diff --git a/etc/inc/globals.inc b/etc/inc/globals.inc
index f936fa1d8e..3ee24520f5 100644
--- a/etc/inc/globals.inc
+++ b/etc/inc/globals.inc
@@ -63,8 +63,8 @@ $g = array(
     "nopkg_platforms" => array("cdrom"),
 	"minimum_ram_warning" => "115",
 	"minimum_ram_warning_text" => "128 megabytes",
-	"minimum_nic_count" => "2",
-	"minimum_nic_count_text" => "*AT LEAST* 2",	
+	"minimum_nic_count" => "1",
+	"minimum_nic_count_text" => "*AT LEAST* 1",	
 	"wan_interface_name" => "wan", 
     "nopccard_platforms" => array("wrap", "net48xx"),
     "xmlrpcbaseurl" => "www.pfsense.com",