diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/TimeStats/TimeStats.cpp b/services/surfaceflinger/TimeStats/TimeStats.cpp
index b01fa81..3df8360 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/TimeStats/TimeStats.cpp
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/TimeStats/TimeStats.cpp
@@ -34,6 +34,14 @@
 
 namespace impl {
 
+TimeStats::TimeStats() {
+    // Temporarily enable TimeStats by default. Telemetry is disabled while
+    // we move onto statsd, so TimeStats is currently not exercised at all
+    // during testing.
+    // TODO: remove this.
+    enable();
+}
+
 void TimeStats::parseArgs(bool asProto, const Vector<String16>& args, std::string& result) {
     ATRACE_CALL();
 
diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/TimeStats/TimeStats.h b/services/surfaceflinger/TimeStats/TimeStats.h
index 9ebc1ad..1313132 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/TimeStats/TimeStats.h
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/TimeStats/TimeStats.h
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
     };
 
 public:
-    TimeStats() = default;
+    TimeStats();
 
     void parseArgs(bool asProto, const Vector<String16>& args, std::string& result) override;
     bool isEnabled() override;
diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/tests/unittests/TimeStatsTest.cpp b/services/surfaceflinger/tests/unittests/TimeStatsTest.cpp
index ffacbfe..dee2cae 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/tests/unittests/TimeStatsTest.cpp
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/tests/unittests/TimeStatsTest.cpp
@@ -209,6 +209,10 @@
     return distr(mRandomEngine);
 }
 
+TEST_F(TimeStatsTest, enabledByDefault) {
+    ASSERT_TRUE(mTimeStats->isEnabled());
+}
+
 TEST_F(TimeStatsTest, canEnableAndDisableTimeStats) {
     EXPECT_TRUE(inputCommand(InputCommand::ENABLE, FMT_STRING).empty());
     ASSERT_TRUE(mTimeStats->isEnabled());