diff --git a/scrapy/settings/default_settings.py b/scrapy/settings/default_settings.py
index 9c22999cb..fdf2b6960 100644
--- a/scrapy/settings/default_settings.py
+++ b/scrapy/settings/default_settings.py
@@ -263,6 +263,7 @@ SPIDER_MIDDLEWARES_BASE = {
     # Engine side
     'scrapy.spidermiddlewares.httperror.HttpErrorMiddleware': 50,
     'scrapy.spidermiddlewares.offsite.OffsiteMiddleware': 500,
+    'scrapy.spidermiddlewares.stickymeta.StickyMetaParamsMiddleware': 600,
     'scrapy.spidermiddlewares.referer.RefererMiddleware': 700,
     'scrapy.spidermiddlewares.urllength.UrlLengthMiddleware': 800,
     'scrapy.spidermiddlewares.depth.DepthMiddleware': 900,