diff --git a/applications/luci-vnstat/root/etc/uci-defaults/luci-vnstat b/applications/luci-vnstat/root/etc/uci-defaults/luci-vnstat
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..fa204b3b48
--- /dev/null
+++ b/applications/luci-vnstat/root/etc/uci-defaults/luci-vnstat
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+uci -q batch <<-EOF >/dev/null
+	delete ucitrack.@vnstat[-1]
+	add ucitrack vnstat
+	set ucitrack.@vnstat[-1].init=vnstat
+	commit ucitrack
+EOF
+
+rm -f /tmp/luci-indexcache
+exit 0