diff --git a/src/Storages/S3Queue/S3QueueSettings.h b/src/Storages/S3Queue/S3QueueSettings.h
index 351245e24be..66fe9b4ce31 100644
--- a/src/Storages/S3Queue/S3QueueSettings.h
+++ b/src/Storages/S3Queue/S3QueueSettings.h
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ class ASTStorage;
     M(String, keeper_path, "", "Zookeeper node path", 0) \
     M(UInt32, s3queue_loading_retries, 0, "Retry loading up to specified number of times", 0) \
     M(UInt32, s3queue_processing_threads_num, 1, "Number of processing threads", 0) \
-    M(UInt32, s3queue_enable_logging_to_s3queue_log, 0, "Enable logging to system table system.s3queue_log", 0) \
+    M(UInt32, s3queue_enable_logging_to_s3queue_log, 1, "Enable logging to system table system.s3queue_log", 0) \
     M(UInt32, s3queue_tracked_file_ttl_sec, 0, "Maximum number of seconds to store processed files in ZooKeeper node (store forever by default)", 0) \
     M(UInt32, s3queue_polling_min_timeout_ms, 1000, "Minimal timeout before next polling", 0) \
     M(UInt32, s3queue_polling_max_timeout_ms, 10000, "Maximum timeout before next polling", 0) \