diff --git a/lisp/org.el b/lisp/org.el
index ee7965a..f77a0e1 100644
--- a/lisp/org.el
+++ b/lisp/org.el
@@ -5350,7 +5350,8 @@ The following commands are available:
   (modify-syntax-entry ?@ "w")
   (modify-syntax-entry ?\" "\"")
   (if org-startup-truncated (setq truncate-lines t))
-  (when org-startup-indented (require 'org-indent) (org-indent-mode 1))
+  (cond (org-startup-indented (require 'org-indent) (org-indent-mode 1))
+	((fboundp 'org-indent-initialize) (org-indent-mode 0)))
   (org-set-local 'font-lock-unfontify-region-function
 		 'org-unfontify-region)
   ;; Activate before-change-function