diff --git a/setup/db/create-schema.sql b/setup/db/create-schema.sql
index cde395f6a4b..cc5f609e945 100755
--- a/setup/db/create-schema.sql
+++ b/setup/db/create-schema.sql
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ CREATE TABLE  `cloud`.`data_center` (
   `guest_network_cidr` varchar(18),
   `domain` varchar(100) COMMENT 'Network domain name of the Vms of the zone',
   `domain_id` bigint unsigned COMMENT 'domain id for the parent domain to this zone (null signifies public zone)',
-  `networktype` varchar(255) NOT NULL COMMENT 'Network type of the zone',
+  `networktype` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT 'Basic' COMMENT 'Network type of the zone',
   PRIMARY KEY  (`id`)
 ) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;