diff --git a/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Config.pm b/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Config.pm
index cd0a04afd..ea2d3077c 100644
--- a/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Config.pm
+++ b/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Config.pm
@@ -6491,7 +6491,7 @@ sub get_configuration( $$$$ ) {
     default_yes_no 'USE_DEFAULT_RT'             , '';
     default_yes_no 'RESTORE_DEFAULT_ROUTE'      , 'Yes';
     default_yes_no 'AUTOMAKE'                   , '';
-    default_yes_no 'TRACK_PROVIDERS'            , '';
+    default_yes_no 'TRACK_PROVIDERS'            , 'Yes';
     default_yes_no 'BALANCE_PROVIDERS'          , $config{USE_DEFAULT_RT} ? 'Yes' : '';
     default_yes_no 'USE_NFLOG_SIZE'             , '';
 
diff --git a/Shorewall/configfiles/shorewall.conf b/Shorewall/configfiles/shorewall.conf
index 2afdc9e75..716e8248d 100644
--- a/Shorewall/configfiles/shorewall.conf
+++ b/Shorewall/configfiles/shorewall.conf
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ TC_EXPERT=No
 
 TC_PRIOMAP="2 3 3 3 2 3 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2"
 
-TRACK_PROVIDERS=No
+TRACK_PROVIDERS=Yes
 
 TRACK_RULES=No
 
diff --git a/Shorewall6/configfiles/shorewall6.conf b/Shorewall6/configfiles/shorewall6.conf
index 676230114..f8530d9af 100644
--- a/Shorewall6/configfiles/shorewall6.conf
+++ b/Shorewall6/configfiles/shorewall6.conf
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ TC_EXPERT=No
 
 TC_PRIOMAP="2 3 3 3 2 3 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2"
 
-TRACK_PROVIDERS=No
+TRACK_PROVIDERS=Yes
 
 TRACK_RULES=No