diff --git a/ansible/inventory/group_vars/all/kolla b/ansible/inventory/group_vars/all/kolla
index 15608682e..255ffa242 100644
--- a/ansible/inventory/group_vars/all/kolla
+++ b/ansible/inventory/group_vars/all/kolla
@@ -510,7 +510,7 @@ kolla_enable_mariadb: "yes"
 kolla_enable_memcached: "yes"
 kolla_enable_neutron: "{{ kolla_enable_openstack_core | bool }}"
 kolla_enable_nova: "{{ kolla_enable_openstack_core | bool }}"
-kolla_enable_proxysql: "no"
+kolla_enable_proxysql: "yes"
 kolla_enable_rabbitmq: "yes"
 
 # OpenStack services can be enabled or disabled with these options
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/enable-proxysql-74b58f6df5410aad.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/enable-proxysql-74b58f6df5410aad.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a98196714
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/enable-proxysql-74b58f6df5410aad.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+features:
+  - |
+    Enables ProxySQL by default. ProxySQL can be disabled by setting the
+    ``kolla_enable_proxysql`` variable to ``false``.