diff --git a/src/main/java/com/android/tools/r8/utils/InternalOptions.java b/src/main/java/com/android/tools/r8/utils/InternalOptions.java
index f970cd8..c61fda2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/android/tools/r8/utils/InternalOptions.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/android/tools/r8/utils/InternalOptions.java
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@
   public boolean disableAssertions = true;
   public boolean configurationDebugging = false;
   // Read input classes into CfCode format (instead of JarCode).
-  public final boolean defaultCfFrontend = false;
+  public final boolean defaultCfFrontend = true;
   public boolean enableCfFrontend = flipIfAlternativeFrontendFlagIsSet(defaultCfFrontend);
 
   private static boolean flipIfAlternativeFrontendFlagIsSet(boolean value) {