diff --git a/lib/beautiful.lua.in b/lib/beautiful.lua.in
index 48ab8b9b..850d2ed8 100644
--- a/lib/beautiful.lua.in
+++ b/lib/beautiful.lua.in
@@ -69,4 +69,7 @@ end
 
 setmetatable(_M, { __index = function(t, k) return theme[k] end })
 
+-- Init with default theme.
+init("@AWESOME_THEMES_PATH@/default/theme.lua")
+
 -- vim: filetype=lua:expandtab:shiftwidth=4:tabstop=8:softtabstop=4:encoding=utf-8:textwidth=80