diff --git a/RECIPE-API-CHANGELOG.md b/RECIPE-API-CHANGELOG.md
index deb1c4e1..f310553a 100644
--- a/RECIPE-API-CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/RECIPE-API-CHANGELOG.md
@@ -693,3 +693,12 @@ Previous implementation still can be selected by setting in local.conf:
 
 PREFERRED_PROVIDER_bootstrap-host ?= "isar-bootstrap-host"
 PREFERRED_PROVIDER_bootstrap-target ?= "isar-bootstrap-target"
+
+### Cross-compilation is enabled by default
+
+Default ISAR_CROSS_COMPILE value was changed to "1".
+There is no more need to set global ISAR_CROSS_COMPILE = "1" in local.conf to
+enable cross-compilation. Otherwize ISAR_CROSS_COMPILE = "0" now should be set
+in local.conf to disable cross-compilation for all the recipes.
+Sample local.conf from meta-isar used by isar-init-build-env is also changed
+to enable cross-compilation by default.
diff --git a/meta-isar/conf/local.conf.sample b/meta-isar/conf/local.conf.sample
index 14cac313..fffe5e6a 100644
--- a/meta-isar/conf/local.conf.sample
+++ b/meta-isar/conf/local.conf.sample
@@ -157,8 +157,8 @@ IMAGE_INSTALL:remove:qemuamd64-sb = "example-module-${KERNEL_NAME}"
 IMAGE_INSTALL:append:qemuamd64-sb = " example-module-signed-${KERNEL_NAME}"
 
 #
-# Enable cross-compilation support
-ISAR_CROSS_COMPILE ?= "0"
+# Uncomment this to disable cross-compilation support
+#ISAR_CROSS_COMPILE ?= "0"
 
 #
 # Uncomment to enable 32-bit compat architecture support
diff --git a/meta/classes/crossvars.bbclass b/meta/classes/crossvars.bbclass
index 00326c9a..7bd7ab94 100644
--- a/meta/classes/crossvars.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/crossvars.bbclass
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # This software is a part of ISAR.
 # Copyright (C) 2022 ilbers GmbH
 
-ISAR_CROSS_COMPILE ??= "0"
+ISAR_CROSS_COMPILE ??= "1"
 
 inherit compat