diff --git a/mysql-test/suite/innodb/r/innodb-page_compression_default.result b/mysql-test/suite/innodb/r/innodb-page_compression_default.result
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..10e1d6c766c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mysql-test/suite/innodb/r/innodb-page_compression_default.result
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+SET GLOBAL innodb_file_format = `Barracuda`;
+SET GLOBAL innodb_file_per_table = ON;
+create table t1 (c1 int not null primary key auto_increment, b char(200)) engine=innodb page_compressed=1;
+insert into t1 values(NULL,'compressed_text_aaaaaaaaabbbbbbbbbbbbbccccccccccccc');
+insert into t1(b) select b from t1;
+insert into t1(b) select b from t1;
+insert into t1(b) select b from t1;
+insert into t1(b) select b from t1;
+insert into t1(b) select b from t1;
+insert into t1(b) select b from t1;
+insert into t1(b) select b from t1;
+insert into t1(b) select b from t1;
+insert into t1(b) select b from t1;
+insert into t1(b) select b from t1;
+insert into t1(b) select b from t1;
+insert into t1(b) select b from t1;
+insert into t1(b) select b from t1;
+# t1 compressed expected NOT FOUND
+NOT FOUND /compressed_text/ in t1.ibd
+drop table t1;
diff --git a/mysql-test/suite/innodb/t/innodb-page_compression_default.test b/mysql-test/suite/innodb/t/innodb-page_compression_default.test
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..28f184c278c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mysql-test/suite/innodb/t/innodb-page_compression_default.test
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+--source include/have_innodb.inc
+
+--disable_query_log
+let $innodb_compression_algorithm_orig=`SELECT @@innodb_compression_algorithm`;
+let $innodb_file_format_orig = `SELECT @@innodb_file_format`;
+let $innodb_file_per_table_orig = `SELECT @@innodb_file_per_table`;
+--enable_query_log
+
+--disable_warnings
+SET GLOBAL innodb_file_format = `Barracuda`;
+SET GLOBAL innodb_file_per_table = ON;
+--enable_warnings
+
+create table t1 (c1 int not null primary key auto_increment, b char(200)) engine=innodb page_compressed=1;
+insert into t1 values(NULL,'compressed_text_aaaaaaaaabbbbbbbbbbbbbccccccccccccc');
+insert into t1(b) select b from t1;
+insert into t1(b) select b from t1;
+insert into t1(b) select b from t1;
+insert into t1(b) select b from t1;
+insert into t1(b) select b from t1;
+insert into t1(b) select b from t1;
+insert into t1(b) select b from t1;
+insert into t1(b) select b from t1;
+insert into t1(b) select b from t1;
+insert into t1(b) select b from t1;
+insert into t1(b) select b from t1;
+insert into t1(b) select b from t1;
+insert into t1(b) select b from t1;
+
+let $wait_condition= select variable_value > 0 from information_schema.global_status where variable_name = 'INNODB_NUM_PAGES_PAGE_COMPRESSED';
+--source include/wait_condition.inc
+
+--let $MYSQLD_DATADIR=`select @@datadir`
+--let t1_IBD = $MYSQLD_DATADIR/test/t1.ibd
+--let SEARCH_RANGE = 10000000
+--let SEARCH_PATTERN=compressed_text
+
+--echo # t1 compressed expected NOT FOUND
+-- let SEARCH_FILE=$t1_IBD
+-- source include/search_pattern_in_file.inc
+
+drop table t1;
+
+# reset system
+--disable_query_log
+--disable_warnings
+EVAL SET GLOBAL innodb_compression_algorithm = $innodb_compression_algorithm_orig;
+EVAL SET GLOBAL innodb_file_per_table = $innodb_file_per_table_orig;
+EVAL SET GLOBAL innodb_file_format = $innodb_file_format_orig;
+--enable_warnings
+--enable_query_log
diff --git a/mysql-test/suite/sys_vars/r/sysvars_innodb.result b/mysql-test/suite/sys_vars/r/sysvars_innodb.result
index 05b1a07c328..afa152b0c7b 100644
--- a/mysql-test/suite/sys_vars/r/sysvars_innodb.result
+++ b/mysql-test/suite/sys_vars/r/sysvars_innodb.result
@@ -497,9 +497,9 @@ READ_ONLY	NO
 COMMAND_LINE_ARGUMENT	REQUIRED
 VARIABLE_NAME	INNODB_COMPRESSION_ALGORITHM
 SESSION_VALUE	NULL
-GLOBAL_VALUE	none
+GLOBAL_VALUE	zlib
 GLOBAL_VALUE_ORIGIN	COMPILE-TIME
-DEFAULT_VALUE	none
+DEFAULT_VALUE	zlib
 VARIABLE_SCOPE	GLOBAL
 VARIABLE_TYPE	ENUM
 VARIABLE_COMMENT	Compression algorithm used on page compression. One of: none, zlib, lz4, lzo, lzma, or bzip2
diff --git a/storage/innobase/handler/ha_innodb.cc b/storage/innobase/handler/ha_innodb.cc
index 297ca0d162d..33eb352c42f 100644
--- a/storage/innobase/handler/ha_innodb.cc
+++ b/storage/innobase/handler/ha_innodb.cc
@@ -19774,7 +19774,7 @@ static MYSQL_SYSVAR_ENUM(compression_algorithm, innodb_compression_algorithm,
   /* We use here the largest number of supported compression method to
   enable all those methods that are available. Availability of compression
   method is verified on innodb_compression_algorithm_validate function. */
-  PAGE_UNCOMPRESSED,
+  PAGE_ZLIB_ALGORITHM,
   &page_compression_algorithms_typelib);
 
 static MYSQL_SYSVAR_LONG(mtflush_threads, srv_mtflush_threads,
diff --git a/storage/xtradb/handler/ha_innodb.cc b/storage/xtradb/handler/ha_innodb.cc
index a3f1d9c3c85..e9d42097fd0 100644
--- a/storage/xtradb/handler/ha_innodb.cc
+++ b/storage/xtradb/handler/ha_innodb.cc
@@ -21257,7 +21257,7 @@ static MYSQL_SYSVAR_ENUM(compression_algorithm, innodb_compression_algorithm,
   /* We use here the largest number of supported compression method to
   enable all those methods that are available. Availability of compression
   method is verified on innodb_compression_algorithm_validate function. */
-  PAGE_UNCOMPRESSED,
+  PAGE_ZLIB_ALGORITHM,
   &page_compression_algorithms_typelib);
 
 static MYSQL_SYSVAR_LONG(mtflush_threads, srv_mtflush_threads,