diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index f24ce808..cf4d510d 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ SVN-HEAD
                    Properly report bus arbitration lost (2.6 backport)
   Module i2c-piix4: Minor cleanups (2.6 backport)
   Program pwmconfig: Fix MINSTOP and MINSTART test functions
+                     Change default for MINTEMP from 0 to 20 degrees C
   Program sensors-detect: Add VIA VT1212 support
                           Add SMSC EMC2700LPC support
                           Add ITE IT8720 support
diff --git a/prog/pwm/pwmconfig b/prog/pwm/pwmconfig
index 0e5118d5..e0db0e69 100755
--- a/prog/pwm/pwmconfig
+++ b/prog/pwm/pwmconfig
@@ -627,7 +627,7 @@ function SaveConfig {
 
 INTERVAL=10
 PS3='select (1-n): '
-DEFMINTEMP=0
+DEFMINTEMP=20
 DEFMAXTEMP=60
 DEFMINSTART=150
 DEFMINSTOP=100