diff --git a/common/changes/office-ui-fabric-react/keco-invert-dnd-example-initial-state_2018-11-30-19-43.json b/common/changes/office-ui-fabric-react/keco-invert-dnd-example-initial-state_2018-11-30-19-43.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..d3aa0a088d9d80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/changes/office-ui-fabric-react/keco-invert-dnd-example-initial-state_2018-11-30-19-43.json
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{
+  "changes": [
+    {
+      "packageName": "office-ui-fabric-react",
+      "comment": "DetailsList Example: Drag & Drop example should have the feature enabled by default.",
+      "type": "none"
+    }
+  ],
+  "packageName": "office-ui-fabric-react",
+  "email": "keco@microsoft.com"
+}
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diff --git a/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/components/DetailsList/examples/DetailsList.DragDrop.Example.tsx b/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/components/DetailsList/examples/DetailsList.DragDrop.Example.tsx
index 52f03279fe09cd..f8d3615a900f9f 100644
--- a/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/components/DetailsList/examples/DetailsList.DragDrop.Example.tsx
+++ b/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/components/DetailsList/examples/DetailsList.DragDrop.Example.tsx
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ export class DetailsListDragDropExample extends React.Component<
     this.state = {
       items: createListItems(10),
       columns: _columns,
-      isColumnReorderEnabled: false,
+      isColumnReorderEnabled: true,
       frozenColumnCountFromStart: '1',
       frozenColumnCountFromEnd: '0'
     };