diff --git a/phpBB/db/mysql_schema.sql b/phpBB/db/mysql_schema.sql
index ab74d4b9ff..6cba16d5d0 100644
--- a/phpBB/db/mysql_schema.sql
+++ b/phpBB/db/mysql_schema.sql
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ CREATE TABLE phpbb_topics_watch (
 DROP TABLE IF EXISTS phpbb_users;
 CREATE TABLE phpbb_users (
    user_id int(11) NOT NULL auto_increment,
-   user_active tinyint(4),
+   user_active tinyint(4) DEFAULT '1',
    username varchar(25) NOT NULL,
    user_password varchar(32) NOT NULL,
    user_autologin_key varchar(32),
@@ -544,4 +544,4 @@ CREATE TABLE phpbb_words (
    word varchar(100) NOT NULL,
    replacement varchar(100) NOT NULL,
    PRIMARY KEY (word_id)
-);
\ No newline at end of file
+);