diff --git a/pageserver/src/tenant/timeline.rs b/pageserver/src/tenant/timeline.rs
index 30a17e88d0..3916397a80 100644
--- a/pageserver/src/tenant/timeline.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/tenant/timeline.rs
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ use super::storage_layer::{
     DeltaLayer, ImageLayer, Layer, LayerAccessStatsReset, PersistentLayerDesc,
 };
 
-pub const ENABLE_TIERED_COMPACTION: bool = false;
+pub const ENABLE_TIERED_COMPACTION: bool = true;
 
 #[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Eq, Clone, Copy)]
 pub(super) enum FlushLoopState {