diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 6d6f48e9..76b73d5a 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ define=PSYCOPG_EXTENSIONS,PSYCOPG_DISPLAY_SIZE,HAVE_PQFREEMEM,HAVE_PQPROTOCOL3
 # PSYCOPG_OWN_QUOTING can be added above but it is deprecated
 
 # set to 1 to use Python datatime objects for date/time representation
-use_pydatetime=0
+use_pydatetime=1
 
 # include_dirs is the preferred method for locating postgresql headers,
 # but some extra checks on sys.platform will still be done in setup.py