diff --git a/data/templates/default.context b/data/templates/default.context
index 5e67eaa67..407bd1215 100644
--- a/data/templates/default.context
+++ b/data/templates/default.context
@@ -72,9 +72,9 @@ $if(interlinespace)$
 \setupinterlinespace[$for(interlinespace)$$interlinespace$$sep$,$endfor$]
 $endif$
 
-\setuphead[chapter]            [style=\tfd,header=empty]
-\setuphead[section]            [style=\tfc]
-\setuphead[subsection]         [style=\tfb]
+\setuphead[chapter]            [style=\tfd\setupinterlinespace,header=empty]
+\setuphead[section]            [style=\tfc\setupinterlinespace]
+\setuphead[subsection]         [style=\tfb\setupinterlinespace]
 \setuphead[subsubsection]      [style=\bf]
 \setuphead[subsubsubsection]   [style=\sc]
 \setuphead[subsubsubsubsection][style=\it]
diff --git a/test/writer.context b/test/writer.context
index 0c640472e..1356fa464 100644
--- a/test/writer.context
+++ b/test/writer.context
@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@
 
 \setupwhitespace[medium]
 
-\setuphead[chapter]            [style=\tfd,header=empty]
-\setuphead[section]            [style=\tfc]
-\setuphead[subsection]         [style=\tfb]
+\setuphead[chapter]            [style=\tfd\setupinterlinespace,header=empty]
+\setuphead[section]            [style=\tfc\setupinterlinespace]
+\setuphead[subsection]         [style=\tfb\setupinterlinespace]
 \setuphead[subsubsection]      [style=\bf]
 \setuphead[subsubsubsection]   [style=\sc]
 \setuphead[subsubsubsubsection][style=\it]
diff --git a/test/writers-lang-and-dir.context b/test/writers-lang-and-dir.context
index 318b538eb..97a7b0161 100644
--- a/test/writers-lang-and-dir.context
+++ b/test/writers-lang-and-dir.context
@@ -30,9 +30,9 @@
 
 \setupwhitespace[medium]
 
-\setuphead[chapter]            [style=\tfd,header=empty]
-\setuphead[section]            [style=\tfc]
-\setuphead[subsection]         [style=\tfb]
+\setuphead[chapter]            [style=\tfd\setupinterlinespace,header=empty]
+\setuphead[section]            [style=\tfc\setupinterlinespace]
+\setuphead[subsection]         [style=\tfb\setupinterlinespace]
 \setuphead[subsubsection]      [style=\bf]
 \setuphead[subsubsubsection]   [style=\sc]
 \setuphead[subsubsubsubsection][style=\it]