diff --git a/.unreleased/pr_6439 b/.unreleased/pr_6439
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7e377d8d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.unreleased/pr_6439
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Fixes: #6439 Fix compressed chunk permission handling on PG16
+
+Thanks: @adriangb for reporting an issue with security barrier views on pg16
diff --git a/tsl/src/nodes/decompress_chunk/decompress_chunk.c b/tsl/src/nodes/decompress_chunk/decompress_chunk.c
index a8aa8662b..326c2a92b 100644
--- a/tsl/src/nodes/decompress_chunk/decompress_chunk.c
+++ b/tsl/src/nodes/decompress_chunk/decompress_chunk.c
@@ -1642,6 +1642,20 @@ decompress_chunk_add_plannerinfo(PlannerInfo *root, CompressionInfo *info, Chunk
 	root->simple_rel_array[compressed_index] = NULL;
 
 	RelOptInfo *compressed_rel = build_simple_rel(root, compressed_index, NULL);
+
+#if PG16_GE
+	/*
+	 * When initially creating the RTE we add a RTEPerminfo entry for the
+	 * RTE but that is only to make build_simple_rel happy.
+	 * Asserts in the permission check code will fail with an RTEPerminfo
+	 * with no permissions to check so we remove it again here as we don't
+	 * want permission checks on the compressed chunks when querying
+	 * hypertables with compressed data.
+	 */
+	root->parse->rteperminfos = list_delete_last(root->parse->rteperminfos);
+	info->compressed_rte->perminfoindex = 0;
+#endif
+
 	/* github issue :1558
 	 * set up top_parent_relids for this rel as the same as the
 	 * original hypertable, otherwise eq classes are not computed correctly
@@ -1858,9 +1872,8 @@ decompress_chunk_make_rte(Oid compressed_relid, LOCKMODE lockmode, Query *parse)
 	rte->insertedCols = NULL;
 	rte->updatedCols = NULL;
 #else
-	/* add perminfo for the new RTE */
-	RTEPermissionInfo *perminfo = addRTEPermissionInfo(&parse->rteperminfos, rte);
-	perminfo->requiredPerms |= ACL_SELECT;
+	/* Add empty perminfo for the new RTE to make build_simple_rel happy. */
+	addRTEPermissionInfo(&parse->rteperminfos, rte);
 #endif
 
 	return rte;
diff --git a/tsl/test/shared/expected/security_barrier.out b/tsl/test/shared/expected/security_barrier.out
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..67c0aaab7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tsl/test/shared/expected/security_barrier.out
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+-- This file and its contents are licensed under the Timescale License.
+-- Please see the included NOTICE for copyright information and
+-- LICENSE-TIMESCALE for a copy of the license.
+\c :TEST_DBNAME :ROLE_SUPERUSER
+CREATE TABLE test_security_barrier (time TIMESTAMPTZ NOT NULL, tenant TEXT NOT NULL, data TEXT);
+SELECT FROM create_hypertable('test_security_barrier', by_range('time'));
+(1 row)
+
+INSERT INTO test_security_barrier(time, tenant, data) VALUES
+('2020-01-01', :'ROLE_DEFAULT_PERM_USER','data1'),
+('2020-01-01', :'ROLE_DEFAULT_PERM_USER_2','data2');
+CREATE VIEW test_security_barrier_view WITH (security_barrier) AS SELECT * FROM test_security_barrier WHERE tenant = current_user;
+GRANT SELECT ON test_security_barrier_view TO :ROLE_DEFAULT_PERM_USER;
+GRANT SELECT ON test_security_barrier_view TO :ROLE_DEFAULT_PERM_USER_2;
+SET ROLE :ROLE_DEFAULT_PERM_USER;
+SELECT * FROM test_security_barrier_view;
+             time             |      tenant       | data  
+------------------------------+-------------------+-------
+ Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 2020 PST | default_perm_user | data1
+(1 row)
+
+RESET ROLE;
+SET ROLE :ROLE_DEFAULT_PERM_USER_2;
+SELECT * FROM test_security_barrier_view;
+             time             |       tenant        | data  
+------------------------------+---------------------+-------
+ Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 2020 PST | default_perm_user_2 | data2
+(1 row)
+
+RESET ROLE;
+ALTER TABLE test_security_barrier SET (timescaledb.compress);
+-- Compress the chunk
+SELECT compress_chunk(show_chunks('test_security_barrier')) IS NOT NULL AS compressed;
+ compressed 
+ t
+(1 row)
+
+SET ROLE :ROLE_DEFAULT_PERM_USER;
+SELECT * FROM test_security_barrier_view;
+             time             |      tenant       | data  
+------------------------------+-------------------+-------
+ Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 2020 PST | default_perm_user | data1
+(1 row)
+
+RESET ROLE;
+SET ROLE :ROLE_DEFAULT_PERM_USER_2;
+SELECT * FROM test_security_barrier_view;
+             time             |       tenant        | data  
+------------------------------+---------------------+-------
+ Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 2020 PST | default_perm_user_2 | data2
+(1 row)
+
+RESET ROLE;
+DROP TABLE test_security_barrier CASCADE;
+NOTICE:  drop cascades to table _timescaledb_internal.compress_hyper_X_X_chunk
+NOTICE:  drop cascades to view test_security_barrier_view
diff --git a/tsl/test/shared/sql/CMakeLists.txt b/tsl/test/shared/sql/CMakeLists.txt
index a7f485d90..a2396b4cf 100644
--- a/tsl/test/shared/sql/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tsl/test/shared/sql/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ set(TEST_FILES_SHARED
     constraint_exclusion_prepared.sql
     decompress_join.sql
     decompress_placeholdervar.sql
+    security_barrier.sql
     subtract_integer_from_now.sql)
 
 set(TEST_TEMPLATES_SHARED
diff --git a/tsl/test/shared/sql/security_barrier.sql b/tsl/test/shared/sql/security_barrier.sql
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..df53ec0d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tsl/test/shared/sql/security_barrier.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+-- This file and its contents are licensed under the Timescale License.
+-- Please see the included NOTICE for copyright information and
+-- LICENSE-TIMESCALE for a copy of the license.
+
+\c :TEST_DBNAME :ROLE_SUPERUSER
+
+CREATE TABLE test_security_barrier (time TIMESTAMPTZ NOT NULL, tenant TEXT NOT NULL, data TEXT);
+SELECT FROM create_hypertable('test_security_barrier', by_range('time'));
+
+INSERT INTO test_security_barrier(time, tenant, data) VALUES
+('2020-01-01', :'ROLE_DEFAULT_PERM_USER','data1'),
+('2020-01-01', :'ROLE_DEFAULT_PERM_USER_2','data2');
+
+CREATE VIEW test_security_barrier_view WITH (security_barrier) AS SELECT * FROM test_security_barrier WHERE tenant = current_user;
+
+GRANT SELECT ON test_security_barrier_view TO :ROLE_DEFAULT_PERM_USER;
+GRANT SELECT ON test_security_barrier_view TO :ROLE_DEFAULT_PERM_USER_2;
+
+SET ROLE :ROLE_DEFAULT_PERM_USER;
+SELECT * FROM test_security_barrier_view;
+RESET ROLE;
+
+SET ROLE :ROLE_DEFAULT_PERM_USER_2;
+SELECT * FROM test_security_barrier_view;
+RESET ROLE;
+
+ALTER TABLE test_security_barrier SET (timescaledb.compress);
+
+-- Compress the chunk
+SELECT compress_chunk(show_chunks('test_security_barrier')) IS NOT NULL AS compressed;
+
+SET ROLE :ROLE_DEFAULT_PERM_USER;
+SELECT * FROM test_security_barrier_view;
+RESET ROLE;
+
+SET ROLE :ROLE_DEFAULT_PERM_USER_2;
+SELECT * FROM test_security_barrier_view;
+RESET ROLE;
+
+DROP TABLE test_security_barrier CASCADE;
+