diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 6337a873c..39ba9b0bb 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ $HeadURL: https://phpmyadmin.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/phpmyadmin/trunk/phpMyA
 - bug #2186823 [core] bad session.save_path not detected
 - bug #2202709 [core] Re-login causes PMA to forget current table name 
 - bug #2280904 [export] do not include view name in export
+- rfe #1688975 [display] enable copying of auto increment by default
 
 3.1.0.0 (not yet released)
 + [auth] Support for Swekey hardware authentication,
diff --git a/db_operations.php b/db_operations.php
index 3fdec290c..61b4dc8c7 100644
--- a/db_operations.php
+++ b/db_operations.php
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ if (!$is_information_schema) {
         <input type="checkbox" name="drop_if_exists" value="true"
             id="checkbox_drop" style="vertical-align: middle" />
         <label for="checkbox_drop"><?php echo sprintf($strAddClause, $drop_clause); ?></label><br />
-        <input type="checkbox" name="sql_auto_increment" value="1"
+        <input type="checkbox" name="sql_auto_increment" value="1" checked="checked"
             id="checkbox_auto_increment" style="vertical-align: middle" />
         <label for="checkbox_auto_increment">
             <?php echo $strAddAutoIncrement; ?></label><br />