diff --git a/app/scripts/controllers/preferences.js b/app/scripts/controllers/preferences.js
index f92341353..737411890 100644
--- a/app/scripts/controllers/preferences.js
+++ b/app/scripts/controllers/preferences.js
@@ -40,7 +40,9 @@ class PreferencesController {
       // Feature flag toggling is available in the global namespace
       // for convenient testing of pre-release features, and should never
       // perform sensitive operations.
-      featureFlags: {},
+      featureFlags: {
+        privacyMode: true,
+      },
       knownMethodData: {},
       participateInMetaMetrics: null,
       firstTimeFlowType: null,