diff --git a/config/src/config.rs b/config/src/config.rs
index 7a13f3ea6..e38fe9b22 100644
--- a/config/src/config.rs
+++ b/config/src/config.rs
@@ -474,7 +474,7 @@ pub struct Config {
     #[serde(default = "default_true")]
     pub scroll_to_bottom_on_input: bool,
 
-    #[serde(default = "default_use_ime")]
+    #[serde(default = "default_true")]
     pub use_ime: bool,
     #[serde(default)]
     pub xim_im_name: Option<String>,
@@ -1042,14 +1042,6 @@ fn default_ratelimit_line_prefetches_per_second() -> u32 {
     10
 }
 
-fn default_use_ime() -> bool {
-    if cfg!(target_os = "macos") {
-        false
-    } else {
-        true
-    }
-}
-
 fn default_cursor_blink_rate() -> u64 {
     800
 }
diff --git a/docs/changelog.md b/docs/changelog.md
index 3baa5e97b..c7a48fae1 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.md
+++ b/docs/changelog.md
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ As features stabilize some brief notes about them will accumulate here.
 * Key assignments now match prior to any dead-key or IME composition [#877](https://github.com/wez/wezterm/issues/877)
 * `wezterm cli`, when run outside of a wezterm pane, now prefers to connect to the main GUI instance rather than background mux server. Use `wezterm cli --prefer-mux` to ignore the GUI instance and talk only to the mux server. See `wezterm cli --help` for additional information.
 * [ScrollByPage](config/lua/keyassignment/ScrollByPage.md) now accepts fractional numbers like `0.5` to scroll by half a page at time. Thanks to [@hahuang65](https://github.com/hahuang65)! [#1534](https://github.com/wez/wezterm/pull/1534)
+* [use_ime](config/lua/config/use_ime.md) now defaults to `true` on all platforms; previously it was not enabled by default on macOS.
 
 #### Updated and Improved
 
diff --git a/docs/config/lua/config/use_ime.md b/docs/config/lua/config/use_ime.md
index 63df667d3..35bff4dcf 100644
--- a/docs/config/lua/config/use_ime.md
+++ b/docs/config/lua/config/use_ime.md
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ Changing `use_ime` usually requires re-launching WezTerm to take full effect.
 
 The default for `use_ime` is false.  The default in earlier releases was `true`.
 
-
 *Since: 20220101-133340-7edc5b5a*
 
 The default for X11 systems is now `true`.  Please ensure that the `XMODIFIERS`
@@ -34,3 +33,6 @@ environment variable or the new [xim_im_name](xim_im_name.md) configuration
 option is set appropriately before wezterm is launched!  For
 example, Gnome users will probably want to set `XMODIFIERS=@im=ibus`.
 
+*Since: nightly builds only*
+
+The default for all systems is now `true`