diff --git a/options-table.c b/options-table.c
index 9f35adf7..35d6b086 100644
--- a/options-table.c
+++ b/options-table.c
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ const struct options_table_entry options_table[] = {
 	  .type = OPTIONS_TABLE_STRING,
 	  .scope = OPTIONS_TABLE_SERVER,
 	  .flags = OPTIONS_TABLE_IS_ARRAY,
-	  .default_str = "tmux*:XT,screen*:XT,xterm*:XT",
+	  .default_str = "tmux*:XT,rxvt*:XT,screen*:XT,xterm*:XT",
 	  .separator = ","
 	},
 
diff --git a/tty-features.c b/tty-features.c
index 531cf97c..8d5602a3 100644
--- a/tty-features.c
+++ b/tty-features.c
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ tty_default_features(int *feat, const char *name, u_int version)
 		  .features = TTY_FEATURES_BASE_MODERN_XTERM ",ccolour,cstyle,focus,overline,usstyle"
 		},
 		{ .name = "rxvt-unicode",
-		  .features = "256,ccolour,cstyle,title"
+		  .features = "256,bpaste,ccolour,cstyle,title"
 		},
 		{ .name = "iTerm2",
 		  .features = TTY_FEATURES_BASE_MODERN_XTERM ",cstyle,margins,sync"