diff --git a/Components/ScintEdit.pas b/Components/ScintEdit.pas
index 98ddd1fe4..ca8b1e07c 100644
--- a/Components/ScintEdit.pas
+++ b/Components/ScintEdit.pas
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@   TScintEdit = class(TWinControl)
       write SetAutoCompleteFontName;
     property AutoCompleteFontSize: Integer read FAutoCompleteFontSize
       write SetAutoCompleteFontSize default 0;
-    property ChangeHistory: Boolean read FChangeHistory write SetChangeHistory;
+    property ChangeHistory: Boolean read FChangeHistory write SetChangeHistory default False;
     property CodePage: Integer read FCodePage write SetCodePage default CP_UTF8;
     property Color;
     property FillSelectionToEdge: Boolean read FFillSelectionToEdge write SetFillSelectionToEdge