diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/block-all-no-security-groups-47af550349dbc85a.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/block-all-no-security-groups-47af550349dbc85a.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3c5efe3229
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/block-all-no-security-groups-47af550349dbc85a.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+---
+prelude: >
+    Enable 'use_default_block_all' to ensure that traffic to a port that has
+    no security groups and has port security enabled will be discarded.
+features:
+  - |
+    Enable 'use_default_block_all' to ensure that traffic to a port that has
+    no security groups and has port security enabled will be discarded. This
+    will ensure the same behaviours as the upstream security groups.
diff --git a/vmware_nsx/common/config.py b/vmware_nsx/common/config.py
index 0e2fa124a2..2c7a29e153 100644
--- a/vmware_nsx/common/config.py
+++ b/vmware_nsx/common/config.py
@@ -719,6 +719,10 @@ nsxv_opts = [
     cfg.BoolOpt('housekeeping_readonly',
                 default=True,
                 help=_("Housekeeping will only warn about breakage.")),
+    cfg.BoolOpt('use_default_block_all',
+                default=False,
+                help=_("Use default block all rule when no security groups "
+                       "are set on a port and port security is enabled")),
 ]
 
 # define the configuration of each NSX-V availability zone.
diff --git a/vmware_nsx/plugins/nsx_v/plugin.py b/vmware_nsx/plugins/nsx_v/plugin.py
index 002de85d94..0be7f31b74 100644
--- a/vmware_nsx/plugins/nsx_v/plugin.py
+++ b/vmware_nsx/plugins/nsx_v/plugin.py
@@ -2175,6 +2175,10 @@ class NsxVPluginV2(addr_pair_db.AllowedAddressPairsMixin,
                           original_port['fixed_ips'])
                 self._update_vnic_assigned_addresses(
                     context.session, original_port, vnic_id)
+                if (cfg.CONF.nsxv.use_default_block_all and
+                    not original_port[ext_sg.SECURITYGROUPS]):
+                    self._add_member_to_security_group(
+                        self.sg_container_id, vnic_id)
             else:
                 # Add vm to the exclusion list, since it has no port security
                 self._add_vm_to_exclude_list(context, device_id, id)
@@ -2405,6 +2409,12 @@ class NsxVPluginV2(addr_pair_db.AllowedAddressPairsMixin,
                         ret_port[ext_sg.SECURITYGROUPS])
                     self._update_security_groups_port_mapping(
                         context.session, id, vnic_id, curr_sgids, new_sgids)
+                    if (cfg.CONF.nsxv.use_default_block_all and
+                        not ret_port[ext_sg.SECURITYGROUPS]):
+                        # If there are no security groups ensure that the
+                        # default is 'Drop All'
+                        self._add_member_to_security_group(
+                            self.sg_container_id, vnic_id)
 
         # update mac learning on NSX
         if self._vcm: