diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__iptables_apply/files/init-script b/cdist/conf/type/__iptables_apply/files/init-script
index 2dc952e9..2247dcf5 100644
--- a/cdist/conf/type/__iptables_apply/files/init-script
+++ b/cdist/conf/type/__iptables_apply/files/init-script
@@ -45,4 +45,14 @@ case $1 in
     restart)
         "$0" stop &&  "$0" start
     ;;
+    reset)
+        for table in INPUT FORWARD OUTPUT; do
+            iptables -P "$table" ACCEPT
+            iptables -F "$table"
+        done
+        for table in PREROUTING POSTROUTING OUTPUT; do
+            iptables -t nat -P "$table" ACCEPT
+            iptables -t nat -F "$table"
+        done
+    ;;
 esac