diff --git a/pkg/services/featuremgmt/registry.go b/pkg/services/featuremgmt/registry.go
index 05f45a1608e..bcda43ec5e0 100644
--- a/pkg/services/featuremgmt/registry.go
+++ b/pkg/services/featuremgmt/registry.go
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ var (
 			Description:  "Loki datasource works as backend datasource",
 			State:        FeatureStateAlpha,
 			FrontendOnly: true,
+			Expression:   "true", // Enabled by default
 		},
 		{
 			Name:        "prometheus_azure_auth",