diff --git a/src/xercesc/dom/impl/DOMConfigurationImpl.cpp b/src/xercesc/dom/impl/DOMConfigurationImpl.cpp
index c5729f5bc1283310ce66c9bbd5d163e085d37cb3..8ecb063d38c222d336ab686485ce03953bca0368 100644
--- a/src/xercesc/dom/impl/DOMConfigurationImpl.cpp
+++ b/src/xercesc/dom/impl/DOMConfigurationImpl.cpp
@@ -114,8 +114,9 @@ const XMLCh DOMConfigurationImpl::fgSCHEMA_TYPE[] = { chLatin_s, chLatin_c, chLa
 /* schema-location */
 const XMLCh DOMConfigurationImpl::fgSCHEMA_LOCATION[] = { chLatin_s, chLatin_c, chLatin_h, chLatin_e, chLatin_m, chLatin_a, chDash, chLatin_l, chLatin_o, chLatin_c, chLatin_a, chLatin_t, chLatin_i, chLatin_o, chLatin_n, chNull };
 
+//const unsigned short DOMConfigurationImpl::fDEFAULT_VALUES = 0x2596;
 
-DOMConfigurationImpl::DOMConfigurationImpl(): featureValues(0x0000), fTrue(new bool(true)), 
+DOMConfigurationImpl::DOMConfigurationImpl(): featureValues(fDEFAULT_VALUES), fTrue(new bool(true)), 
                                               fFalse(new bool(false)),
                                               fErrorHandler(0), fSchemaType(0), fSchemaLocation(0) {
 }
diff --git a/src/xercesc/dom/impl/DOMConfigurationImpl.hpp b/src/xercesc/dom/impl/DOMConfigurationImpl.hpp
index 596cd3f223d54102448b54e3c0479a7264fa5e28..9f5bdac7283c9ee592ec0d92b45cbfb36884cf96 100644
--- a/src/xercesc/dom/impl/DOMConfigurationImpl.hpp
+++ b/src/xercesc/dom/impl/DOMConfigurationImpl.hpp
@@ -175,6 +175,12 @@ public:
     static const XMLCh fgSCHEMA_TYPE[];
     static const XMLCh fgSCHEMA_LOCATION[];
 
+    // The default values for the boolean parameters
+    // from CANONICAL_FORM to WHITESPACE_IN_ELEMENT_CONTENT
+    // 10010110010110 = 0x2596
+    static const unsigned short fDEFAULT_VALUES = 0x2596;
+    
+
 private:
     // implements a simple map between the name and its enum value
     DOMConfigurationFeature getFeatureFlag(const XMLCh* name) const;