diff --git a/src/Mod/Draft/Resources/ui/preferences-draftinterface.ui b/src/Mod/Draft/Resources/ui/preferences-draftinterface.ui
index a2f1f226d1..f10eea7957 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Draft/Resources/ui/preferences-draftinterface.ui
+++ b/src/Mod/Draft/Resources/ui/preferences-draftinterface.ui
@@ -972,6 +972,9 @@
           <property name="text">
            <string>Annotation scale widget</string>
           </property>
+          <property name="checked">
+           <bool>true</bool>
+          </property>
           <property name="prefEntry" stdset="0">
            <cstring>DisplayStatusbarScaleWidget</cstring>
           </property>