diff --git a/templates/lxc-iopsys b/templates/lxc-iopsys
index a1a324e8eeb085eecb74d50e96979166f72812c0..fe9c75d3d5e8e5d3b78602b6c132ac550b254252 100755
--- a/templates/lxc-iopsys
+++ b/templates/lxc-iopsys
@@ -414,7 +414,9 @@ fi
 uci_path=$(dirname "${path}")
 cfg=$(uci -c "${uci_path}" -q add lxccontainer container)
 if [ -n "${cfg}" ]; then
-	uci -c "${uci_path}" -q set lxccontainer."${cfg}".name="${name}"
-	uci -c "${uci_path}" -q set lxccontainer."${cfg}".type='lxc'
-	uci -c "${uci_path}" commit lxccontainer
+        uci -c "${uci_path}" -q set lxccontainer."${cfg}".name="${name}"
+        uci -c "${uci_path}" -q set lxccontainer."${cfg}".type='lxc'
+        uci -c "${uci_path}" -q set lxccontainer."${cfg}".autostart='1'
+        uci -c "${uci_path}" -q set lxccontainer."${cfg}".timeout='300'
+        uci -c "${uci_path}" commit lxccontainer
 fi