diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index d72c7b6..b9c1072 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ Package: libapache2-mod-geoip
 Architecture: any
 Depends: ${misc:Depends},
          ${shlibs:Depends}
+Recommends: geoip-database
 Description: GeoIP support for apache2
  This is an apache2 module for finding the country that a web request
  originated from. It uses the GeoIP library and database to perform
diff --git a/debian/geoip.conf b/debian/geoip.conf
index 009615a..cc3201a 100644
--- a/debian/geoip.conf
+++ b/debian/geoip.conf
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 <IfModule mod_geoip.c>
-  GeoIPEnable On
+  # For performance reasons, it's not recommended to turn GeoIP on serverwide,
+  # but rather only in <Location> or <Directory> blocks where it's actually
+  # needed.
+  GeoIPEnable Off
   #GeoIPDBFile /usr/share/GeoIP/GeoIP.dat
 </IfModule>