diff --git a/sql/views.sql b/sql/views.sql
index 3a0eba4c2..573517e51 100644
--- a/sql/views.sql
+++ b/sql/views.sql
@@ -206,12 +206,10 @@ FROM (
     ELSE
       dimsl.range_end
     END AS integer_range_end,
-    CASE WHEN node_list IS NULL THEN 
-      CASE WHEN srcch.compressed_chunk_id IS NOT NULL THEN
-         TRUE
-      ELSE FALSE
-      END
-    ELSE NULL   --distributed chunk case
+    CASE WHEN (srcch.status & 1 = 1) THEN --distributed compress_chunk() has definitely been called
+                                          --remote chunk compression status still uncertain
+        TRUE
+    ELSE FALSE --remote chunk compression status uncertain
     END AS is_compressed,
     pgtab.spcname AS chunk_table_space,
     chdn.node_list
diff --git a/tsl/test/expected/dist_compression.out b/tsl/test/expected/dist_compression.out
index 16873b4b5..cf90f61d5 100644
--- a/tsl/test/expected/dist_compression.out
+++ b/tsl/test/expected/dist_compression.out
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ range_start            | Wed Feb 28 16:00:00 2018 PST
 range_end              | Wed Mar 07 16:00:00 2018 PST
 range_start_integer    | 
 range_end_integer      | 
-is_compressed          | 
+is_compressed          | f
 chunk_tablespace       | 
 data_nodes             | {db_dist_compression_1,db_dist_compression_2}
 -[ RECORD 2 ]----------+----------------------------------------------
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ range_start            | Wed Feb 28 16:00:00 2018 PST
 range_end              | Wed Mar 07 16:00:00 2018 PST
 range_start_integer    | 
 range_end_integer      | 
-is_compressed          | 
+is_compressed          | f
 chunk_tablespace       | 
 data_nodes             | {db_dist_compression_2,db_dist_compression_3}
 -[ RECORD 3 ]----------+----------------------------------------------
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ range_start            | Wed Feb 28 16:00:00 2018 PST
 range_end              | Wed Mar 07 16:00:00 2018 PST
 range_start_integer    | 
 range_end_integer      | 
-is_compressed          | 
+is_compressed          | f
 chunk_tablespace       | 
 data_nodes             | {db_dist_compression_1,db_dist_compression_3}
 
diff --git a/tsl/test/expected/dist_views.out b/tsl/test/expected/dist_views.out
index 14fd0f886..7ef8147aa 100644
--- a/tsl/test/expected/dist_views.out
+++ b/tsl/test/expected/dist_views.out
@@ -77,9 +77,9 @@ SELECT * from timescaledb_information.chunks
 ORDER BY hypertable_name, chunk_name;
  hypertable_schema | hypertable_name |     chunk_schema      |      chunk_name       | primary_dimension |  primary_dimension_type  |         range_start          |          range_end           | range_start_integer | range_end_integer | is_compressed | chunk_tablespace |        data_nodes         
 -------------------+-----------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+-------------------+--------------------------+------------------------------+------------------------------+---------------------+-------------------+---------------+------------------+---------------------------
- public            | dist_table      | _timescaledb_internal | _dist_hyper_1_1_chunk | time              | timestamp with time zone | Wed Feb 28 16:00:00 2018 PST | Wed Mar 07 16:00:00 2018 PST |                     |                   |               |                  | {view_node_1,view_node_2}
- public            | dist_table      | _timescaledb_internal | _dist_hyper_1_2_chunk | time              | timestamp with time zone | Wed Feb 28 16:00:00 2018 PST | Wed Mar 07 16:00:00 2018 PST |                     |                   |               |                  | {view_node_2,view_node_3}
- public            | dist_table      | _timescaledb_internal | _dist_hyper_1_3_chunk | time              | timestamp with time zone | Wed Feb 28 16:00:00 2018 PST | Wed Mar 07 16:00:00 2018 PST |                     |                   |               |                  | {view_node_1,view_node_3}
+ public            | dist_table      | _timescaledb_internal | _dist_hyper_1_1_chunk | time              | timestamp with time zone | Wed Feb 28 16:00:00 2018 PST | Wed Mar 07 16:00:00 2018 PST |                     |                   | t             |                  | {view_node_1,view_node_2}
+ public            | dist_table      | _timescaledb_internal | _dist_hyper_1_2_chunk | time              | timestamp with time zone | Wed Feb 28 16:00:00 2018 PST | Wed Mar 07 16:00:00 2018 PST |                     |                   | f             |                  | {view_node_2,view_node_3}
+ public            | dist_table      | _timescaledb_internal | _dist_hyper_1_3_chunk | time              | timestamp with time zone | Wed Feb 28 16:00:00 2018 PST | Wed Mar 07 16:00:00 2018 PST |                     |                   | f             |                  | {view_node_1,view_node_3}
 (3 rows)
 
 SELECT * from timescaledb_information.dimensions