diff --git a/src/xercesc/dom/impl/DOMConfigurationImpl.cpp b/src/xercesc/dom/impl/DOMConfigurationImpl.cpp
index 3ee7db305d0fd70d1af856935470c214177ceb5c..43f7f2675e137a97be2f9c8aab731d2264d9f50c 100644
--- a/src/xercesc/dom/impl/DOMConfigurationImpl.cpp
+++ b/src/xercesc/dom/impl/DOMConfigurationImpl.cpp
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ 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;
+const unsigned short DOMConfigurationImpl::fDEFAULT_VALUES = 0x2596;
 
 DOMConfigurationImpl::DOMConfigurationImpl(): featureValues(fDEFAULT_VALUES), fTrue(new bool(true)), 
                                               fFalse(new bool(false)),
diff --git a/src/xercesc/dom/impl/DOMConfigurationImpl.hpp b/src/xercesc/dom/impl/DOMConfigurationImpl.hpp
index 5d1aa5ba43664b99f74d76596931bd5b14e7e0c2..adf87610725850bc93a2860d0ab081fda8343291 100644
--- a/src/xercesc/dom/impl/DOMConfigurationImpl.hpp
+++ b/src/xercesc/dom/impl/DOMConfigurationImpl.hpp
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ public:
     // The default values for the boolean parameters
     // from CANONICAL_FORM to WHITESPACE_IN_ELEMENT_CONTENT
     // 10010110010110 = 0x2596
-    static const unsigned short fDEFAULT_VALUES = 0x2596;
+    static const unsigned short fDEFAULT_VALUES;
     
 
 private: