diff --git a/protoc-gen-grpc-gateway/main.go b/protoc-gen-grpc-gateway/main.go
index cf365f249e1..917f5cf6d9b 100644
--- a/protoc-gen-grpc-gateway/main.go
+++ b/protoc-gen-grpc-gateway/main.go
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import (
 
 var (
 	importPrefix      = flag.String("import_prefix", "", "prefix to be added to go package paths for imported proto files")
-	useRequestContext = flag.Bool("request_context", false, "determine whether to use http.Request's context or not")
+	useRequestContext = flag.Bool("request_context", true, "determine whether to use http.Request's context or not")
 	allowDeleteBody   = flag.Bool("allow_delete_body", false, "unless set, HTTP DELETE methods may not have a body")
 )