diff --git a/openmptcprouter/files/etc/wgetrc b/openmptcprouter/files/etc/wgetrc
index 9543debcf..ff5e4e91d 100644
--- a/openmptcprouter/files/etc/wgetrc
+++ b/openmptcprouter/files/etc/wgetrc
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 inet4_only = on
+prefer_family = IPv4