diff --git a/SOURCES/0005-conntrackd-set-default-hashtable-buckets-and-max-ent.patch b/SOURCES/0005-conntrackd-set-default-hashtable-buckets-and-max-ent.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0d2c548
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SOURCES/0005-conntrackd-set-default-hashtable-buckets-and-max-ent.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+From c63bdecd96375309d32239c7a83d985ac51704c5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
+Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2021 16:29:25 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] conntrackd: set default hashtable buckets and max entries if
+ not specified
+
+Fall back to 65536 buckets and 262144 entries.
+
+It would be probably good to add code to autoadjust by reading
+/proc/sys/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_buckets and
+/proc/sys/net/nf_conntrack_max.
+
+Closes: https://bugzilla.netfilter.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1491
+Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
+(cherry picked from commit 3276471d23d4d96d55e9a0fb7a10983d8097dc45)
+---
+ src/read_config_yy.y | 6 ++++++
+ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
+
+diff --git a/src/read_config_yy.y b/src/read_config_yy.y
+index cc0eb183bde34..7f6dae821e5a2 100644
+--- a/src/read_config_yy.y
++++ b/src/read_config_yy.y
+@@ -1924,5 +1924,11 @@ init_config(char *filename)
+ 					 NF_NETLINK_CONNTRACK_DESTROY;
+ 	}
+ 
++	/* default hashtable buckets and maximum number of entries */
++	if (!CONFIG(hashsize))
++		CONFIG(hashsize) = 65536;
++	if (!CONFIG(limit))
++		CONFIG(limit) = 262144;
++
+ 	return 0;
+ }
+-- 
+2.38.0
+
diff --git a/SPECS/conntrack-tools.spec b/SPECS/conntrack-tools.spec
index d76ede3..6a1ba38 100644
--- a/SPECS/conntrack-tools.spec
+++ b/SPECS/conntrack-tools.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name:           conntrack-tools
 Version:        1.4.4
-Release:        10%{?dist}
+Release:        11%{?dist}
 Summary:        Manipulate netfilter connection tracking table and run High Availability
 Group:          System Environment/Base
 License:        GPLv2
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ Patch1:		conntrack-tools-1.4.4-nat_tuple-leak.patch
 Patch2:		conntrack-tools-1.4.4-free-pktb-after-use.patch
 Patch3:		conntrack-Fix-CIDR-to-mask-conversion-on-Big-Endian.patch
 Patch4:		nfct-helper-Fix-NFCTH_ATTR_PROTO_L4NUM-size.patch
+Patch5:		0005-conntrackd-set-default-hashtable-buckets-and-max-ent.patch
 
 BuildRequires:  libnfnetlink-devel >= 1.0.1, libnetfilter_conntrack-devel >= 1.0.6
 BuildRequires:  libnetfilter_cttimeout-devel >= 1.0.0, libnetfilter_cthelper-devel >= 1.0.0
@@ -51,6 +52,7 @@ show an event message (one line) per newly established connection.
 %patch2 -p1
 %patch3 -p1
 %patch4 -p1
+%patch5 -p1
 
 %build
 export LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS} -Wl,-z,lazy"
@@ -93,6 +95,9 @@ install -m 0644 %{SOURCE2} %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/conntrackd/
 %systemd_postun conntrackd.service 
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Nov 04 2022 Phil Sutter <psutter@redhat.com> - 1.4.4-11
+- conntrackd: set default hashtable buckets and max entries if not specified
+
 * Mon Nov 18 2019 Phil Sutter <psutter@redhat.com> - 1.4.4-10
 - Fix issues on Big Endian (rhbz#1750744)