diff --git a/src/etc/config.xml.sample b/src/etc/config.xml.sample
index 2a988cdc9..25a7be89d 100644
--- a/src/etc/config.xml.sample
+++ b/src/etc/config.xml.sample
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@
     <item>
       <descr><![CDATA[Maximum outgoing UDP datagram size]]></descr>
       <tunable>net.local.dgram.maxdgram</tunable>
-      <value>8192</value>
+      <value>default</value>
     </item>
   </sysctl>
   <system>
diff --git a/src/etc/inc/system.inc b/src/etc/inc/system.inc
index bdd3a2d7a..6c17ecb08 100644
--- a/src/etc/inc/system.inc
+++ b/src/etc/inc/system.inc
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ function get_default_sysctl_value($id)
         'net.link.bridge.pfil_member' => '1',
         'net.link.bridge.pfil_onlyip' => '0',
         'net.link.tap.user_open' => '1',
+        'net.local.dgram.maxdgram' => '8192',
         'security.bsd.see_other_gids' => '0',
         'security.bsd.see_other_uids' => '0',
         'vfs.read_max' => '32',
@@ -128,6 +129,7 @@ function system_sysctl_get()
         'net.enc.in.ipsec_filter_mask' => '2', /* after processing */
         'net.enc.out.ipsec_bpf_mask' => '1', /* before processing */
         'net.enc.out.ipsec_filter_mask' => '1', /* before processing */
+        'net.local.dgram.maxdgram' => 'default',
     );
 
     if (isset($config['sysctl']['item'])) {