diff --git a/src/opnsense/mvc/app/models/OPNsense/OpenVPN/OpenVPN.xml b/src/opnsense/mvc/app/models/OPNsense/OpenVPN/OpenVPN.xml
index b3c21c804bb..70a55cab836 100644
--- a/src/opnsense/mvc/app/models/OPNsense/OpenVPN/OpenVPN.xml
+++ b/src/opnsense/mvc/app/models/OPNsense/OpenVPN/OpenVPN.xml
@@ -353,9 +353,11 @@
                     <MinimumValue>1</MinimumValue>
                 </maxclients>
                 <keepalive_interval type="IntegerField">
+                    <Default>10</Default>
                     <MinimumValue>0</MinimumValue>
                 </keepalive_interval>
                 <keepalive_timeout type="IntegerField">
+                    <Default>60</Default>
                     <MinimumValue>0</MinimumValue>
                 </keepalive_timeout>
                 <reneg-sec type="IntegerField">