diff --git a/openmptcprouter/files/etc/uci-defaults/2020-omr-vpn b/openmptcprouter/files/etc/uci-defaults/2020-omr-vpn
index fd9304dfd..cab15d375 100755
--- a/openmptcprouter/files/etc/uci-defaults/2020-omr-vpn
+++ b/openmptcprouter/files/etc/uci-defaults/2020-omr-vpn
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ if [ "$(uci -q get openvpn.omr.proto)" != "tcp-client" ]; then
 		set openvpn.omr.allow_recursive_routing=1
 		set openvpn.omr.sndbuf=0
 		set openvpn.omr.rcvbuf=0
+		set openvpn.omr.route_delay=5
 		commit openvpn
 	EOF
 fi