diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index ad0f29b8..bc6a4cb1 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+  - change default of request_use_auto_globals to true - $_SERVER is
+    now preferred over $HTTP_SERVER_VARS (messju)
+  - re-add support for $SCRIPT_NAME (messju)
   - reactivate $smarty->default_modifiers (messju)
   - add cookie persistance to debug console (Monte)
   - allow single-digit days and months without smarty_make_timestamp()
diff --git a/libs/Smarty.class.php b/libs/Smarty.class.php
index 2f2bbe38..0b5c50b5 100644
--- a/libs/Smarty.class.php
+++ b/libs/Smarty.class.php
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ class Smarty
      *
      * @var boolean
      */
-    var $request_use_auto_globals      = false;
+    var $request_use_auto_globals      = true;
 
     /**
      * Set this if you want different sets of compiled files for the same
@@ -583,6 +583,8 @@ class Smarty
      */
     function Smarty()
     {
+      $this->assign('SCRIPT_NAME', isset($_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME']) ? $_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME']
+		    : @$GLOBALS['HTTP_SERVER_VARS']['SCRIPT_NAME']);
     }
 
     /**