diff --git a/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Providers.pm b/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Providers.pm
index 9b4c78b2a..32e8a37ca 100644
--- a/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Providers.pm
+++ b/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Providers.pm
@@ -969,6 +969,11 @@ CEOF
 	$metrics = 1;
     }
 
+    emit( qq(\n) ,
+	  qq(if ! \$IP -6 rule ls | egrep -q "32767:[[:space:]]+from all lookup (default|253)"; then) ,
+	  qq(    qt \$IP -6 rule add from all table $providers{default}->{id} prio 32767\n) ,
+	  qq(fi) ) if $family == F_IPV6;
+
     unless ( $tproxy ) {
 	emit '';