diff --git a/doc/jsonrpc.md b/doc/jsonrpc.md
index b853dfdc2..461278695 100644
--- a/doc/jsonrpc.md
+++ b/doc/jsonrpc.md
@@ -7467,6 +7467,45 @@ Example response:
 }
 ~~~
 
+## sock_set_default_impl {#rpc_sock_set_default_impl}
+
+Set the default sock implementation.
+
+### Parameters
+
+Name                    | Optional | Type        | Description
+----------------------- | -------- | ----------- | -----------
+impl_name               | Required | string      | Name of socket implementation, e.g. posix
+
+### Response
+
+True if the default socket layer configuration was set successfully.
+
+### Example
+
+Example request:
+
+~~~
+{
+  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
+  "method": "sock_set_default_impl",
+  "id": 1,
+  "params": {
+    "impl_name": "posix"
+  }
+}
+~~~
+
+Example response:
+
+~~~
+{
+  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
+  "id": 1,
+  "result": true
+}
+~~~
+
 # Miscellaneous RPC commands
 
 ## bdev_nvme_send_cmd {#rpc_bdev_nvme_send_cmd}
diff --git a/lib/sock/sock.c b/lib/sock/sock.c
index 0b744e472..c99c4ecd5 100644
--- a/lib/sock/sock.c
+++ b/lib/sock/sock.c
@@ -803,6 +803,15 @@ spdk_sock_write_config_json(struct spdk_json_write_ctx *w)
 
 	spdk_json_write_array_begin(w);
 
+	if (g_default_impl) {
+		spdk_json_write_object_begin(w);
+		spdk_json_write_named_string(w, "method", "sock_set_default_impl");
+		spdk_json_write_named_object_begin(w, "params");
+		spdk_json_write_named_string(w, "impl_name", g_default_impl->name);
+		spdk_json_write_object_end(w);
+		spdk_json_write_object_end(w);
+	}
+
 	STAILQ_FOREACH(impl, &g_net_impls, link) {
 		if (!impl->get_opts) {
 			continue;
diff --git a/lib/sock/sock_rpc.c b/lib/sock/sock_rpc.c
index c4e3e653e..ae434d525 100644
--- a/lib/sock/sock_rpc.c
+++ b/lib/sock/sock_rpc.c
@@ -170,3 +170,35 @@ rpc_sock_impl_set_options(struct spdk_jsonrpc_request *request,
 	free(opts.impl_name);
 }
 SPDK_RPC_REGISTER("sock_impl_set_options", rpc_sock_impl_set_options, SPDK_RPC_STARTUP)
+
+static void
+rpc_sock_set_default_impl(struct spdk_jsonrpc_request *request,
+			  const struct spdk_json_val *params)
+{
+	char *impl_name = NULL;
+	struct spdk_json_write_ctx *w;
+	int rc;
+
+	/* Reuse get_opts decoder */
+	if (spdk_json_decode_object(params, rpc_sock_impl_get_opts_decoders,
+				    SPDK_COUNTOF(rpc_sock_impl_get_opts_decoders), &impl_name)) {
+		SPDK_ERRLOG("spdk_json_decode_object() failed\n");
+		spdk_jsonrpc_send_error_response(request, SPDK_JSONRPC_ERROR_INVALID_PARAMS,
+						 "Invalid parameters");
+		return;
+	}
+
+	rc = spdk_sock_set_default_impl(impl_name);
+	if (rc) {
+		free(impl_name);
+		spdk_jsonrpc_send_error_response(request, SPDK_JSONRPC_ERROR_INVALID_PARAMS,
+						 "Invalid parameters");
+		return;
+	}
+
+	w = spdk_jsonrpc_begin_result(request);
+	spdk_json_write_bool(w, true);
+	spdk_jsonrpc_end_result(request, w);
+	free(impl_name);
+}
+SPDK_RPC_REGISTER("sock_set_default_impl", rpc_sock_set_default_impl, SPDK_RPC_STARTUP)
diff --git a/scripts/rpc.py b/scripts/rpc.py
index 0abefd189..12a55ae7e 100755
--- a/scripts/rpc.py
+++ b/scripts/rpc.py
@@ -2567,6 +2567,14 @@ Format: 'user:u1 secret:s1 muser:mu1 msecret:ms1,user:u2 secret:s2 muser:mu2 mse
     p.set_defaults(func=sock_impl_set_options, enable_recv_pipe=None, enable_zerocopy_send=None,
                    enable_quickack=None, enable_placement_id=None)
 
+    def sock_set_default_impl(args):
+        print_json(rpc.sock.sock_set_default_impl(args.client,
+                                                  impl_name=args.impl))
+
+    p = subparsers.add_parser('sock_set_default_impl', help="""Set the default sock implementation""")
+    p.add_argument('-i', '--impl', help='Socket implementation name, e.g. posix', required=True)
+    p.set_defaults(func=sock_set_default_impl)
+
     def check_called_name(name):
         if name in deprecated_aliases:
             print("{} is deprecated, use {} instead.".format(name, deprecated_aliases[name]), file=sys.stderr)
diff --git a/scripts/rpc/sock.py b/scripts/rpc/sock.py
index 94f9b8293..f606cc170 100644
--- a/scripts/rpc/sock.py
+++ b/scripts/rpc/sock.py
@@ -47,3 +47,16 @@ def sock_impl_set_options(client,
         params['enable_placement_id'] = enable_placement_id
 
     return client.call('sock_impl_set_options', params)
+
+
+def sock_set_default_impl(client, impl_name=None):
+    """Set the default socket implementation.
+
+    Args:
+        impl_name: name of socket implementation, e.g. posix
+    """
+    params = {}
+
+    params['impl_name'] = impl_name
+
+    return client.call('sock_set_default_impl', params)
diff --git a/test/json_config/config_filter.py b/test/json_config/config_filter.py
index cde2e24f9..6c6d2748c 100755
--- a/test/json_config/config_filter.py
+++ b/test/json_config/config_filter.py
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ def filter_methods(do_remove_global_rpcs):
         'bdev_nvme_set_options',
         'bdev_nvme_set_hotplug',
         'sock_impl_set_options',
+        'sock_set_default_impl',
     ]
 
     data = json.loads(sys.stdin.read())