diff --git a/app/kumactl/cmd/export/export.go b/app/kumactl/cmd/export/export.go
index 5f602c5eeb89..27ac487d8c14 100644
--- a/app/kumactl/cmd/export/export.go
+++ b/app/kumactl/cmd/export/export.go
@@ -97,7 +97,13 @@ $ kumactl export --profile federation --format universal > policies.yaml
 					if err := rs.List(cmd.Context(), list); err != nil {
 						return errors.Wrapf(err, "could not list %q", resDesc.Name)
 					}
-					allResources = append(allResources, list.GetItems()...)
+					for _, res := range list.GetItems() {
+						if res.Descriptor().Name == core_mesh.MeshType {
+							mesh := res.(*core_mesh.MeshResource)
+							mesh.Spec.SkipCreatingInitialPolicies = []string{"*"}
+						}
+						allResources = append(allResources, res)
+					}
 				} else {
 					for _, mesh := range meshes.Items {
 						list := resDesc.NewList()
diff --git a/app/kumactl/cmd/export/testdata/export-no-dp.golden.yaml b/app/kumactl/cmd/export/testdata/export-no-dp.golden.yaml
index 4865a987eafe..dce79d935f24 100644
--- a/app/kumactl/cmd/export/testdata/export-no-dp.golden.yaml
+++ b/app/kumactl/cmd/export/testdata/export-no-dp.golden.yaml
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ creationTime: "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z"
 modificationTime: "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z"
 name: default
 type: Mesh
+skipCreatingInitialPolicies:
+- '*'
 ---
 creationTime: "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z"
 mesh: default
diff --git a/app/kumactl/cmd/export/testdata/export.golden.yaml b/app/kumactl/cmd/export/testdata/export.golden.yaml
index 985a5b75540e..f7b04f0d6289 100644
--- a/app/kumactl/cmd/export/testdata/export.golden.yaml
+++ b/app/kumactl/cmd/export/testdata/export.golden.yaml
@@ -4,11 +4,15 @@ creationTime: "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z"
 modificationTime: "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z"
 name: default
 type: Mesh
+skipCreatingInitialPolicies:
+- '*'
 ---
 creationTime: "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z"
 modificationTime: "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z"
 name: another-mesh
 type: Mesh
+skipCreatingInitialPolicies:
+- '*'
 ---
 creationTime: "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z"
 mesh: default