diff --git a/systemvm/debian/opt/cloud/bin/configure.py b/systemvm/debian/opt/cloud/bin/configure.py
index bf48be66694c..ffc98923fd0a 100755
--- a/systemvm/debian/opt/cloud/bin/configure.py
+++ b/systemvm/debian/opt/cloud/bin/configure.py
@@ -632,7 +632,9 @@ def init_vpc(self, direction, acl, rule, config):
                 self.dport = ""
                 if 'allowed' in list(rule.keys()) and rule['allowed']:
                     self.action = "ACCEPT"
-                if 'first_port' in list(rule.keys()):
+                # A tcp or udp rule without ports is sent with the range 0:0; like the nft paths, match all ports
+                no_ports = rule.get('first_port', 0) == 0 and rule.get('last_port', 0) == 0
+                if 'first_port' in list(rule.keys()) and not no_ports:
                     self.dport = "-m %s --dport %s" % (self.protocol, rule['first_port'])
                 if 'last_port' in list(rule.keys()) and self.dport and \
                    rule['last_port'] != rule['first_port']:
diff --git a/systemvm/test/TestCsAclPorts.py b/systemvm/test/TestCsAclPorts.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3ae9f4757b4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/systemvm/test/TestCsAclPorts.py
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+import unittest
+from configure import CsAcl
+
+
+class FakeConfig:
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.fw = []
+        self.ipv6_acl = []
+        self.nft_ipv4_acl = []
+
+    def get_fw(self):
+        return self.fw
+
+    def get_ipv6_acl(self):
+        return self.ipv6_acl
+
+    def get_nft_ipv4_acl(self):
+        return self.nft_ipv4_acl
+
+    def is_vpc(self):
+        return True
+
+    def is_routed(self):
+        return False
+
+    def get_ingress_chain(self, device, ip):
+        return "ACL_INBOUND_%s" % device
+
+    def get_egress_chain(self, device, ip):
+        return "ACL_OUTBOUND_%s" % device
+
+    def get_egress_table(self):
+        return "mangle"
+
+
+class TestCsAclPorts(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    def acl(self, ingress, egress=None):
+        config = FakeConfig()
+        obj = {"device": "eth3", "nic_ip": "10.1.1.1", "nic_netmask": "24", "nic_ip6_cidr": "fd00:1::/64",
+               "ingress_rules": ingress, "egress_rules": egress or []}
+        CsAcl.AclDevice(obj, config).create()
+        return config
+
+    def iptables_rules(self, ingress, egress=None):
+        return [fw[2] for fw in self.acl(ingress, egress).fw]
+
+    def test_tcp_and_udp_without_ports_match_all_ports(self):
+        # a tcp or udp rule without ports reaches the VR as the port range 0:0
+        rules = self.iptables_rules(
+            [{"type": "tcp", "cidr": "10.0.0.0/8", "first_port": 0, "last_port": 0, "allowed": True}],
+            [{"type": "udp", "cidr": "10.0.0.0/8", "first_port": 0, "last_port": 0, "allowed": False}])
+        self.assertEqual(rules, ["-A ACL_INBOUND_eth3 -p tcp -s 10.0.0.0/8 -j ACCEPT",
+                                 "-A ACL_OUTBOUND_eth3 -p udp -d 10.0.0.0/8 -j DROP"])
+
+    def test_tcp_without_ports_matches_all_ports_on_ipv6_too(self):
+        config = self.acl([{"type": "tcp", "cidr": "10.0.0.0/8,fd00:2::/64", "first_port": 0, "last_port": 0, "allowed": True}])
+        self.assertEqual([fw[2] for fw in config.fw], ["-A ACL_INBOUND_eth3 -p tcp -s 10.0.0.0/8 -j ACCEPT"])
+        ipv6 = [r['rule'] for r in config.ipv6_acl if r.get('chain') == "eth3_ingress_policy" and 'rule' in r]
+        self.assertIn("ip6 saddr fd00:2::/64 tcp dport { 0-65535 } accept", ipv6)
+
+    def test_rules_without_port_fields_are_unaffected(self):
+        rules = self.iptables_rules([
+            {"type": "icmp", "cidr": "10.0.0.0/8", "icmp_type": 8, "icmp_code": 0, "allowed": True},
+            {"type": "protocol", "protocol": 47, "cidr": "10.0.0.0/8", "allowed": True},
+            {"type": "all", "cidr": "10.0.0.0/8", "allowed": False}])
+        self.assertEqual(rules, ["-A ACL_INBOUND_eth3 -p icmp -s 10.0.0.0/8 -m icmp --icmp-type 8/0 -j ACCEPT",
+                                 "-A ACL_INBOUND_eth3 -p 47 -s 10.0.0.0/8 -j ACCEPT",
+                                 "-A ACL_INBOUND_eth3 -p all -s 10.0.0.0/8 -j DROP"])
+
+    def test_ports_and_port_ranges_are_kept(self):
+        rules = self.iptables_rules([
+            {"type": "tcp", "cidr": "10.0.0.0/8", "first_port": 22, "last_port": 22, "allowed": True},
+            {"type": "udp", "cidr": "10.0.0.0/8", "first_port": 1000, "last_port": 2000, "allowed": True},
+            {"type": "tcp", "cidr": "10.0.0.0/8", "first_port": 0, "last_port": 1024, "allowed": False}])
+        self.assertEqual(rules, ["-A ACL_INBOUND_eth3 -p tcp -s 10.0.0.0/8 -m tcp --dport 22 -j ACCEPT",
+                                 "-A ACL_INBOUND_eth3 -p udp -s 10.0.0.0/8 -m udp --dport 1000:2000 -j ACCEPT",
+                                 "-A ACL_INBOUND_eth3 -p tcp -s 10.0.0.0/8 -m tcp --dport 0:1024 -j DROP"])
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    unittest.main()