diff --git a/templates/backOffice/default/customers.html b/templates/backOffice/default/customers.html
index 321911e63..81239b697 100644
--- a/templates/backOffice/default/customers.html
+++ b/templates/backOffice/default/customers.html
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@
                     <label for="{$label_attr.for}" class="control-label">{$label} : </label>
                     <select name="{$name}" id="{$label_attr.for}" class="form-control">
                         {loop type="country" name="country1"}
-                            <option value="{$ID}">{$TITLE}</option>
+                            <option value="{$ID}" {if $IS_DEFAULT}selected{/if}>{$TITLE}</option>
                         {/loop}
                     </select>
                 </div>
@@ -365,4 +365,4 @@
 
 {block name="javascript-last-call"}
     {module_include location='customers-js'}
-{/block}
\ No newline at end of file
+{/block}