diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/rails5-verbose-query-logs.yml b/changelogs/unreleased/rails5-verbose-query-logs.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c6d0ca9c841
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/rails5-verbose-query-logs.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+title: 'Rails5: Enable verbose query logs'
+merge_request: 21231
+author: Jasper Maes
+type: fixed
diff --git a/config/initializers/active_record_verbose_query_logs.rb b/config/initializers/active_record_verbose_query_logs.rb
index 44f86fec7e0..1c5fbc8e830 100644
--- a/config/initializers/active_record_verbose_query_logs.rb
+++ b/config/initializers/active_record_verbose_query_logs.rb
@@ -47,7 +47,9 @@ module ActiveRecord
       end
     end
 
-    unless Gitlab.rails5?
+    if Rails.version.start_with?("5.2")
+      raise "Remove this monkey patch: #{__FILE__}"
+    else
       prepend(VerboseQueryLogs) unless Rails.env.production?
     end
   end