diff --git a/luci-app-openmptcprouter/root/etc/uci-defaults/openmptcprouter b/luci-app-openmptcprouter/root/etc/uci-defaults/openmptcprouter
index 24cbccb20..b267d6f21 100755
--- a/luci-app-openmptcprouter/root/etc/uci-defaults/openmptcprouter
+++ b/luci-app-openmptcprouter/root/etc/uci-defaults/openmptcprouter
@@ -114,6 +114,13 @@ if [ "$(uci -q get openmptcprouter.settings.menu)" = "" ]; then
 	EOF
 fi
 
+if [ "$(uci -q get openmptcprouter.settings.disableintfrename)" = "" ]; then
+	uci -q batch <<-EOF >/dev/null
+		set openmptcprouter.settings.disableintfrename='1'
+		commit openmptcprouter
+	EOF
+fi
+
 sed -i 's/net.ipv4.tcp_retries2=3$/net.ipv4.tcp_retries2=15/' /etc/sysctl.d/zzz_openmptcprouter.conf
 
 exit 0