diff --git a/Zend/zend_builtin_functions.c b/Zend/zend_builtin_functions.c
index 3e9c72f0c04..20add93b7f2 100644
--- a/Zend/zend_builtin_functions.c
+++ b/Zend/zend_builtin_functions.c
@@ -960,7 +960,7 @@ ZEND_FUNCTION(set_error_handler)
 	zval *error_handler;
 	zend_bool had_orig_error_handler=0;
 	char *error_handler_name = NULL;
-	long error_type = E_ALL;
+	long error_type = E_ALL | E_STRICT;
  
 	if (zend_parse_parameters(ZEND_NUM_ARGS() TSRMLS_CC, "z|l", &error_handler, &error_type) == FAILURE) {
 		return;