diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/enable-privatelinks-capability.md b/changelog/unreleased/enable-privatelinks-capability.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8d1c6fa5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/enable-privatelinks-capability.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+Change: Enable privatelinks by default
+
+Enable privatelinks by default in the capabilities.
+
+https://github.com/owncloud/ocis/pull/4599/
diff --git a/services/frontend/pkg/revaconfig/config.go b/services/frontend/pkg/revaconfig/config.go
index 28b928dfe..89ed9bef8 100644
--- a/services/frontend/pkg/revaconfig/config.go
+++ b/services/frontend/pkg/revaconfig/config.go
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ func FrontendConfigFromStruct(cfg *config.Config) (map[string]interface{}, error
 	}
 
 	filesCfg := map[string]interface{}{
-		"private_links":     false,
+		"private_links":     true,
 		"bigfilechunking":   false,
 		"blacklisted_files": []string{},
 		"undelete":          true,