diff --git a/0001-firewall-backend-Switch-default-backend-to-iptables.patch b/0001-firewall-backend-Switch-default-backend-to-iptables.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..de11a7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/0001-firewall-backend-Switch-default-backend-to-iptables.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+From dbbf60a4bb0c7edc83cd8bae2177d96842ad9034 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Markos Chandras <mchandras@suse.de>
+Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2018 22:31:04 +0300
+Subject: [PATCH] firewall: backend: Switch default backend to 'iptables'
+
+Switch default backend to 'iptables'. Some packages (eg docker)
+are not able to work well with nftables right now, so lets stick
+with iptables as default backend.
+
+Link: https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1102761
+Signed-off-by: Markos Chandras <mchandras@suse.de>
+---
+ config/firewalld.conf              | 6 +++---
+ doc/xml/firewalld.conf.xml         | 4 ++--
+ src/firewall/config/__init__.py.in | 2 +-
+ 3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/config/firewalld.conf b/config/firewalld.conf
+index b53c0aa5..e6afde19 100644
+--- a/config/firewalld.conf
++++ b/config/firewalld.conf
+@@ -59,6 +59,6 @@ AutomaticHelpers=system
+ # FirewallBackend
+ # Selects the firewall backend implementation.
+ # Choices are:
+-#	- nftables (default)
+-#	- iptables (iptables, ip6tables, ebtables and ipset)
+-FirewallBackend=nftables
++#	- nftables
++#	- iptables (default)
++FirewallBackend=iptables
+diff --git a/doc/xml/firewalld.conf.xml b/doc/xml/firewalld.conf.xml
+index df4b9521..fee0d3ca 100644
+--- a/doc/xml/firewalld.conf.xml
++++ b/doc/xml/firewalld.conf.xml
+@@ -149,8 +149,8 @@
+             <listitem>
+                 <para>
+                 Selects the firewall backend implementation. Possible values
+-                are; <replaceable>nftables</replaceable> (default), or
+-                <replaceable>iptables</replaceable>. This applies to all
++                are; <replaceable>nftables</replaceable>, or
++                <replaceable>iptables</replaceable> (default). This applies to all
+                 firewalld primitives. The only exception is direct and
+                 passthrough rules which always use the traditional iptables,
+                 ip6tables, and ebtables backends.
+diff --git a/src/firewall/config/__init__.py.in b/src/firewall/config/__init__.py.in
+index 955be320..cff7c3fe 100644
+--- a/src/firewall/config/__init__.py.in
++++ b/src/firewall/config/__init__.py.in
+@@ -129,4 +129,4 @@ FALLBACK_IPV6_RPFILTER = True
+ FALLBACK_INDIVIDUAL_CALLS = False
+ FALLBACK_LOG_DENIED = "off"
+ FALLBACK_AUTOMATIC_HELPERS = "system"
+-FALLBACK_FIREWALL_BACKEND = "nftables"
++FALLBACK_FIREWALL_BACKEND = "iptables"
+-- 
+2.16.4
+
diff --git a/firewalld.changes b/firewalld.changes
index ec208aa..9a2c69a 100644
--- a/firewalld.changes
+++ b/firewalld.changes
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ Mon Aug 13 19:08:39 UTC 2018 - mchandras@suse.de
 - Also switch firewall backend fallback to 'iptables' (bsc#1102761)
   This ensures that existing configuration files will keep working
   even if FirewallBackend option is missing.
+  * 0001-firewall-backend-Switch-default-backend-to-iptables.patch
 
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Aug 10 06:23:35 UTC 2018 - mchandras@suse.de
diff --git a/firewalld.spec b/firewalld.spec
index 04f8320..be38768 100644
--- a/firewalld.spec
+++ b/firewalld.spec
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ License:        GPL-2.0-or-later
 Group:          Productivity/Networking/Security
 Url:            http://www.firewalld.org
 Source:         https://github.com/%{name}/%{name}/archive/v%{version}.tar.gz#/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
+# PATCH-FIX-SUSE: 0001-firewall-backend-Switch-default-backend-to-iptables.patch (bsc#1102761)
+Patch0:         0001-firewall-backend-Switch-default-backend-to-iptables.patch
 BuildRequires:  autoconf
 BuildRequires:  automake
 BuildRequires:  desktop-file-utils
@@ -110,14 +112,12 @@ firewalld.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q
+# bsc#1102761 - switch to iptables as default
+%patch0 -p1
 
 # bsc#1078223
 rm config/services/high-availability.xml
 
-# bsc#1102761 - switch to iptables as default
-sed -i "/^FirewallBackend/s/=.*/=iptables/" config/firewalld.conf
-sed -i '/^FALLBACK_FIREWALL_BACKEND/s/=.*/= "iptables"/' src/firewall/config/__init__.py.in 
-
 %build
 export PYTHON="%{_bindir}/python3"
 ./autogen.sh