diff --git a/packages/grafana-runtime/src/config.ts b/packages/grafana-runtime/src/config.ts
index da3989ad381..ec4825f27c1 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-runtime/src/config.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-runtime/src/config.ts
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ export class GrafanaBootConfig implements GrafanaConfig {
   applicationInsightsConnectionString?: string;
   applicationInsightsEndpointUrl?: string;
   recordedQueries = {
-    enabled: false,
+    enabled: true,
   };
   featureHighlights = {
     enabled: false,
diff --git a/pkg/api/frontendsettings.go b/pkg/api/frontendsettings.go
index 65a3a4646c2..6b5a6f10c8c 100644
--- a/pkg/api/frontendsettings.go
+++ b/pkg/api/frontendsettings.go
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ func (hs *HTTPServer) getFrontendSettingsMap(c *models.ReqContext) (map[string]i
 			"enabled": hs.Cfg.SectionWithEnvOverrides("caching").Key("enabled").MustBool(true),
 		},
 		"recordedQueries": map[string]bool{
-			"enabled": hs.Cfg.SectionWithEnvOverrides("recorded_queries").Key("enabled").MustBool(false),
+			"enabled": hs.Cfg.SectionWithEnvOverrides("recorded_queries").Key("enabled").MustBool(true),
 		},
 		"unifiedAlertingEnabled": hs.Cfg.UnifiedAlerting.Enabled,
 		"featureHighlights": map[string]bool{