diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index f173d557995336a4b81f47fdd6e29dafa3361783..034b67b2d9ee7b0fb97d69e32e1cf1baaf26354d 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@
         "bjornjohansen/wplang": "^0.1.1",  
         "wpackagist-theme/minimalism": "1.0.3",
         "wpackagist-plugin/disable-wordpress-updates": "^1.6",
-        "wpackagist-plugin/hyperdb": "^1.6"
+        "wpackagist-plugin/hyperdb": "^1.6",
+        "wpackagist-plugin/wpmu-new-blog-defaults": "^2.2"
     },    
     "extra": {
         "wordpress-install-dir": "app/wp",
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@
             "mu-plugins-src/{$name}": [
                 "wpackagist-plugin/hyperdb",
                 "wpackagist-plugin/disable-wordpress-updates",
+                "wpackagist-plugin/wpmu-new-blog-defaults",
                 "type:wordpress-muplugin"],
             "app/{$name}": ["type:wordpress-dropin"],
             "app/wp-content/plugins/{$name}/": ["type:wordpress-plugin"],
@@ -49,7 +51,10 @@
         "wordpress-languages": [ "en_GB", "it_IT" ],
         "patches-file": "composer.patches.json",        
         "dropin-paths": {
-            "app/wp-content/mu-plugins" : ["package:wpackagist-plugin/disable-wordpress-updates:disable-updates.php"],
+            "app/wp-content/mu-plugins" : [
+                "package:wpackagist-plugin/disable-wordpress-updates:disable-updates.php",
+                "package:wpackagist-plugin/wpmu-new-blog-defaults:cets_blog_defaults.php"
+            ],
             "app/wp-content": ["package:wpackagist-plugin/hyperdb:db.php"],
             "app": ["package:lucha/r2db:db-config.php,nginx-map/wp-nginx-map-json.php,nginx-map/wp-nginx-map.php"]
         }
diff --git a/composer.lock b/composer.lock
index b986c8019c0f6a5c2b9c7b991c8347f1b7dea661..323b5b6e6528c740432d2fd4bdef7fff581a8db6 100644
--- a/composer.lock
+++ b/composer.lock
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
         "Read more about it at https://getcomposer.org/doc/01-basic-usage.md#composer-lock-the-lock-file",
         "This file is @generated automatically"
     ],
-    "content-hash": "343c6256f42881fdc6e4b6b3c1fa0597",
+    "content-hash": "84c14cf7936705f05280d808fdbf3032",
     "packages": [
         {
             "name": "bjornjohansen/wplang",
@@ -445,6 +445,26 @@
             },
             "homepage": "https://wordpress.org/plugins/hyperdb/"
         },
+        {
+            "name": "wpackagist-plugin/wpmu-new-blog-defaults",
+            "version": "2.2.2",
+            "source": {
+                "type": "svn",
+                "url": "https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/wpmu-new-blog-defaults/",
+                "reference": "tags/2.2.2"
+            },
+            "dist": {
+                "type": "zip",
+                "url": "https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/wpmu-new-blog-defaults.2.2.2.zip",
+                "reference": null,
+                "shasum": null
+            },
+            "require": {
+                "composer/installers": "~1.0"
+            },
+            "type": "wordpress-plugin",
+            "homepage": "https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpmu-new-blog-defaults/"
+        },
         {
             "name": "wpackagist-theme/minimalism",
             "version": "1.0.3",