diff --git a/include/optlist.h b/include/optlist.h
index 1f0d22a72..ff7b9d95b 100644
--- a/include/optlist.h
+++ b/include/optlist.h
@@ -74,6 +74,14 @@ opt_##a,
 #define NHOPTO(m, a, b, c, s, n, v, d, al, z) \
 { m, 0, b, opt_##a, s, OthrOpt, n, v, d, No, c, (boolean *) 0, &optfn_##a, \
  al, z, (const char *) 0, On, On, 0 },
+
+#ifdef USE_TILES
+#define tiled_map_Def On
+#define ascii_map_Def Off
+#else
+#define ascii_map_Def On
+#define tiled_map_Def Off
+#endif
 #endif
 
 /* B:nm, ln, opt_*, setwhere?, on?, negat?, val?, dup?, hndlr? Alias, bool_p */
@@ -97,8 +105,8 @@ opt_##a,
     NHOPTB(altmeta, 0, opt_out, set_in_config, Off, Yes, No, No, NoAlias,
                (boolean *) 0)
 #endif
-    NHOPTB(ascii_map, 0, opt_in, set_in_game, Off, Yes, No, No, NoAlias,
-               &iflags.wc_ascii_map)
+    NHOPTB(ascii_map, 0, opt_in, set_in_game, ascii_map_Def, Yes, No, No,
+                NoAlias, &iflags.wc_ascii_map)
     NHOPTB(autodescribe, 0, opt_out, set_in_game, On, Yes, No, No, NoAlias,
                 &iflags.autodescribe)
     NHOPTB(autodig, 0, opt_in, set_in_game, Off, Yes, No, No, NoAlias,
@@ -472,8 +480,8 @@ opt_##a,
                 "height of tiles")
     NHOPTC(tile_width, 20, opt_in, set_gameview, Yes, Yes, No, No, NoAlias,
                 "width of tiles")
-    NHOPTB(tiled_map, 0, opt_in, set_in_config, On, Yes, No, No, NoAlias,
-                &iflags.wc_tiled_map)
+    NHOPTB(tiled_map, 0, opt_in, set_in_config, tiled_map_Def, Yes, No, No,
+                NoAlias, &iflags.wc_tiled_map)
     NHOPTB(time, 0, opt_in, set_in_game, Off, Yes, No, No, NoAlias,
                 &flags.time)
 #ifdef TIMED_DELAY
diff --git a/src/options.c b/src/options.c
index 864e85a17..6c48ec218 100644
--- a/src/options.c
+++ b/src/options.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* NetHack 3.7	options.c	$NHDT-Date: 1613723080 2021/02/19 08:24:40 $  $NHDT-Branch: NetHack-3.7 $:$NHDT-Revision: 1.508 $ */
+/* NetHack 3.7	options.c	$NHDT-Date: 1640991743 2021/12/31 23:02:23 $  $NHDT-Branch: NetHack-3.7 $:$NHDT-Revision: 1.522 $ */
 /* Copyright (c) Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam, 1985. */
 /*-Copyright (c) Michael Allison, 2008. */
 /* NetHack may be freely redistributed.  See license for details. */
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ static struct allopt_t allopt_init[] = {
 #undef NHOPT_PARSE
 
 
-#ifdef DEFAULT_WC_TILED_MAP
+#if defined(USE_TILES) && defined(DEFAULT_WC_TILED_MAP)
 #define PREFER_TILED TRUE
 #else
 #define PREFER_TILED FALSE