diff --git a/phpBB/install/install_install.php b/phpBB/install/install_install.php
index 5ce18b37cd..d820239c17 100644
--- a/phpBB/install/install_install.php
+++ b/phpBB/install/install_install.php
@@ -1375,6 +1375,10 @@ class install_install extends module
 			$sql_ary[] = 'UPDATE ' . $data['table_prefix'] . "config
 				SET config_value = 'phpbb_captcha_gd'
 				WHERE config_name = 'captcha_plugin'";
+			
+			$sql_ary[] = 'UPDATE ' . $data['table_prefix'] . "config
+				SET config_value = '1'
+				WHERE config_name = 'captcha_gd'";
 		}
 
 		$ref = substr($referer, strpos($referer, '://') + 3);
diff --git a/phpBB/install/schemas/schema_data.sql b/phpBB/install/schemas/schema_data.sql
index aea99e3305..debf1e2289 100644
--- a/phpBB/install/schemas/schema_data.sql
+++ b/phpBB/install/schemas/schema_data.sql
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ INSERT INTO phpbb_config (config_name, config_value) VALUES ('bump_interval', '1
 INSERT INTO phpbb_config (config_name, config_value) VALUES ('bump_type', 'd');
 INSERT INTO phpbb_config (config_name, config_value) VALUES ('cache_gc', '7200');
 INSERT INTO phpbb_config (config_name, config_value) VALUES ('captcha_plugin', 'phpbb_captcha_nogd');
+INSERT INTO phpbb_config (config_name, config_value) VALUES ('captcha_gd', '0');
 INSERT INTO phpbb_config (config_name, config_value) VALUES ('captcha_gd_foreground_noise', '0');
 INSERT INTO phpbb_config (config_name, config_value) VALUES ('captcha_gd_x_grid', '25');
 INSERT INTO phpbb_config (config_name, config_value) VALUES ('captcha_gd_y_grid', '25');