diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/settings/ClusterSettings.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/settings/ClusterSettings.java
index ac976268a0c..ac9631d29b1 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/settings/ClusterSettings.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/settings/ClusterSettings.java
@@ -136,5 +136,6 @@ public final class ClusterSettings extends AbstractScopedSettings {
         InternalClusterService.CLUSTER_SERVICE_RECONNECT_INTERVAL_SETTING,
         HierarchyCircuitBreakerService.FIELDDATA_CIRCUIT_BREAKER_TYPE_SETTING,
         HierarchyCircuitBreakerService.REQUEST_CIRCUIT_BREAKER_TYPE_SETTING,
-        Transport.TRANSPORT_PROFILES_SETTING)));
+        Transport.TRANSPORT_PROFILES_SETTING,
+        Transport.TRANSPORT_TCP_COMPRESS)));
 }
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/Transport.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/Transport.java
index 16270234494..78b07e3aae3 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/Transport.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/Transport.java
@@ -37,10 +37,7 @@ public interface Transport extends LifecycleComponent<Transport> {
 
 
     Setting<Settings> TRANSPORT_PROFILES_SETTING = Setting.groupSetting("transport.profiles.", true, Setting.Scope.CLUSTER);
-
-    public static class TransportSettings {
-        public static final String TRANSPORT_TCP_COMPRESS = "transport.tcp.compress";
-    }
+    Setting<Boolean> TRANSPORT_TCP_COMPRESS = Setting.boolSetting("transport.tcp.compress", false, false, Setting.Scope.CLUSTER);
 
     void transportServiceAdapter(TransportServiceAdapter service);
 
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/netty/NettyTransport.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/netty/NettyTransport.java
index 37f1dc4fa0b..6a6a6c38011 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/netty/NettyTransport.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/netty/NettyTransport.java
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ public class NettyTransport extends AbstractLifecycleComponent<Transport> implem
         this.connectTimeout = this.settings.getAsTime("transport.netty.connect_timeout", settings.getAsTime("transport.tcp.connect_timeout", settings.getAsTime(TCP_CONNECT_TIMEOUT, TCP_DEFAULT_CONNECT_TIMEOUT)));
         this.maxCumulationBufferCapacity = this.settings.getAsBytesSize("transport.netty.max_cumulation_buffer_capacity", null);
         this.maxCompositeBufferComponents = this.settings.getAsInt("transport.netty.max_composite_buffer_components", -1);
-        this.compress = settings.getAsBoolean(TransportSettings.TRANSPORT_TCP_COMPRESS, false);
+        this.compress = Transport.TRANSPORT_TCP_COMPRESS.get(settings);
 
         this.connectionsPerNodeRecovery = this.settings.getAsInt("transport.netty.connections_per_node.recovery", settings.getAsInt(CONNECTIONS_PER_NODE_RECOVERY, 2));
         this.connectionsPerNodeBulk = this.settings.getAsInt("transport.netty.connections_per_node.bulk", settings.getAsInt(CONNECTIONS_PER_NODE_BULK, 3));
diff --git a/test-framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/test/InternalTestCluster.java b/test-framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/test/InternalTestCluster.java
index d1749399146..10d4482a24c 100644
--- a/test-framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/test/InternalTestCluster.java
+++ b/test-framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/test/InternalTestCluster.java
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ public final class InternalTestCluster extends TestCluster {
         Builder builder = Settings.settingsBuilder()
                 .put(SETTING_CLUSTER_NODE_SEED, seed);
         if (isLocalTransportConfigured() == false) {
-            builder.put(Transport.TransportSettings.TRANSPORT_TCP_COMPRESS, rarely(random));
+            builder.put(Transport.TRANSPORT_TCP_COMPRESS.getKey(), rarely(random));
         }
         if (random.nextBoolean()) {
             builder.put("cache.recycler.page.type", RandomPicks.randomFrom(random, PageCacheRecycler.Type.values()));