diff --git a/ale_linters/puppet/puppetlint.vim b/ale_linters/puppet/puppetlint.vim
index 0dfd934..902480d 100644
--- a/ale_linters/puppet/puppetlint.vim
+++ b/ale_linters/puppet/puppetlint.vim
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ let g:ale_puppet_puppetlint_executable =
 \   get(g:, 'ale_puppet_puppetlint_executable', 'puppet-lint')
 
 let g:ale_puppet_puppetlint_options =
-\   get(g:, 'ale_puppet_puppetlint_options', '')
+\   get(g:, 'ale_puppet_puppetlint_options', '--no-autoloader_layout-check')
 
 function! ale_linters#puppet#puppetlint#GetExecutable(buffer) abort
     return g:ale_puppet_puppetlint_executable
diff --git a/doc/ale-puppet.txt b/doc/ale-puppet.txt
index eb305ae..1fd46e1 100644
--- a/doc/ale-puppet.txt
+++ b/doc/ale-puppet.txt
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ g:ale_puppet_puppetlint_executable         *g:ale_puppet_puppetlint_executable*
 g:ale_puppet_puppetlint_options               *g:ale_puppet_puppetlint_options*
 
   Type: |String|
-  Default: `''`
+  Default: `'--no-autoloader_layout-check'`
 
   This variable can be changed to add command-line arguments to the
   puppet-lint invocation.