diff --git a/components/config/opts.rs b/components/config/opts.rs
index 51aee95c37e..2e677f7f582 100644
--- a/components/config/opts.rs
+++ b/components/config/opts.rs
@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@ pub fn default_opts() -> Opts {
         unminify_js: false,
         local_script_source: None,
         print_pwm: false,
-        minibrowser: false,
+        minibrowser: true,
     }
 }
 
@@ -557,7 +557,7 @@ pub fn from_cmdline_args(mut opts: Options, args: &[String]) -> ArgumentParsingR
         "Directory root with unminified scripts",
         "",
     );
-    opts.optflag("", "minibrowser", "Open minibrowser");
+    opts.optflag("", "no-minibrowser", "Open minibrowser");
 
     let opt_match = match opts.parse(args) {
         Ok(m) => m,
@@ -773,7 +773,7 @@ pub fn from_cmdline_args(mut opts: Options, args: &[String]) -> ArgumentParsingR
         unminify_js: opt_match.opt_present("unminify-js"),
         local_script_source: opt_match.opt_str("local-script-source"),
         print_pwm: opt_match.opt_present("print-pwm"),
-        minibrowser: opt_match.opt_present("minibrowser"),
+        minibrowser: !opt_match.opt_present("no-minibrowser"),
     };
 
     set_options(opts);