diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index fb7ccac93dc4..8908e2a0369a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -42,6 +42,12 @@ src/sonic-device-data/src/debian/
 src/supervisor/*
 !src/supervisor/Makefile
 !src/supervisor/patch/
+src/telemetry/debian/*
+!src/telemetry/debian/changelog
+!src/telemetry/debian/compat
+!src/telemetry/debian/control
+!src/telemetry/debian/rules
+!src/telemetry/debian/telemetry.init.d
 src/thrift/*
 !src/thrift/Makefile
 
diff --git a/rules/config b/rules/config
index 86139c71540f..9b15a158019d 100644
--- a/rules/config
+++ b/rules/config
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ ENABLE_ORGANIZATION_EXTENSIONS = y
 #SONIC_PROFILING_ON = y
 
 # ENABLE_SYSTEM_TELEMETRY - build docker-sonic-telemetry for system telemetry support
-# ENABLE_SYSTEM_TELEMETRY = y
+ENABLE_SYSTEM_TELEMETRY = y
 
 # DEFAULT_KERNEL_PROCURE_METHOD - default method for obtaining kernel
 #   build:    build kernel from source
diff --git a/src/telemetry/debian/rules b/src/telemetry/debian/rules
old mode 100644
new mode 100755