diff --git a/zpool.go b/zpool.go
index 55e221c..df9b203 100644
--- a/zpool.go
+++ b/zpool.go
@@ -18,6 +18,12 @@ const (
 	msgPoolIsNil = "Pool handle not initialized or its closed"
 )
 
+// Enable or disable pool feature with this constants
+const (
+	FENABLED  = "enabled"
+	FDISABLED = "disabled"
+)
+
 // PoolProperties type is map of pool properties name -> value
 type PoolProperties map[Prop]string
 
@@ -826,6 +832,16 @@ func PoolCreate(name string, vdevs []VDevTree, features map[string]string,
 		return
 	}
 
+	// Enable 0.6.5 features per default
+	features["spacemap_histogram"] = FENABLED
+	features["enabled_txg"] = FENABLED
+	features["hole_birth"] = FENABLED
+	features["extensible_dataset"] = FENABLED
+	features["embedded_data"] = FENABLED
+	features["bookmarks"] = FENABLED
+	features["filesystem_limits"] = FENABLED
+	features["large_blocks"] = FENABLED
+
 	// convert properties
 	cprops := toCPoolProperties(props)
 	if cprops != nil {
diff --git a/zpool_test.go b/zpool_test.go
index 54d16f1..c55382c 100644
--- a/zpool_test.go
+++ b/zpool_test.go
@@ -100,9 +100,9 @@ func zpoolTestPoolCreate(t *testing.T) {
 	fsprops := make(map[zfs.Prop]string)
 	features := make(map[string]string)
 	fsprops[zfs.DatasetPropMountpoint] = "none"
-	features["async_destroy"] = "enabled"
-	features["empty_bpobj"] = "enabled"
-	features["lz4_compress"] = "enabled"
+	features["async_destroy"] = zfs.FENABLED
+	features["empty_bpobj"] = zfs.FENABLED
+	features["lz4_compress"] = zfs.FENABLED
 
 	pool, err := zfs.PoolCreate(TSTPoolName, vdevs, features, props, fsprops)
 	if err != nil {