diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/iptables/iptables_1.8.10.bb b/meta/recipes-extended/iptables/iptables_1.8.10.bb
index cd2f3bce0b..0070264844 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-extended/iptables/iptables_1.8.10.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/iptables/iptables_1.8.10.bb
@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ do_install:append() {
     # if libnftnl is included, make the iptables symlink point to the nft-based binary by default
     if ${@bb.utils.contains('PACKAGECONFIG', 'libnftnl', 'true', 'false', d)} ; then
         ln -sf ${sbindir}/xtables-nft-multi ${D}${sbindir}/iptables 
+        ln -sf ${sbindir}/xtables-nft-multi ${D}${sbindir}/iptables-save
+        ln -sf ${sbindir}/xtables-nft-multi ${D}${sbindir}/iptables-restore
     fi
 }