diff --git a/package/gluon-core/files/lib/netifd/proto/gluon_wired.sh b/package/gluon-core/files/lib/netifd/proto/gluon_wired.sh
index 708e9743eb69499f8dca251cc0d4dd3a0afa8fe0..5bc33d226b2050146b5d7b7bf9427c97d5ceaa75 100755
--- a/package/gluon-core/files/lib/netifd/proto/gluon_wired.sh
+++ b/package/gluon-core/files/lib/netifd/proto/gluon_wired.sh
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ init_proto "$@"
 proto_gluon_wired_init_config() {
         proto_config_add_boolean transitive
         proto_config_add_int index
+        proto_config_add_boolean vxlan
 }
 
 xor2() {
@@ -28,15 +29,16 @@ proto_gluon_wired_setup() {
 
         local meshif="$config"
 
-        local vxlan="$(lua -e 'print(require("gluon.site").mesh.vxlan(true))')"
+        local transitive index vxlan
+        json_get_vars transitive index vxlan
 
-        local transitive index
-        json_get_vars transitive index
+        # default args
+        [ -z "$vxlan" ] && vxlan=1
 
         proto_init_update "$ifname" 1
         proto_send_update "$config"
 
-        if [ "$vxlan" = 'true' ]; then
+        if [ "$vxlan" -eq 1 ]; then
                 meshif="vx_$config"
 
                 json_init
diff --git a/package/gluon-core/luasrc/lib/gluon/upgrade/210-interface-wan b/package/gluon-core/luasrc/lib/gluon/upgrade/210-interface-wan
index 070b264ddcb35d6d93239a78a048c1b4e6051a97..051b213eaae826ae7e990c5ba9e1e881305c94e9 100755
--- a/package/gluon-core/luasrc/lib/gluon/upgrade/210-interface-wan
+++ b/package/gluon-core/luasrc/lib/gluon/upgrade/210-interface-wan
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ uci:section('network', 'interface', 'mesh_wan', {
 	ifname = 'br-wan',
 	proto  = 'gluon_wired',
 	index  = 0,
+	vxlan  = site.mesh.vxlan(true),
 })
 
 local enable = site.mesh_on_wan(false)
diff --git a/package/gluon-core/luasrc/lib/gluon/upgrade/220-interface-lan b/package/gluon-core/luasrc/lib/gluon/upgrade/220-interface-lan
index e80cbf9fd3a5c0db2aaee3db54b9243d9830e651..19ccfb496b95f5c038b8a1bee62426fb8def8a1c 100755
--- a/package/gluon-core/luasrc/lib/gluon/upgrade/220-interface-lan
+++ b/package/gluon-core/luasrc/lib/gluon/upgrade/220-interface-lan
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ uci:section('network', 'interface', 'mesh_lan', {
 	igmp_snooping = false,
 	proto         = 'gluon_wired',
 	index         = 4,
+	vxlan         = site.mesh.vxlan(true),
 })
 
 if sysconfig.lan_ifname:match(' ') then