diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/compactions/DateTieredCompactionPolicy.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/compactions/DateTieredCompactionPolicy.java
index 3dfabedd90e..037bc80425d 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/compactions/DateTieredCompactionPolicy.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/compactions/DateTieredCompactionPolicy.java
@@ -112,6 +112,9 @@ public class DateTieredCompactionPolicy extends SortedCompactionPolicy {
     throws IOException {
     long mcTime = getNextMajorCompactTime(filesToCompact);
     if (filesToCompact == null || mcTime == 0) {
+      if (LOG.isDebugEnabled()) {
+        LOG.debug("filesToCompact: " + filesToCompact + " mcTime: " + mcTime);
+      }
       return false;
     }
 
@@ -119,6 +122,10 @@ public class DateTieredCompactionPolicy extends SortedCompactionPolicy {
     long lowTimestamp = StoreUtils.getLowestTimestamp(filesToCompact);
     long now = EnvironmentEdgeManager.currentTime();
     if (lowTimestamp <= 0L || lowTimestamp >= (now - mcTime)) {
+      if (LOG.isDebugEnabled()) {
+        LOG.debug("lowTimestamp: " + lowTimestamp + " lowTimestamp: " + lowTimestamp + " now: " +
+            now + " mcTime: " + mcTime); 
+      }
       return false;
     }
 
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestDateTieredCompactionPolicy.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestDateTieredCompactionPolicy.java
index e99eacb9931..eb52a846d42 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestDateTieredCompactionPolicy.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestDateTieredCompactionPolicy.java
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ public class TestDateTieredCompactionPolicy extends AbstractTestDateTieredCompac
     this.conf.setFloat(CompactionConfiguration.HBASE_HSTORE_COMPACTION_RATIO_KEY, 1.2F);
 
     conf.setInt(HStore.BLOCKING_STOREFILES_KEY, 20);
-    conf.setLong(HConstants.MAJOR_COMPACTION_PERIOD, 10);
+    conf.setLong(HConstants.MAJOR_COMPACTION_PERIOD, 5);
   }
 
   /**