diff --git a/src/etc/inc/plugins.inc.d/ipsec.inc b/src/etc/inc/plugins.inc.d/ipsec.inc
index 80b5b5035..a91d9dd1a 100644
--- a/src/etc/inc/plugins.inc.d/ipsec.inc
+++ b/src/etc/inc/plugins.inc.d/ipsec.inc
@@ -1451,9 +1451,11 @@ EOD;
                     for ($idx = 0; $idx < count($leftsubnet_spec); ++$idx) {
                         if (count($leftsubnet_spec) == 1) {
                             $tmpconf = str_replace('<<connectionId>>', "{$ph1ent['ikeid']}", $connEntry);
+                            $tmpconf .= sprintf("\treqid = %d\n", (int)$ph1ent['ikeid'] * 1000 );
                         } else {
                             // suffix connection with sequence number
                             $tmpconf = str_replace('<<connectionId>>', sprintf('%s-%03d', $ph1ent['ikeid'], $idx), $connEntry);
+                            $tmpconf .= sprintf("\treqid = %d\n", (int)$ph1ent['ikeid'] * 1000 + $idx );
                         }
                         $tmpconf .= "\trightsubnet = " . $rightsubnet_spec[$idx]. "\n";
                         $tmpconf .= "\tleftsubnet = " . $leftsubnet_spec[$idx] . "\n";
@@ -1477,6 +1479,7 @@ EOD;
                             // name from the first configured tunnel ($idx == 0):
                             $conn_suffix = $idx ? sprintf('-%03d', $idx) : '';
                             $tmpconf[] = "conn con{$ph1ent['ikeid']}{$conn_suffix}";
+                            $tmpconf[] = sprintf("\treqid = %d\n", (int)$ph1ent['ikeid'] * 1000 + $idx );
                             if (!empty($rightsubnet_spec[$idx])) {
                                 $tmpconf[] = "\trightsubnet = {$rightsubnet_spec[$idx]}";
                             }
@@ -1495,6 +1498,7 @@ EOD;
                         }
                     } else {
                         $tmpconf = str_replace('<<connectionId>>', "{$ph1ent['ikeid']}", $connEntry);
+                        $tmpconf .= sprintf("\treqid = %d\n", (int)$ph1ent['ikeid'] * 1000 );
                         if (!empty($rightsubnet_spec)) {
                             $tmpconf .= "\trightsubnet = " . join(',', array_unique($rightsubnet_spec)) . "\n";
                         }