diff --git a/libs/postgres_ffi/wal_generate/src/lib.rs b/libs/postgres_ffi/wal_generate/src/lib.rs
index 2b3f5ef703..37fd805e27 100644
--- a/libs/postgres_ffi/wal_generate/src/lib.rs
+++ b/libs/postgres_ffi/wal_generate/src/lib.rs
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ impl Conf {
         let output = self
             .new_pg_command("initdb")?
             .arg("-D")
+            .arg("--data-checksums")
             .arg(self.datadir.as_os_str())
             .args(&["-U", "postgres", "--no-instructions", "--no-sync"])
             .output()?;
diff --git a/libs/utils/scripts/restore_from_wal.sh b/libs/utils/scripts/restore_from_wal.sh
index 9bd860affb..e0d8018356 100755
--- a/libs/utils/scripts/restore_from_wal.sh
+++ b/libs/utils/scripts/restore_from_wal.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ DATA_DIR=$3
 PORT=$4
 SYSID=`od -A n -j 24 -N 8 -t d8 $WAL_PATH/000000010000000000000002* | cut -c 3-`
 rm -fr $DATA_DIR
-env -i LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$PG_BIN/../lib $PG_BIN/initdb -E utf8 -U cloud_admin -D $DATA_DIR --sysid=$SYSID
+env -i LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$PG_BIN/../lib $PG_BIN/initdb -E utf8 -U cloud_admin -D $DATA_DIR --data-checksums --sysid=$SYSID
 echo port=$PORT >> $DATA_DIR/postgresql.conf
 REDO_POS=0x`$PG_BIN/pg_controldata -D $DATA_DIR | fgrep "REDO location"| cut -c 42-`
 declare -i WAL_SIZE=$REDO_POS+114
diff --git a/pageserver/src/timelines.rs b/pageserver/src/timelines.rs
index a3939661c1..b95db1a4d7 100644
--- a/pageserver/src/timelines.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/timelines.rs
@@ -253,6 +253,7 @@ fn run_initdb(conf: &'static PageServerConf, initdbpath: &Path) -> Result<()> {
         .args(&["-D", &initdbpath.to_string_lossy()])
         .args(&["-U", &conf.superuser])
         .args(&["-E", "utf8"])
+        .arg("--data-checksums")
         .arg("--no-instructions")
         // This is only used for a temporary installation that is deleted shortly after,
         // so no need to fsync it
diff --git a/pageserver/src/walredo.rs b/pageserver/src/walredo.rs
index cad211b1bd..22f280d5bd 100644
--- a/pageserver/src/walredo.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/walredo.rs
@@ -619,6 +619,7 @@ impl PostgresRedoProcess {
         info!("running initdb in {:?}", datadir.display());
         let initdb = Command::new(conf.pg_bin_dir().join("initdb"))
             .args(&["-D", &datadir.to_string_lossy()])
+            .arg("--data-checksums")
             .arg("-N")
             .env_clear()
             .env("LD_LIBRARY_PATH", conf.pg_lib_dir())
diff --git a/test_runner/README.md b/test_runner/README.md
index 4b54c45175..1edbcb2972 100644
--- a/test_runner/README.md
+++ b/test_runner/README.md
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ You can run all the tests with:
 
 If you want to run all the tests in a particular file:
 
-`./scripts/pytest test_pgbench.py`
+`./scripts/pytest test_runner/batch_others/test_restart_compute.py`
 
 If you want to run all tests that have the string "bench" in their names:
 
diff --git a/test_runner/batch_others/test_wal_acceptor.py b/test_runner/batch_others/test_wal_acceptor.py
index 9b876f780d..b65dee9c32 100644
--- a/test_runner/batch_others/test_wal_acceptor.py
+++ b/test_runner/batch_others/test_wal_acceptor.py
@@ -682,7 +682,7 @@ class ProposerPostgres(PgProtocol):
     def initdb(self):
         """ Run initdb """
 
-        args = ["initdb", "-U", "cloud_admin", "-D", self.pg_data_dir_path()]
+        args = ["initdb", "-U", "cloud_admin", "-D", self.pg_data_dir_path(), "--data-checksums"]
         self.pg_bin.run(args)
 
     def start(self):