diff --git a/src/etc/inc/interfaces.inc b/src/etc/inc/interfaces.inc
index e1cb09c74..83a08ba34 100644
--- a/src/etc/inc/interfaces.inc
+++ b/src/etc/inc/interfaces.inc
@@ -657,6 +657,7 @@ function _interfaces_gif_configure($gif)
     if ((is_ipaddrv6($gif['tunnel-local-addr'])) || (is_ipaddrv6($gif['tunnel-remote-addr']))) {
         mwexec("/sbin/ifconfig {$gif['gifif']} inet6 " . escapeshellarg($gif['tunnel-local-addr']) . " " . escapeshellarg($gif['tunnel-remote-addr']) . " prefixlen 128");
     } else {
+        mwexec("/sbin/ifconfig {$gif['gifif']} inet6 ifdisabled");
         mwexec("/sbin/ifconfig {$gif['gifif']} " . escapeshellarg($gif['tunnel-local-addr']) . " " . escapeshellarg($gif['tunnel-remote-addr']) . " netmask " . gen_subnet_mask($gif['tunnel-remote-net']));
     }