diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 29dafd6e0..bf0390260 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@
 - [interface] New default theme pmahomme, dropped darkblue_orange theme.
 - rfe #2936155 [auth] Allow to pass additional parameters using signon method.
 - rfe #1640812 [auth] Add example for OpenID authentication using signon method.
+- rfe #1312657 [dbi] Default to mysqli extension.
 
 3.3.10.0 (not yet released)
 - patch #3147400 [structure] Aria table size printed as unknown,
diff --git a/libraries/config.default.php b/libraries/config.default.php
index cd219d6b5..d47b705bd 100644
--- a/libraries/config.default.php
+++ b/libraries/config.default.php
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ $cfg['Servers'][$i]['connect_type'] = 'tcp';
  *
  * @global string $cfg['Servers'][$i]['extension']
  */
-$cfg['Servers'][$i]['extension'] = 'mysql';
+$cfg['Servers'][$i]['extension'] = 'mysqli';
 
 /**
  * Use compressed protocol for the MySQL connection (requires PHP >= 4.3.0)