diff --git a/CHANGELOG.asciidoc b/CHANGELOG.asciidoc
index 28bfc50dfd15..b115e0f9cc8f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.asciidoc
+++ b/CHANGELOG.asciidoc
@@ -269,6 +269,7 @@ https://github.com/elastic/beats/compare/v6.0.0-beta2...master[Check the HEAD di
 - Set `status` as default metricset in Apache module. {pull}6673[6673]
 - Set `namespace` as default metricset in Aerospike module. {pull}6669[6669]
 - Set `service` as default metricset in Windows module. {pull}6675[6675]
+- Set all metricsets as default metricsets in uwsgi module. {pull}6688[6688]
 
 *Packetbeat*
 
diff --git a/metricbeat/docs/modules/uwsgi.asciidoc b/metricbeat/docs/modules/uwsgi.asciidoc
index b52a7626be13..cd4fa8a39187 100644
--- a/metricbeat/docs/modules/uwsgi.asciidoc
+++ b/metricbeat/docs/modules/uwsgi.asciidoc
@@ -9,21 +9,22 @@ experimental[]
 
 == uwsgi module
 
-This is the uwsgi module. Uses http://uwsgi-docs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/StatsServer.html[StatsServer].
+This is the uwsgi module. By default collects the `stats` metricset, using
+http://uwsgi-docs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/StatsServer.html[StatsServer].
 
 [float]
 === Module-specific configuration notes
 
 The uWSGI module has these additional config options:
 
-*`hosts`*:: host URLs to get data from. by default `tcp://127.0.0.1:9191`.
+*`hosts`*:: host URLs to get data from (e.g: `tcp://127.0.0.1:9191`).
   Can obtain data from 3 types of schemes: tcp (tcp://ip:port), unix socket (unix:///tmp/uwsgi.sock)
   and http/https server (http://ip:port)
 
 [float]
 === Dashboard
 
-The nginx module comes with a predefined dashboard. For example:
+The uwsgi module comes with a predefined dashboard. For example:
 
 image::./images/uwsgi_dashboard.png[]
 
@@ -38,8 +39,6 @@ in <<configuration-metricbeat>>. Here is an example configuration:
 ----
 metricbeat.modules:
 - module: uwsgi
-  metricsets: ["status"]
-  period: 10s
   hosts: ["tcp://127.0.0.1:9191"]
 ----
 
diff --git a/metricbeat/metricbeat.reference.yml b/metricbeat/metricbeat.reference.yml
index 22f5a8290970..dfc6e2f5a0ef 100644
--- a/metricbeat/metricbeat.reference.yml
+++ b/metricbeat/metricbeat.reference.yml
@@ -473,6 +473,7 @@ metricbeat.modules:
 #-------------------------------- uwsgi Module -------------------------------
 - module: uwsgi
   metricsets: ["status"]
+  enable: true
   period: 10s
   hosts: ["tcp://127.0.0.1:9191"]
 
diff --git a/metricbeat/module/uwsgi/_meta/config.reference.yml b/metricbeat/module/uwsgi/_meta/config.reference.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..180ae4ab4330
--- /dev/null
+++ b/metricbeat/module/uwsgi/_meta/config.reference.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+- module: uwsgi
+  metricsets: ["status"]
+  enable: true
+  period: 10s
+  hosts: ["tcp://127.0.0.1:9191"]
diff --git a/metricbeat/module/uwsgi/_meta/config.yml b/metricbeat/module/uwsgi/_meta/config.yml
index 46dbc35d4b85..e16ad9be6d17 100644
--- a/metricbeat/module/uwsgi/_meta/config.yml
+++ b/metricbeat/module/uwsgi/_meta/config.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,2 @@
 - module: uwsgi
-  metricsets: ["status"]
-  period: 10s
   hosts: ["tcp://127.0.0.1:9191"]
diff --git a/metricbeat/module/uwsgi/_meta/docs.asciidoc b/metricbeat/module/uwsgi/_meta/docs.asciidoc
index f4b66585a53c..af53032206ee 100644
--- a/metricbeat/module/uwsgi/_meta/docs.asciidoc
+++ b/metricbeat/module/uwsgi/_meta/docs.asciidoc
@@ -1,19 +1,20 @@
 == uwsgi module
 
-This is the uwsgi module. Uses http://uwsgi-docs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/StatsServer.html[StatsServer].
+This is the uwsgi module. By default collects the `stats` metricset, using
+http://uwsgi-docs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/StatsServer.html[StatsServer].
 
 [float]
 === Module-specific configuration notes
 
 The uWSGI module has these additional config options:
 
-*`hosts`*:: host URLs to get data from. by default `tcp://127.0.0.1:9191`.
+*`hosts`*:: host URLs to get data from (e.g: `tcp://127.0.0.1:9191`).
   Can obtain data from 3 types of schemes: tcp (tcp://ip:port), unix socket (unix:///tmp/uwsgi.sock)
   and http/https server (http://ip:port)
 
 [float]
 === Dashboard
 
-The nginx module comes with a predefined dashboard. For example:
+The uwsgi module comes with a predefined dashboard. For example:
 
 image::./images/uwsgi_dashboard.png[]
diff --git a/metricbeat/module/uwsgi/status/status.go b/metricbeat/module/uwsgi/status/status.go
index 9c5ed3dcef0d..a47e51ada596 100644
--- a/metricbeat/module/uwsgi/status/status.go
+++ b/metricbeat/module/uwsgi/status/status.go
@@ -18,7 +18,10 @@ import (
 )
 
 func init() {
-	mb.Registry.AddMetricSet("uwsgi", "status", New, uwsgi.HostParser)
+	mb.Registry.MustAddMetricSet("uwsgi", "status", New,
+		mb.WithHostParser(uwsgi.HostParser),
+		mb.DefaultMetricSet(),
+	)
 }
 
 // MetricSet for fetching uwsgi metrics from StatServer.
diff --git a/metricbeat/modules.d/uwsgi.yml.disabled b/metricbeat/modules.d/uwsgi.yml.disabled
index 46dbc35d4b85..e16ad9be6d17 100644
--- a/metricbeat/modules.d/uwsgi.yml.disabled
+++ b/metricbeat/modules.d/uwsgi.yml.disabled
@@ -1,4 +1,2 @@
 - module: uwsgi
-  metricsets: ["status"]
-  period: 10s
   hosts: ["tcp://127.0.0.1:9191"]