diff --git a/libnetwork/osl/namespace_linux.go b/libnetwork/osl/namespace_linux.go
index 936f9a233d..89cf96454b 100644
--- a/libnetwork/osl/namespace_linux.go
+++ b/libnetwork/osl/namespace_linux.go
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ var (
 		// expires connection from the IPVS connection table when the backend is not available
 		// more info: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/Documentation/networking/ipvs-sysctl.txt#L126:1
 		"net.ipv4.vs.expire_nodest_conn": {Value: "1", CheckFn: nil},
+		// expires persistent connections to destination servers with weights set to 0
+		// more info: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/Documentation/networking/ipvs-sysctl.txt#L144:1
+		"net.ipv4.vs.expire_quiescent_template": {Value: "1", CheckFn: nil},
 	}
 )