diff --git a/bird/bird.conf.tmpl b/bird/bird.conf.tmpl
index 4f3dbda..665fae1 100644
--- a/bird/bird.conf.tmpl
+++ b/bird/bird.conf.tmpl
@@ -110,6 +110,8 @@ template bgp lixonet_client {
 
     # BGP IPv4 channel settings
     ipv4 {
+        table lixonet;
+
         # Always advertise our own local address as a next hop, even in cases where the
         # current Next Hop attribute should be used unchanged.
         # Reason: tinc NEEDS this, otherwise Layer3 inter-routing on the mesh will be broken