diff --git a/matlab/global_initialization.m b/matlab/global_initialization.m
index b4938047a..2c842bfdd 100644
--- a/matlab/global_initialization.m
+++ b/matlab/global_initialization.m
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ options_.initval_file = 0;
 options_.Schur_vec_tol = 1e-11; % used to find nonstationary variables in Schur decomposition of the
                                 % transition matrix
 options_.qz_criterium = [];
+options_.qz_zero_threshold = 1e-6;
 options_.lyapunov_complex_threshold = 1e-15;
 options_.solve_tolf = eps^(1/3);
 options_.solve_tolx = eps^(2/3);