diff --git a/source/blender/blenloader/intern/versioning_defaults.c b/source/blender/blenloader/intern/versioning_defaults.c
index 12d5e62aa18..2fd332c460f 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenloader/intern/versioning_defaults.c
+++ b/source/blender/blenloader/intern/versioning_defaults.c
@@ -77,6 +77,9 @@ void BLO_update_defaults_userpref_blend(void)
 
 	/* Leave temp directory empty, will then get appropriate value per OS. */
 	U.tempdir[0] = '\0';
+
+	/* Only enable tooltips translation by default, without actually enabling translation itself, for now. */
+	U.transopts = USER_TR_TOOLTIPS;
 }
 
 /**