diff --git a/component/firewalld/buildout.cfg b/component/firewalld/buildout.cfg
index 0d5361c93ace5da8b060341197263948b9fbc8b4..2a4bed50328b3c8786712583a3797232a3ac847c 100644
--- a/component/firewalld/buildout.cfg
+++ b/component/firewalld/buildout.cfg
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ command =
   sed -i 's#python2.7 /usr/bin/firewall-config#${:python} ${firewalld:location}/bin/firewall-config#' ${firewalld:etc-dir}/lockdown-whitelist.xml
 
   sed -i 's#DefaultZone=public#DefaultZone=trusted#' ${firewalld:etc-dir}/firewalld.conf
+  sed -i 's#FirewallBackend=nftables#FirewallBackend=iptables#' ${firewalld:etc-dir}/firewalld.conf
 
   sed -i "s#'/etc/firewalld'#'${firewalld:etc-dir}'#"     ${firewalld:python-egg}/firewall/config/__init__.py
   sed -i "s#'/usr/lib/firewalld'#'${firewalld:location}/lib/firewalld'#" ${firewalld:python-egg}/firewall/config/__init__.py