diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
index df0459d002b4125e9a312c4986d34b6c64e18b2a..1192db2a512213ed0ec01b0e4794e47a4b54d03e 100644
--- a/meson_options.txt
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ option(
   type: 'combo',
   description: 'Use the select mechanism to determine the alignment of contexts',
   choices: ['none', 'cache_line_size', 'page_size'],
-  value: 'none',
+  value: 'cache_line_size',
 )
 option(
   'assume_cache_line_size',