diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
index 995e6164cf45..58638899bd25 100644
--- a/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -558,7 +558,7 @@ create_config! {
                                             exceeds `chain_one_line_max`";
     reorder_imports: bool, false, "Reorder import statements alphabetically";
     reorder_imports_in_group: bool, false, "Reorder import statements in group";
-    reorder_imported_names: bool, false,
+    reorder_imported_names: bool, true,
         "Reorder lists of names in import statements alphabetically";
     single_line_if_else_max_width: usize, 50, "Maximum line length for single line if-else \
                                                 expressions. A value of zero means always break \