diff --git a/internal/config/mount_config.go b/internal/config/mount_config.go
index 73f062ed4a..6d90037bee 100644
--- a/internal/config/mount_config.go
+++ b/internal/config/mount_config.go
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ const (
 	// Default log rotation config values.
 	defaultMaxFileSizeMB   = 512
 	defaultBackupFileCount = 10
-	defaultCompress        = false
+	defaultCompress        = true
 )
 
 type WriteConfig struct {
diff --git a/internal/config/yaml_parser_test.go b/internal/config/yaml_parser_test.go
index 37aa0464f8..bfd344d372 100644
--- a/internal/config/yaml_parser_test.go
+++ b/internal/config/yaml_parser_test.go
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ func validateDefaultConfig(mountConfig *MountConfig) {
 	ExpectEq("", mountConfig.LogConfig.FilePath)
 	ExpectEq(512, mountConfig.LogConfig.LogRotateConfig.MaxFileSizeMB)
 	ExpectEq(10, mountConfig.LogConfig.LogRotateConfig.BackupFileCount)
-	ExpectEq(false, mountConfig.LogConfig.LogRotateConfig.Compress)
+	ExpectEq(true, mountConfig.LogConfig.LogRotateConfig.Compress)
 }
 
 func (t *YamlParserTest) TestReadConfigFile_EmptyFileName() {