diff --git a/control_plane/src/local_env.rs b/control_plane/src/local_env.rs
index 2e64489432..b0c87f7814 100644
--- a/control_plane/src/local_env.rs
+++ b/control_plane/src/local_env.rs
@@ -126,6 +126,9 @@ pub struct PageServerConf {
     // auth type used for the PG and HTTP ports
     pub pg_auth_type: AuthType,
     pub http_auth_type: AuthType,
+
+    pub(crate) virtual_file_io_engine: String,
+    pub(crate) get_vectored_impl: String,
 }
 
 impl Default for PageServerConf {
@@ -136,6 +139,9 @@ impl Default for PageServerConf {
             listen_http_addr: String::new(),
             pg_auth_type: AuthType::Trust,
             http_auth_type: AuthType::Trust,
+            // FIXME: use the ones exposed by pageserver crate
+            virtual_file_io_engine: "tokio-epoll-uring".to_owned(),
+            get_vectored_impl: "sequential".to_owned(),
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/control_plane/src/pageserver.rs b/control_plane/src/pageserver.rs
index bbafc287f5..711a563ba3 100644
--- a/control_plane/src/pageserver.rs
+++ b/control_plane/src/pageserver.rs
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ impl PageServerNode {
             listen_http_addr,
             pg_auth_type: _,
             http_auth_type,
+            virtual_file_io_engine: _,
+            get_vectored_impl: _,
         } = conf;
         let (host, port) =
             parse_host_port(&listen_pg_addr).expect("Unable to parse listen_pg_addr");
@@ -97,6 +99,8 @@ impl PageServerNode {
             listen_http_addr,
             pg_auth_type,
             http_auth_type,
+            virtual_file_io_engine,
+            get_vectored_impl,
         } = &self.conf;
 
         let id = format!("id={}", id);
diff --git a/test_runner/fixtures/neon_fixtures.py b/test_runner/fixtures/neon_fixtures.py
index 975c6d865b..00e6e1849c 100644
--- a/test_runner/fixtures/neon_fixtures.py
+++ b/test_runner/fixtures/neon_fixtures.py
@@ -500,6 +500,7 @@ class NeonEnvBuilder:
         self.control_plane_compute_hook_api: Optional[str] = None
 
         self.pageserver_virtual_file_io_engine: Optional[str] = pageserver_virtual_file_io_engine
+        log.info(f"pageserver_virtual_file_io_engine={pageserver_virtual_file_io_engine}")
 
         self.pageserver_get_vectored_impl: Optional[str] = None
         if os.getenv("PAGESERVER_GET_VECTORED_IMPL", "") == "vectored":