diff --git a/scrapy/settings/default_settings.py b/scrapy/settings/default_settings.py
index 6118bb023..de19abc0e 100644
--- a/scrapy/settings/default_settings.py
+++ b/scrapy/settings/default_settings.py
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ BOT_VERSION = '1.0'
 CLOSESPIDER_TIMEOUT = 0
 CLOSESPIDER_PAGECOUNT = 0
 CLOSESPIDER_ITEMCOUNT = 0
+CLOSESPIDER_ERRORCOUNT = 0
 
 COMMANDS_MODULE = ''