diff --git a/debianpkg/backports/ubuntu12.04/debian/rules b/debianpkg/backports/ubuntu12.04/debian/rules
index 2974a653ba..551834b791 100755
--- a/debianpkg/backports/ubuntu12.04/debian/rules
+++ b/debianpkg/backports/ubuntu12.04/debian/rules
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ WANT_LDP ?= 1
 WANT_PIM ?= 1
 WANT_OSPFAPI ?= 1
 WANT_TCP_ZEBRA ?= 0
-WANT_BGP_VNC ?= 0
+WANT_BGP_VNC ?= 1
 WANT_CUMULUS_MODE ?= 0
 WANT_MULTIPATH ?= 1
 WANT_SNMP ?= 0
diff --git a/debianpkg/backports/ubuntu14.04/debian/rules b/debianpkg/backports/ubuntu14.04/debian/rules
index f1bc264350..e2e3b15f1f 100755
--- a/debianpkg/backports/ubuntu14.04/debian/rules
+++ b/debianpkg/backports/ubuntu14.04/debian/rules
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ WANT_LDP ?= 1
 WANT_PIM ?= 1
 WANT_OSPFAPI ?= 1
 WANT_TCP_ZEBRA ?= 0
-WANT_BGP_VNC ?= 0
+WANT_BGP_VNC ?= 1
 WANT_CUMULUS_MODE ?= 0
 WANT_MULTIPATH ?= 1
 WANT_SNMP ?= 0
diff --git a/debianpkg/rules b/debianpkg/rules
index 75a84b9e89..725ccd2528 100755
--- a/debianpkg/rules
+++ b/debianpkg/rules
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ WANT_LDP ?= 1
 WANT_PIM ?= 1
 WANT_OSPFAPI ?= 1
 WANT_TCP_ZEBRA ?= 0
-WANT_BGP_VNC ?= 0
+WANT_BGP_VNC ?= 1
 WANT_CUMULUS_MODE ?= 0
 WANT_MULTIPATH ?= 1
 WANT_SNMP ?= 0