diff --git a/installers/full_install_osm.sh b/installers/full_install_osm.sh
index 8d56663..21a654d 100755
--- a/installers/full_install_osm.sh
+++ b/installers/full_install_osm.sh
@@ -544,7 +544,10 @@
     add_local_k8scluster
     track final_ops add_local_k8scluster_ok
 
-    arrange_docker_default_network_policy
+    # if lxd is requested, iptables firewall is updated to work with both docker and LXD
+    if [ -n "$INSTALL_LXD" ]; then
+        arrange_docker_default_network_policy
+    fi
 
     wget -q -O- https://osm-download.etsi.org/ftp/osm-15.0-fifteen/README2.txt &> /dev/null
     track end