diff --git a/src/guc.c b/src/guc.c
index e2e545299..3e52655fa 100644
--- a/src/guc.c
+++ b/src/guc.c
@@ -579,6 +579,19 @@ _guc_init(void)
 							 NULL,
 							 NULL,
 							 NULL);
+
+	/* this information is useful in general on customer deployments */
+	DefineCustomBoolVariable(/* name= */ "timescaledb.debug_compression_path_info",
+							 /* short_desc= */ "show various compression-related debug info",
+							 /* long_desc= */ "this is for debugging/information purposes",
+							 /* valueAddr= */ &ts_guc_debug_compression_path_info,
+							 /* bootValue= */ false,
+							 /* context= */ PGC_USERSET,
+							 /* flags= */ 0,
+							 /* check_hook= */ NULL,
+							 /* assign_hook= */ NULL,
+							 /* show_hook= */ NULL);
+
 #ifdef USE_TELEMETRY
 	DefineCustomStringVariable(/* name= */ "timescaledb_telemetry.cloud",
 							   /* short_desc= */ "cloud provider",
@@ -633,17 +646,6 @@ _guc_init(void)
 							 /* assign_hook= */ NULL,
 							 /* show_hook= */ NULL);
 
-	DefineCustomBoolVariable(/* name= */ "timescaledb.debug_compression_path_info",
-							 /* short_desc= */ "show various compression-related debug info",
-							 /* long_desc= */ "this is for debugging purposes",
-							 /* valueAddr= */ &ts_guc_debug_compression_path_info,
-							 /* bootValue= */ false,
-							 /* context= */ PGC_USERSET,
-							 /* flags= */ 0,
-							 /* check_hook= */ NULL,
-							 /* assign_hook= */ NULL,
-							 /* show_hook= */ NULL);
-
 	DefineCustomBoolVariable(/* name= */ "timescaledb.debug_require_batch_sorted_merge",
 							 /* short_desc= */ "require batch sorted merge in DecompressChunk node",
 							 /* long_desc= */ "this is for debugging purposes",
diff --git a/tsl/test/expected/compression_settings.out b/tsl/test/expected/compression_settings.out
index 05b15f9af..51bc7befa 100644
--- a/tsl/test/expected/compression_settings.out
+++ b/tsl/test/expected/compression_settings.out
@@ -26,12 +26,16 @@ SELECT * FROM _timescaledb_catalog.compression_settings;
  metrics | {device}  | {time}  | {t}          | {t}
 (1 row)
 
+--Enable compression path info
+SET timescaledb.debug_compression_path_info= 'on';
 SELECT compress_chunk('_timescaledb_internal._hyper_1_1_chunk');
+INFO:  compress_chunk_tuplesort_start
              compress_chunk             
 ----------------------------------------
  _timescaledb_internal._hyper_1_1_chunk
 (1 row)
 
+RESET timescaledb.debug_compression_path_info;
 SELECT * FROM _timescaledb_catalog.compression_settings;
                      relid                      | segmentby | orderby | orderby_desc | orderby_nullsfirst 
 ------------------------------------------------+-----------+---------+--------------+--------------------
diff --git a/tsl/test/sql/compression_settings.sql b/tsl/test/sql/compression_settings.sql
index f33ed34b5..da6f12069 100644
--- a/tsl/test/sql/compression_settings.sql
+++ b/tsl/test/sql/compression_settings.sql
@@ -15,7 +15,11 @@ INSERT INTO metrics VALUES ('2000-01-01'), ('2001-01-01');
 -- no change to settings
 SELECT * FROM _timescaledb_catalog.compression_settings;
 
+--Enable compression path info
+SET timescaledb.debug_compression_path_info= 'on';
 SELECT compress_chunk('_timescaledb_internal._hyper_1_1_chunk');
+RESET timescaledb.debug_compression_path_info;
+
 SELECT * FROM _timescaledb_catalog.compression_settings;
 
 SELECT compress_chunk('_timescaledb_internal._hyper_1_2_chunk');