diff --git a/share/mk/src.opts.mk b/share/mk/src.opts.mk
index 5a8d51d5a7f3..c42a09883972 100644
--- a/share/mk/src.opts.mk
+++ b/share/mk/src.opts.mk
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ __DEFAULT_YES_OPTIONS = \
     BOOTPARAMD \
     BOOTPD \
     BSD_CPIO \
+    BSD_GREP \
     BSDINSTALL \
     BSNMP \
     BZIP2 \
@@ -203,7 +204,6 @@ __DEFAULT_YES_OPTIONS = \
 __DEFAULT_NO_OPTIONS = \
     BEARSSL \
     BHYVE_SNAPSHOT \
-    BSD_GREP \
     CLANG_EXTRAS \
     CLANG_FORMAT \
     DTRACE_TESTS \