diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/conf/YarnConfiguration.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/conf/YarnConfiguration.java
index 590caefb00a..2b6854cd8ab 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/conf/YarnConfiguration.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/conf/YarnConfiguration.java
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ private static void addDeprecatedKeys() {
   public static final String NM_LOG_CONTAINER_DEBUG_INFO =
       YarnConfiguration.NM_PREFIX + "log-container-debug-info.enabled";
 
-  public static final boolean DEFAULT_NM_LOG_CONTAINER_DEBUG_INFO = false;
+  public static final boolean DEFAULT_NM_LOG_CONTAINER_DEBUG_INFO = true;
 
   ////////////////////////////////
   // IPC Configs
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/src/main/resources/yarn-default.xml b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/src/main/resources/yarn-default.xml
index 1291faddee7..a97957d0974 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/src/main/resources/yarn-default.xml
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/src/main/resources/yarn-default.xml
@@ -1258,7 +1258,7 @@
     slowness in launching containers.
     </description>
     <name>yarn.nodemanager.log-container-debug-info.enabled</name>
-    <value>false</value>
+    <value>true</value>
   </property>
 
   <property>