diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/shadow/files/useradd b/meta/recipes-extended/shadow/files/useradd
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..782aeef418
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/shadow/files/useradd
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# useradd defaults file
+GROUP=100
+HOME=/home
+INACTIVE=-1
+EXPIRE=
+SHELL=/bin/sh
+SKEL=/etc/skel
+CREATE_MAIL_SPOOL=no
diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/shadow/shadow.inc b/meta/recipes-extended/shadow/shadow.inc
index c1e24b4f16..c35cc8396d 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-extended/shadow/shadow.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/shadow/shadow.inc
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ SRC_URI = "https://github.com/shadow-maint/shadow/releases/download/v${PV}/${BP}
            file://0001-Fix-out-of-tree-builds-with-respect-to-libsubid-incl.patch \
            file://0001-libsubid-link-to-PAM-libraries.patch \
            file://0001-libmisc-fix-default-value-in-SHA_get_salt_rounds.patch \
+           file://useradd \
            "
 
 SRC_URI:append:class-target = " \
@@ -116,6 +117,8 @@ do_install() {
 	# Use proper encryption for passwords
 	sed -i 's/^#ENCRYPT_METHOD.*$/ENCRYPT_METHOD SHA512/' ${D}${sysconfdir}/login.defs
 
+	install -d ${D}${sysconfdir}/default
+	install -m 0644 ${WORKDIR}/useradd ${D}${sysconfdir}/default
 }
 
 do_install:append() {