diff --git a/cmd/kubelet/app/options/options.go b/cmd/kubelet/app/options/options.go
index ef2116fcb2f..58e4729e280 100644
--- a/cmd/kubelet/app/options/options.go
+++ b/cmd/kubelet/app/options/options.go
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ func NewKubeletServer() *KubeletServer {
 			CgroupRoot:                  "",
 			ConfigureCBR0:               false,
 			ContainerRuntime:            "docker",
-			CPUCFSQuota:                 false,
+			CPUCFSQuota:                 true,
 			DockerExecHandlerName:       "native",
 			EventBurst:                  10,
 			EventRecordQPS:              5.0,
diff --git a/cmd/kubelet/app/server.go b/cmd/kubelet/app/server.go
index acc69001a0f..87101f9f3dc 100644
--- a/cmd/kubelet/app/server.go
+++ b/cmd/kubelet/app/server.go
@@ -484,7 +484,7 @@ func SimpleKubelet(client *client.Client,
 		ConfigFile:                configFilePath,
 		ContainerManager:          containerManager,
 		ContainerRuntime:          "docker",
-		CPUCFSQuota:               false,
+		CPUCFSQuota:               true,
 		DiskSpacePolicy:           diskSpacePolicy,
 		DockerClient:              dockerClient,
 		DockerDaemonContainer:     "/docker-daemon",
diff --git a/docs/admin/kubelet.md b/docs/admin/kubelet.md
index 58784f82720..9d51184eac7 100644
--- a/docs/admin/kubelet.md
+++ b/docs/admin/kubelet.md
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ kubelet
       --configure-cbr0[=false]: If true, kubelet will configure cbr0 based on Node.Spec.PodCIDR.
       --container-runtime="docker": The container runtime to use. Possible values: 'docker', 'rkt'. Default: 'docker'.
       --containerized[=false]: Experimental support for running kubelet in a container.  Intended for testing. [default=false]
-      --cpu-cfs-quota[=false]: Enable CPU CFS quota enforcement for containers that specify CPU limits
+      --cpu-cfs-quota[=true]: Enable CPU CFS quota enforcement for containers that specify CPU limits
       --docker-endpoint="": If non-empty, use this for the docker endpoint to communicate with
       --docker-exec-handler="native": Handler to use when executing a command in a container. Valid values are 'native' and 'nsenter'. Defaults to 'native'.
       --enable-debugging-handlers[=true]: Enables server endpoints for log collection and local running of containers and commands