diff --git a/packages/SettingsProvider/res/values/defaults.xml b/packages/SettingsProvider/res/values/defaults.xml
index a1d8f22d48a96..da3ca0f8d1195 100644
--- a/packages/SettingsProvider/res/values/defaults.xml
+++ b/packages/SettingsProvider/res/values/defaults.xml
@@ -173,4 +173,8 @@
          0 means no timeout; battery sounds will always play
          >0 is milliseconds of screen-off time after which battery sounds will not play -->
     <integer name="def_low_battery_sound_timeout">0</integer>
+
+    <!-- Default for Settings.Global.WIFI_SCAN_ALWAYS_AVAILABLE -->
+    <integer name="def_wifi_scan_always_available">0</integer>
+
 </resources>
diff --git a/packages/SettingsProvider/src/com/android/providers/settings/DatabaseHelper.java b/packages/SettingsProvider/src/com/android/providers/settings/DatabaseHelper.java
index 09c21f3f19976..ed86f42705cb5 100644
--- a/packages/SettingsProvider/src/com/android/providers/settings/DatabaseHelper.java
+++ b/packages/SettingsProvider/src/com/android/providers/settings/DatabaseHelper.java
@@ -2274,6 +2274,9 @@ public class DatabaseHelper extends SQLiteOpenHelper {
             loadIntegerSetting(stmt, Settings.Global.LOW_BATTERY_SOUND_TIMEOUT,
                     R.integer.def_low_battery_sound_timeout);
 
+            loadIntegerSetting(stmt, Settings.Global.WIFI_SCAN_ALWAYS_AVAILABLE,
+                    R.integer.def_wifi_scan_always_available);
+
             // --- New global settings start here
         } finally {
             if (stmt != null) stmt.close();