diff --git a/ext/apache2/Configuration.hpp b/ext/apache2/Configuration.hpp
index ea210aee1e..89e6aea532 100644
--- a/ext/apache2/Configuration.hpp
+++ b/ext/apache2/Configuration.hpp
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ struct DirConfig {
 		if (minInstancesSpecified) {
 			return minInstances;
 		} else {
-			return 0;
+			return 1;
 		}
 	}