diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 7f877e07dd..a90a36ea12 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ endif()
 # so that SpanGuard factory methods produce real OTel spans.
 # When OFF (default), all tracing code compiles to no-ops with zero overhead.
 # Enable via: conan install -o telemetry=True, or cmake -Dtelemetry=ON.
-option(telemetry "Enable OpenTelemetry tracing" OFF)
+option(telemetry "Enable OpenTelemetry tracing" ON)
 if(telemetry)
     find_package(opentelemetry-cpp CONFIG REQUIRED)
     add_compile_definitions(XRPL_ENABLE_TELEMETRY)
diff --git a/conanfile.py b/conanfile.py
index 36b50e4b4e..951ce41135 100644
--- a/conanfile.py
+++ b/conanfile.py
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ class Xrpl(ConanFile):
         "rocksdb": True,
         "shared": False,
         "static": True,
-        "telemetry": False,
+        "telemetry": True,
         "tests": False,
         "unity": False,
         "xrpld": False,
diff --git a/src/libxrpl/telemetry/NullTelemetry.cpp b/src/libxrpl/telemetry/NullTelemetry.cpp
index 7cbfd24019..812220acdb 100644
--- a/src/libxrpl/telemetry/NullTelemetry.cpp
+++ b/src/libxrpl/telemetry/NullTelemetry.cpp
@@ -10,12 +10,16 @@
     its own factory that can return the real TelemetryImpl.
 */
 
+#include <xrpl/beast/utility/Journal.h>
 #include <xrpl/telemetry/Telemetry.h>
 
-#include <string_view>
+#include <memory>
+#include <utility>
 
 #ifdef XRPL_ENABLE_TELEMETRY
 #include <opentelemetry/trace/noop.h>
+
+#include <string_view>
 #endif
 
 namespace xrpl::telemetry {