diff --git a/src/init.cpp b/src/init.cpp
index 26e5f1c9a5..64ed601bc1 100644
--- a/src/init.cpp
+++ b/src/init.cpp
@@ -696,7 +696,7 @@ void SetupServerArgs(ArgsManager& argsman)
     argsman.AddArg("-maxscriptsize", strprintf("Maximum size of scripts we relay and mine, in bytes (default: %s)", DEFAULT_SCRIPT_SIZE_POLICY_LIMIT), ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::NODE_RELAY);
     argsman.AddArg("-mempoolfullrbf", strprintf("Accept transaction replace-by-fee without requiring replaceability signaling (default: %u)", (DEFAULT_MEMPOOL_RBF_POLICY == RBFPolicy::Always)), ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::NODE_RELAY);
     argsman.AddArg("-mempoolreplacement", strprintf("Set to 0 to disable RBF entirely, \"fee,optin\" to honour RBF opt-out signal, or \"fee,-optin\" to always RBF aka full RBF (default: %s)", "fee,-optin"), ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::NODE_RELAY);
-    argsman.AddArg("-mempooltruc", strprintf("Behaviour for transactions requesting TRUC limits: \"reject\" the transactions entirely, \"accept\" them just like any other, or \"enforce\" to impose their requested restrictions (default: %s)", "enforce"), ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::NODE_RELAY);
+    argsman.AddArg("-mempooltruc", strprintf("Behaviour for transactions requesting TRUC limits: \"reject\" the transactions entirely, \"accept\" them just like any other, or \"enforce\" to impose their requested restrictions (default: %s)", "accept"), ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::NODE_RELAY);
     argsman.AddArg("-permitbarepubkey", strprintf("Relay legacy pubkey outputs (default: %u)", DEFAULT_PERMIT_BAREPUBKEY), ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY,
                    OptionsCategory::NODE_RELAY);
     argsman.AddArg("-permitbaremultisig", strprintf("Relay transactions creating non-P2SH multisig outputs (default: %u)", DEFAULT_PERMIT_BAREMULTISIG), ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY,
@@ -813,6 +813,7 @@ void InitParameterInteraction(ArgsManager& args)
         args.SoftSetArg("-datacarrierfullcount", "0");
         args.SoftSetArg("-datacarriersize", "83");
         args.SoftSetArg("-maxscriptsize", strprintf("%s", std::numeric_limits<unsigned int>::max()));
+        args.SoftSetArg("-mempooltruc", "enforce");
         args.SoftSetArg("-spkreuse", "allow");
         args.SoftSetArg("-blockprioritysize", "0");
         args.SoftSetArg("-blockmaxsize", "4000000");
diff --git a/src/kernel/mempool_options.h b/src/kernel/mempool_options.h
index 26bd29818a..8fab5d2ec3 100644
--- a/src/kernel/mempool_options.h
+++ b/src/kernel/mempool_options.h
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ static constexpr unsigned int DEFAULT_MEMPOOL_EXPIRY_HOURS{336};
 /** Default for -mempoolreplacement; must update docs in init.cpp manually */
 static constexpr RBFPolicy DEFAULT_MEMPOOL_RBF_POLICY{RBFPolicy::Always};
 /** Default for -mempooltruc; must update docs in init.cpp manually */
-static constexpr TRUCPolicy DEFAULT_MEMPOOL_TRUC_POLICY{TRUCPolicy::Enforce};
+static constexpr TRUCPolicy DEFAULT_MEMPOOL_TRUC_POLICY{TRUCPolicy::Accept};
 /** Whether to fall back to legacy V1 serialization when writing mempool.dat */
 static constexpr bool DEFAULT_PERSIST_V1_DAT{false};
 /** Default for -acceptnonstddatacarrier */
diff --git a/src/test/util/txmempool.cpp b/src/test/util/txmempool.cpp
index 9ee5fd1ae0..989a57ad17 100644
--- a/src/test/util/txmempool.cpp
+++ b/src/test/util/txmempool.cpp
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ CTxMemPool::Options MemPoolOptionsForTest(const NodeContext& node)
         // Default to always checking mempool regardless of
         // chainparams.DefaultConsistencyChecks for tests
         .check_ratio = 1,
+        .truc_policy = TRUCPolicy::Enforce,
         .signals = node.validation_signals.get(),
     };
     const auto result{ApplyArgsManOptions(*node.args, ::Params(), mempool_opts)};