diff --git a/wxPython/src/_config.i b/wxPython/src/_config.i
index 32ae3655a7..e1e8fd5edc 100644
--- a/wxPython/src/_config.i
+++ b/wxPython/src/_config.i
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ public:
                      const wxString& vendorName = wxPyEmptyString,
                      const wxString& localFilename = wxPyEmptyString,
                      const wxString& globalFilename = wxPyEmptyString,
-                     long style = 0),
+                     long style = wxCONFIG_USE_LOCAL_FILE | wxCONFIG_USE_GLOBAL_FILE),
         "");
     
     ~wxFileConfig();