diff --git a/pkg/cli/server/server.go b/pkg/cli/server/server.go
index 5d1052b2e8..8e4c17043c 100644
--- a/pkg/cli/server/server.go
+++ b/pkg/cli/server/server.go
@@ -150,12 +150,17 @@ func run(app *cli.Context, cfg *cmds.Server, leaderControllers server.CustomCont
 	serverConfig.ControlConfig.ExtraEtcdArgs = cfg.ExtraEtcdArgs.Value()
 	serverConfig.ControlConfig.ExtraSchedulerAPIArgs = cfg.ExtraSchedulerArgs.Value()
 	serverConfig.ControlConfig.ClusterDomain = cfg.ClusterDomain
-	serverConfig.ControlConfig.Datastore.NotifyInterval = 5 * time.Second
-	serverConfig.ControlConfig.Datastore.EmulatedETCDVersion = etcdversion.Version
-	serverConfig.ControlConfig.Datastore.Endpoint = cfg.DatastoreEndpoint
 	serverConfig.ControlConfig.Datastore.BackendTLSConfig.CAFile = cfg.DatastoreCAFile
 	serverConfig.ControlConfig.Datastore.BackendTLSConfig.CertFile = cfg.DatastoreCertFile
 	serverConfig.ControlConfig.Datastore.BackendTLSConfig.KeyFile = cfg.DatastoreKeyFile
+	serverConfig.ControlConfig.Datastore.CompactBatchSize = 1000
+	serverConfig.ControlConfig.Datastore.CompactInterval = 5 * time.Minute
+	serverConfig.ControlConfig.Datastore.CompactMinRetain = 1000
+	serverConfig.ControlConfig.Datastore.CompactTimeout = 5 * time.Second
+	serverConfig.ControlConfig.Datastore.EmulatedETCDVersion = etcdversion.Version
+	serverConfig.ControlConfig.Datastore.Endpoint = cfg.DatastoreEndpoint
+	serverConfig.ControlConfig.Datastore.NotifyInterval = 5 * time.Second
+	serverConfig.ControlConfig.Datastore.PollBatchSize = 500
 	serverConfig.ControlConfig.KineTLS = cfg.KineTLS
 	serverConfig.ControlConfig.AdvertiseIP = cfg.AdvertiseIP
 	serverConfig.ControlConfig.AdvertisePort = cfg.AdvertisePort
diff --git a/pkg/daemons/control/server_test.go b/pkg/daemons/control/server_test.go
index 1bd184f45d..75f298c471 100644
--- a/pkg/daemons/control/server_test.go
+++ b/pkg/daemons/control/server_test.go
@@ -19,7 +19,9 @@ import (
 	"github.com/k3s-io/k3s/pkg/etcd"
 	testutil "github.com/k3s-io/k3s/tests"
 	"github.com/k3s-io/k3s/tests/mock"
+	"github.com/k3s-io/kine/pkg/endpoint"
 	pkgerrors "github.com/pkg/errors"
+	etcdversion "go.etcd.io/etcd/api/v3/version"
 	utilnet "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/net"
 	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/authentication/authenticator"
 	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/authentication/request/anonymous"
@@ -183,6 +185,15 @@ func mockControl(ctx context.Context, t *testing.T, clusterInit bool) (*config.C
 		ServerNodeName:       "k3s-server-1",
 		ServiceNodePortRange: &utilnet.PortRange{Base: 30000, Size: 2048},
 		Token:                "token",
+		Datastore: endpoint.Config{
+			CompactBatchSize:    1000,
+			CompactInterval:     5 * time.Minute,
+			CompactMinRetain:    1000,
+			CompactTimeout:      5 * time.Second,
+			EmulatedETCDVersion: etcdversion.Version,
+			NotifyInterval:      5 * time.Second,
+			PollBatchSize:       500,
+		},
 	}
 
 	if err := os.Chdir(control.DataDir); err != nil {