diff --git a/templates/answerfile.j2 b/templates/answerfile.j2
index ebfee14aea6dd542284201cb6e886fe67eb1a0dc..907ae35408182926c49938c38200486754de5b42 100644
--- a/templates/answerfile.j2
+++ b/templates/answerfile.j2
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ export DISK_DEVICES
 {%       set ifresdata.ipv6_prefix = hostobj.network.classes[ifdata.class].ipv6.prefix %}
 {%     endif %}
 {%   endif %}
-{{   'export NETIF_%s="%s;%s;%s;%s;%s;%s"' | format(ifname | upper, ifresdata.ipv4_address, ifresdata.ipv4_netmask, ifresdata.ipv4_prefix, ifresdata.ipv6_address, ifresdata.ipv6_prefix, ifdata.static | default("true")) }}
+{{   'export NETIF_%s="%s;%s;%s;%s;%s;%s"' | format(ifname | upper, ifresdata.ipv4_address, ifresdata.ipv4_netmask, ifresdata.ipv4_prefix, ifresdata.ipv6_address, ifresdata.ipv6_prefix, (ifdata.static | default("true")) | lower) }}
 {%   do netifs.append('"%s"' | format(ifname)) %}
 {% endfor %}
 declare -a NETIF_DEVICES=({{ netifs | join(" ") }})