diff --git a/etc/defaults/rc.conf b/etc/defaults/rc.conf
index 346ffde95968..80b84f7143a3 100644
--- a/etc/defaults/rc.conf
+++ b/etc/defaults/rc.conf
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#	$NetBSD: rc.conf,v 1.133 2015/03/30 10:58:37 chopps Exp $
+#	$NetBSD: rc.conf,v 1.134 2015/12/13 02:27:06 christos Exp $
 #
 # /etc/defaults/rc.conf --
 #	default configuration of /etc/rc.conf
@@ -374,3 +374,9 @@ makemandb=YES
 
 # blacklist daemon, needs npf
 blacklistd=NO
+
+# IPv6 address selection policy
+ip6addrctl_enable=NO
+# ipv6_prefer, ipv4_prefer, auto
+ip6addrctl_policy=auto
+ip6addrctl_verbose=NO