diff --git a/package/gluon-respondd/luasrc/lib/gluon/upgrade/400-respondd-firewall b/package/gluon-respondd/luasrc/lib/gluon/upgrade/400-respondd-firewall
index 6e52904395..74a2e11b1e 100755
--- a/package/gluon-respondd/luasrc/lib/gluon/upgrade/400-respondd-firewall
+++ b/package/gluon-respondd/luasrc/lib/gluon/upgrade/400-respondd-firewall
@@ -33,6 +33,14 @@ uci:section('firewall', 'rule',  'mesh_respondd_ll', {
 	target = 'ACCEPT',
 })
 
+uci:section('firewall', 'rule',  'mesh_respondd_siteprefix', {
+	name = 'mesh_respondd_siteprefix',
+	src = 'mesh',
+	src_ip = site.prefix6(),
+	dest_port = '1001',
+	proto = 'udp',
+	target = 'ACCEPT',
+})
 
 uci:delete_all('firewall', 'rule', function(rule)
 	return rule['.name']:find('^mesh_respondd_extraprefix')