diff --git a/src/ringdht/ringaccount.cpp b/src/ringdht/ringaccount.cpp
index 4dd5c8dad86b5c9a5a992b7102cb2297b4e4b6f5..72362202592fe10e10f9b0ba844ed1e44247e22e 100644
--- a/src/ringdht/ringaccount.cpp
+++ b/src/ringdht/ringaccount.cpp
@@ -86,6 +86,10 @@ static constexpr auto TLS_TIMEOUT = std::chrono::seconds(30);
 const constexpr auto EXPORT_KEY_RENEWAL_TIME = std::chrono::minutes(20);
 
 static constexpr const char * const RING_URI_PREFIX = "ring:";
+static constexpr const char * DEFAULT_TURN_SERVER = "turn.ring.cx";
+static constexpr const char * DEFAULT_TURN_USERNAME = "ring";
+static constexpr const char * DEFAULT_TURN_PWD = "ring";
+static constexpr const char * DEFAULT_TURN_REALM = "ring";
 
 constexpr const char* const RingAccount::ACCOUNT_TYPE;
 /* constexpr */ const std::pair<uint16_t, uint16_t> RingAccount::DHT_PORT_RANGE {4000, 8888};
@@ -161,7 +165,14 @@ RingAccount::RingAccount(const std::string& accountID, bool /* presenceEnabled *
     cachePath_(fileutils::get_cache_dir()+DIR_SEPARATOR_STR+getAccountID()),
     dataPath_(cachePath_ + DIR_SEPARATOR_STR "values"),
     idPath_(fileutils::get_data_dir()+DIR_SEPARATOR_STR+getAccountID())
-{}
+{
+    // Force the SFL turn server if none provided yet
+    turnServer_ = DEFAULT_TURN_SERVER;
+    turnServerUserName_ = DEFAULT_TURN_USERNAME;
+    turnServerPwd_ = DEFAULT_TURN_PWD;
+    turnServerRealm_ = DEFAULT_TURN_REALM;
+    turnEnabled_ = true;
+}
 
 RingAccount::~RingAccount()
 {