diff --git a/src/i830_driver.c b/src/i830_driver.c
index dcbaa040..a453d907 100644
--- a/src/i830_driver.c
+++ b/src/i830_driver.c
@@ -2760,6 +2760,7 @@ i830_init_bufmgr(ScrnInfoPtr pScrn)
 	 batch_size = 4096;
 
       pI830->bufmgr = intel_bufmgr_gem_init(pI830->drmSubFD, batch_size);
+      intel_bufmgr_gem_enable_reuse(pI830->bufmgr);
    } else {
       pI830->bufmgr = intel_bufmgr_fake_init(pI830->fake_bufmgr_mem->offset,
 					     pI830->FbBase +