diff --git a/docs/release-notes/release-notes-0.16.0.md b/docs/release-notes/release-notes-0.16.0.md
index d3466e42f..4a2a9a2e5 100644
--- a/docs/release-notes/release-notes-0.16.0.md
+++ b/docs/release-notes/release-notes-0.16.0.md
@@ -35,7 +35,11 @@ and also added coverage to verify support for channel versioning:
     - https://github.com/lightninglabs/lightning-terminal/pull/1106
     - https://github.com/lightninglabs/lightning-terminal/pull/1097
     - https://github.com/lightninglabs/lightning-terminal/pull/1138
- 
+
+- LND is now built with the `monitoring` tag enabled, which has been the default
+  in standalone LND release builds since
+  https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/commit/8491d0da433c23051b723f4c018e2f041df548c8
+  .
 
 ### LND
 
diff --git a/make/compile_flags.mk b/make/compile_flags.mk
index 4d324dbc9..ce5fcbc27 100644
--- a/make/compile_flags.mk
+++ b/make/compile_flags.mk
@@ -1 +1 @@
-COMPILE_TAGS = autopilotrpc signrpc walletrpc chainrpc invoicesrpc watchtowerrpc neutrinorpc peersrpc kvdb_postgres kvdb_etcd kvdb_sqlite
\ No newline at end of file
+COMPILE_TAGS = autopilotrpc signrpc walletrpc chainrpc invoicesrpc watchtowerrpc neutrinorpc monitoring peersrpc kvdb_postgres kvdb_etcd kvdb_sqlite
\ No newline at end of file