diff --git a/compute/src/main/java/org/zstack/compute/zone/ZoneManagerImpl.java b/compute/src/main/java/org/zstack/compute/zone/ZoneManagerImpl.java
index 794c34a92fa..860a0d53d8d 100755
--- a/compute/src/main/java/org/zstack/compute/zone/ZoneManagerImpl.java
+++ b/compute/src/main/java/org/zstack/compute/zone/ZoneManagerImpl.java
@@ -5,10 +5,7 @@
 import org.zstack.core.cloudbus.CloudBus;
 import org.zstack.core.cloudbus.MessageSafe;
 import org.zstack.core.componentloader.PluginRegistry;
-import org.zstack.core.db.DatabaseFacade;
-import org.zstack.core.db.DbEntityLister;
-import org.zstack.core.db.SQL;
-import org.zstack.core.db.SQLBatch;
+import org.zstack.core.db.*;
 import org.zstack.core.errorcode.ErrorFacade;
 import org.zstack.core.thread.ChainTask;
 import org.zstack.core.thread.SyncTaskChain;
@@ -160,6 +157,11 @@ protected void scripts() {
     }
 
     private void createZone(APICreateZoneMsg msg, ReturnValueCompletion<ZoneInventory> completion) {
+        Long existCount = Q.New(ZoneVO.class).count();
+        if (existCount == 0) {
+            msg.setDefault(true);
+        }
+
         if (msg.getDefault() == null || !msg.getDefault()) {
             completion.success(createZoneFromApiMessage(msg));
             return;
diff --git a/test/src/test/groovy/org/zstack/test/integration/compute/ZoneCase.groovy b/test/src/test/groovy/org/zstack/test/integration/compute/ZoneCase.groovy
index 67e86160548..7c4bae4134c 100644
--- a/test/src/test/groovy/org/zstack/test/integration/compute/ZoneCase.groovy
+++ b/test/src/test/groovy/org/zstack/test/integration/compute/ZoneCase.groovy
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ class ZoneCase extends SubCase {
     @Override
     void test() {
         env.create {
+            testFirstZoneSetDefaultZone()
             testCreateZoneAsDefaultZone()
             testBatchCreateZoneAsDefaultZone()
             testUpdateZoneToDefaultZone()
@@ -48,6 +49,16 @@ class ZoneCase extends SubCase {
         env.delete()
     }
 
+    void testFirstZoneSetDefaultZone() {
+        ZoneInventory zone = createZone {
+            name = "FirstZone"
+            description = "first zone"
+        } as ZoneInventory
+
+        assert zone != null
+        assert zone.isDefault
+    }
+
     void testCreateZoneAsDefaultZone() {
         ZoneInventory zone = createZone {
             name = "zone1"