEnablePositionIncrements(true);
+    setAutoGeneratePhraseQueries(true);    
     checkAllowLeadingWildcards();
   }