diff --git a/ethmngr/files/etc/uci-defaults/ruleng.ethport b/ethmngr/files/etc/uci-defaults/ruleng.ethport
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cf201af47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ethmngr/files/etc/uci-defaults/ruleng.ethport
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+uci -q set ruleng.ethport=rule
+uci -q set ruleng.ethport.recipe='/etc/ruleng/ethport.json'