diff --git toolkit/moz.configure toolkit/moz.configure
index 1befea00c485..7999b7acd5bd 100644
--- toolkit/moz.configure
+++ toolkit/moz.configure
@@ -842,8 +842,8 @@ def webrender(value, milestone):
     enable_webrender = None
 
     if value.origin == 'default':
-        # if nothing is specified, default to just building on Nightly
-        build_webrender = milestone.is_nightly
+        # build by default downstream
+        build_webrender = True
     elif len(value) and value[0] == 'build':
         # if explicitly set to 'build', then we build but don't enable
         build_webrender = True