diff --git a/src/NuGet.Core/NuGet.Configuration/PackageSource/NuGetConstants.cs b/src/NuGet.Core/NuGet.Configuration/PackageSource/NuGetConstants.cs
index 16887563ad3..4f913ed5eb8 100644
--- a/src/NuGet.Core/NuGet.Configuration/PackageSource/NuGetConstants.cs
+++ b/src/NuGet.Core/NuGet.Configuration/PackageSource/NuGetConstants.cs
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ public static class NuGetConstants
 
         public static readonly string FeedName = "nuget.org";
 
+        public static readonly string AddV3TrackFile = "nugetorgadd.trk";
+
         public static readonly string DefaultConfigContent = @"<?xml version=""1.0"" encoding=""utf-8""?>
 <configuration>
   <packageSources>
diff --git a/src/NuGet.Core/NuGet.Configuration/Settings/Settings.cs b/src/NuGet.Core/NuGet.Configuration/Settings/Settings.cs
index 308ea8b6e73..4b51fcb46a0 100644
--- a/src/NuGet.Core/NuGet.Configuration/Settings/Settings.cs
+++ b/src/NuGet.Core/NuGet.Configuration/Settings/Settings.cs
@@ -291,6 +291,20 @@ bool useTestingGlobalPath
                 else
                 {
                     appDataSettings = ReadSettings(root, defaultSettingsFilePath);
+                    bool IsEmptyConfig = !appDataSettings.GetSettingValues(ConfigurationConstants.PackageSources).Any();
+
+                    if (IsEmptyConfig)
+                    {
+                        var trackFilePath = Path.Combine(Path.GetDirectoryName(defaultSettingsFilePath), NuGetConstants.AddV3TrackFile);
+
+                        if (!File.Exists(trackFilePath))
+                        {
+                            File.Create(trackFilePath).Dispose();
+                            var defaultPackageSource = new SettingValue(NuGetConstants.FeedName, NuGetConstants.V3FeedUrl, isMachineWide: false);
+                            defaultPackageSource.AdditionalData.Add(ConfigurationConstants.ProtocolVersionAttribute, "3");
+                            appDataSettings.UpdateSections(ConfigurationConstants.PackageSources, new List<SettingValue> { defaultPackageSource });
+                        }
+                    }
                 }
             }
             else
diff --git a/test/NuGet.Core.Tests/NuGet.Configuration.Test/SettingsTests.cs b/test/NuGet.Core.Tests/NuGet.Configuration.Test/SettingsTests.cs
index 05d99aa80b9..0659b37972d 100644
--- a/test/NuGet.Core.Tests/NuGet.Configuration.Test/SettingsTests.cs
+++ b/test/NuGet.Core.Tests/NuGet.Configuration.Test/SettingsTests.cs
@@ -2236,6 +2236,46 @@ public void CreateNewConfigFileIfNoConfig()
             }
         }
 
+        [Fact]
+        public void AddV3ToEmptyConfigFile()
+        {
+            using (var mockBaseDirectory = TestFileSystemUtility.CreateRandomTestFolder())
+            {
+                // Arrange
+                var config = @"<?xml version=""1.0"" encoding=""utf-8""?>
+<configuration>
+</configuration>";
+
+                var nugetConfigPath = "NuGet.Config";
+                ConfigurationFileTestUtility.CreateConfigurationFile(nugetConfigPath, 
+                    Path.Combine(mockBaseDirectory, "TestingGlobalPath"), config);
+
+                // Act
+                var settings = Settings.LoadDefaultSettings(mockBaseDirectory, null, null, true, true);
+
+                // Assert
+                var text = File.ReadAllText(Path.Combine(mockBaseDirectory, "TestingGlobalPath", "NuGet.Config")).Replace("\r\n", "\n");
+                var result = @"<?xml version=""1.0"" encoding=""utf-8""?>
+<configuration>
+  <packageSources>
+    <add key=""nuget.org"" value=""https://api.nuget.org/v3/index.json"" protocolVersion=""3"" />
+  </packageSources>
+</configuration>".Replace("\r\n", "\n");
+                Assert.Equal(result, text);
+
+                // Act
+                settings.DeleteSection("packageSources");
+                settings = Settings.LoadDefaultSettings(mockBaseDirectory, null, null, true, true);
+
+                // Assert
+                text = File.ReadAllText(Path.Combine(mockBaseDirectory, "TestingGlobalPath" , "NuGet.Config")).Replace("\r\n", "\n");
+                result = @"<?xml version=""1.0"" encoding=""utf-8""?>
+<configuration>
+</configuration>".Replace("\r\n", "\n");
+                Assert.Equal(result, text);
+            }
+        }
+
         [Fact]
         public void LoadNuGetConfig_InvalidXmlThrowException()
         {