diff --git a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/HunspellTokenFilterFactory.java b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/HunspellTokenFilterFactory.java
index 08c355bc7da..a1f1a32b18c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/HunspellTokenFilterFactory.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/HunspellTokenFilterFactory.java
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ public class HunspellTokenFilterFactory extends AbstractTokenFilterFactory {
             throw new ElasticSearchIllegalArgumentException(String.format("Unknown hunspell dictionary for locale [%s]", locale));
         }
 
-        dedup = settings.getAsBoolean("dedup", false);
+        dedup = settings.getAsBoolean("dedup", true);
     }
 
     @Override