diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/settings/ClusterSettings.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/settings/ClusterSettings.java
index f72f31772aa38..974c77210b533 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/settings/ClusterSettings.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/settings/ClusterSettings.java
@@ -294,6 +294,7 @@ public void apply(Settings value, Settings current, Settings previous) {
                     RemoteClusterService.ENABLE_REMOTE_CLUSTERS,
                     RemoteClusterService.SEARCH_ENABLE_REMOTE_CLUSTERS,
                     RemoteClusterService.REMOTE_CLUSTER_PING_SCHEDULE,
+                    RemoteClusterService.REMOTE_CLUSTER_COMPRESS,
                     TransportService.TRACE_LOG_EXCLUDE_SETTING,
                     TransportService.TRACE_LOG_INCLUDE_SETTING,
                     TransportCloseIndexAction.CLUSTER_INDICES_CLOSE_ENABLE_SETTING,
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/RemoteClusterServiceTests.java b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/RemoteClusterServiceTests.java
index e2a0827c14d41..84207156033af 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/RemoteClusterServiceTests.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/RemoteClusterServiceTests.java
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ public void testSettingsAreRegistered() {
         assertTrue(ClusterSettings.BUILT_IN_CLUSTER_SETTINGS.contains(RemoteClusterService.REMOTE_INITIAL_CONNECTION_TIMEOUT_SETTING));
         assertTrue(ClusterSettings.BUILT_IN_CLUSTER_SETTINGS.contains(RemoteClusterService.REMOTE_NODE_ATTRIBUTE));
         assertTrue(ClusterSettings.BUILT_IN_CLUSTER_SETTINGS.contains(RemoteClusterService.REMOTE_CLUSTER_PING_SCHEDULE));
+        assertTrue(ClusterSettings.BUILT_IN_CLUSTER_SETTINGS.contains(RemoteClusterService.REMOTE_CLUSTER_COMPRESS));
     }
 
     public void testRemoteClusterSeedSetting() {