diff --git a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/dictionary/M2Property.java b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/dictionary/M2Property.java
index 1f46ad1c19..632b42ebfa 100644
--- a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/dictionary/M2Property.java
+++ b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/dictionary/M2Property.java
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ public class M2Property
     private boolean isMandatoryEnforced = false;
     private boolean isMultiValued = false;
     private String defaultValue = null;
-    private Boolean isIndexed = null;
+    private Boolean isIndexed = Boolean.TRUE;
     private Boolean isIndexedAtomically = null;
     private Boolean isStoredInIndex = null;
     private IndexTokenisationMode indexTokenisationMode = null;