diff --git a/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Config.pm b/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Config.pm
index 2b47fa714..27d1ea4d0 100644
--- a/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Config.pm
+++ b/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Config.pm
@@ -5441,6 +5441,7 @@ sub update_config_file( $ ) {
     update_default( 'PAGER',                 $shorewallrc1{DEFAULT_PAGER} );
     update_default( 'LOGFORMAT',             'Shorewall:%s:%s:' );
     update_default( 'LOGLIMIT',              '' );
+    update_default( 'AUTOMAKE',              'No' );
 
     if ( $family == F_IPV4 ) {
 	update_default( 'BLACKLIST_DEFAULT', 'dropBcasts,dropNotSyn,dropInvalid' );