diff --git a/include/linux/inetdevice.h b/include/linux/inetdevice.h
index e16fe7d44a71..27650f1bff3d 100644
--- a/include/linux/inetdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/inetdevice.h
@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ struct in_ifaddr {
 	__be32			ifa_local;
 	__be32			ifa_address;
 	__be32			ifa_mask;
+	__u32			ifa_rt_priority;
 	__be32			ifa_broadcast;
 	unsigned char		ifa_scope;
 	unsigned char		ifa_prefixlen;
diff --git a/include/net/route.h b/include/net/route.h
index dbb032d5921b..bb53cdba38dc 100644
--- a/include/net/route.h
+++ b/include/net/route.h
@@ -225,6 +225,7 @@ struct rtable *rt_dst_alloc(struct net_device *dev,
 struct in_ifaddr;
 void fib_add_ifaddr(struct in_ifaddr *);
 void fib_del_ifaddr(struct in_ifaddr *, struct in_ifaddr *);
+void fib_modify_prefix_metric(struct in_ifaddr *ifa, u32 new_metric);
 
 void rt_add_uncached_list(struct rtable *rt);
 void rt_del_uncached_list(struct rtable *rt);
diff --git a/net/ipv4/devinet.c b/net/ipv4/devinet.c
index 40f001782c1b..d7585ab1a77a 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/devinet.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/devinet.c
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ static const struct nla_policy ifa_ipv4_policy[IFA_MAX+1] = {
 	[IFA_LABEL]     	= { .type = NLA_STRING, .len = IFNAMSIZ - 1 },
 	[IFA_CACHEINFO]		= { .len = sizeof(struct ifa_cacheinfo) },
 	[IFA_FLAGS]		= { .type = NLA_U32 },
+	[IFA_RT_PRIORITY]	= { .type = NLA_U32 },
 };
 
 #define IN4_ADDR_HSIZE_SHIFT	8
@@ -835,6 +836,9 @@ static struct in_ifaddr *rtm_to_ifaddr(struct net *net, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
 	else
 		memcpy(ifa->ifa_label, dev->name, IFNAMSIZ);
 
+	if (tb[IFA_RT_PRIORITY])
+		ifa->ifa_rt_priority = nla_get_u32(tb[IFA_RT_PRIORITY]);
+
 	if (tb[IFA_CACHEINFO]) {
 		struct ifa_cacheinfo *ci;
 
@@ -906,12 +910,20 @@ static int inet_rtm_newaddr(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
 		return __inet_insert_ifa(ifa, nlh, NETLINK_CB(skb).portid,
 					 extack);
 	} else {
+		u32 new_metric = ifa->ifa_rt_priority;
+
 		inet_free_ifa(ifa);
 
 		if (nlh->nlmsg_flags & NLM_F_EXCL ||
 		    !(nlh->nlmsg_flags & NLM_F_REPLACE))
 			return -EEXIST;
 		ifa = ifa_existing;
+
+		if (ifa->ifa_rt_priority != new_metric) {
+			fib_modify_prefix_metric(ifa, new_metric);
+			ifa->ifa_rt_priority = new_metric;
+		}
+
 		set_ifa_lifetime(ifa, valid_lft, prefered_lft);
 		cancel_delayed_work(&check_lifetime_work);
 		queue_delayed_work(system_power_efficient_wq,
@@ -1549,6 +1561,7 @@ static size_t inet_nlmsg_size(void)
 	       + nla_total_size(4) /* IFA_BROADCAST */
 	       + nla_total_size(IFNAMSIZ) /* IFA_LABEL */
 	       + nla_total_size(4)  /* IFA_FLAGS */
+	       + nla_total_size(4)  /* IFA_RT_PRIORITY */
 	       + nla_total_size(sizeof(struct ifa_cacheinfo)); /* IFA_CACHEINFO */
 }
 
@@ -1618,6 +1631,8 @@ static int inet_fill_ifaddr(struct sk_buff *skb, struct in_ifaddr *ifa,
 	    (ifa->ifa_label[0] &&
 	     nla_put_string(skb, IFA_LABEL, ifa->ifa_label)) ||
 	    nla_put_u32(skb, IFA_FLAGS, ifa->ifa_flags) ||
+	    (ifa->ifa_rt_priority &&
+	     nla_put_u32(skb, IFA_RT_PRIORITY, ifa->ifa_rt_priority)) ||
 	    put_cacheinfo(skb, ifa->ifa_cstamp, ifa->ifa_tstamp,
 			  preferred, valid))
 		goto nla_put_failure;
diff --git a/net/ipv4/fib_frontend.c b/net/ipv4/fib_frontend.c
index b69e2824c761..63aa39b3af03 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/fib_frontend.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/fib_frontend.c
@@ -847,7 +847,8 @@ out_err:
  * to fib engine. It is legal, because all events occur
  * only when netlink is already locked.
  */
-static void fib_magic(int cmd, int type, __be32 dst, int dst_len, struct in_ifaddr *ifa)
+static void fib_magic(int cmd, int type, __be32 dst, int dst_len,
+		      struct in_ifaddr *ifa, u32 rt_priority)
 {
 	struct net *net = dev_net(ifa->ifa_dev->dev);
 	u32 tb_id = l3mdev_fib_table(ifa->ifa_dev->dev);
@@ -857,6 +858,7 @@ static void fib_magic(int cmd, int type, __be32 dst, int dst_len, struct in_ifad
 		.fc_type = type,
 		.fc_dst = dst,
 		.fc_dst_len = dst_len,
+		.fc_priority = rt_priority,
 		.fc_prefsrc = ifa->ifa_local,
 		.fc_oif = ifa->ifa_dev->dev->ifindex,
 		.fc_nlflags = NLM_F_CREATE | NLM_F_APPEND,
@@ -902,31 +904,57 @@ void fib_add_ifaddr(struct in_ifaddr *ifa)
 		}
 	}
 
-	fib_magic(RTM_NEWROUTE, RTN_LOCAL, addr, 32, prim);
+	fib_magic(RTM_NEWROUTE, RTN_LOCAL, addr, 32, prim, 0);
 
 	if (!(dev->flags & IFF_UP))
 		return;
 
 	/* Add broadcast address, if it is explicitly assigned. */
 	if (ifa->ifa_broadcast && ifa->ifa_broadcast != htonl(0xFFFFFFFF))
-		fib_magic(RTM_NEWROUTE, RTN_BROADCAST, ifa->ifa_broadcast, 32, prim);
+		fib_magic(RTM_NEWROUTE, RTN_BROADCAST, ifa->ifa_broadcast, 32,
+			  prim, 0);
 
 	if (!ipv4_is_zeronet(prefix) && !(ifa->ifa_flags & IFA_F_SECONDARY) &&
 	    (prefix != addr || ifa->ifa_prefixlen < 32)) {
 		if (!(ifa->ifa_flags & IFA_F_NOPREFIXROUTE))
 			fib_magic(RTM_NEWROUTE,
 				  dev->flags & IFF_LOOPBACK ? RTN_LOCAL : RTN_UNICAST,
-				  prefix, ifa->ifa_prefixlen, prim);
+				  prefix, ifa->ifa_prefixlen, prim,
+				  ifa->ifa_rt_priority);
 
 		/* Add network specific broadcasts, when it takes a sense */
 		if (ifa->ifa_prefixlen < 31) {
-			fib_magic(RTM_NEWROUTE, RTN_BROADCAST, prefix, 32, prim);
+			fib_magic(RTM_NEWROUTE, RTN_BROADCAST, prefix, 32,
+				  prim, 0);
 			fib_magic(RTM_NEWROUTE, RTN_BROADCAST, prefix | ~mask,
-				  32, prim);
+				  32, prim, 0);
 		}
 	}
 }
 
+void fib_modify_prefix_metric(struct in_ifaddr *ifa, u32 new_metric)
+{
+	__be32 prefix = ifa->ifa_address & ifa->ifa_mask;
+	struct in_device *in_dev = ifa->ifa_dev;
+	struct net_device *dev = in_dev->dev;
+
+	if (!(dev->flags & IFF_UP) ||
+	    ifa->ifa_flags & (IFA_F_SECONDARY | IFA_F_NOPREFIXROUTE) ||
+	    ipv4_is_zeronet(prefix) ||
+	    prefix == ifa->ifa_local || ifa->ifa_prefixlen == 32)
+		return;
+
+	/* add the new */
+	fib_magic(RTM_NEWROUTE,
+		  dev->flags & IFF_LOOPBACK ? RTN_LOCAL : RTN_UNICAST,
+		  prefix, ifa->ifa_prefixlen, ifa, new_metric);
+
+	/* delete the old */
+	fib_magic(RTM_DELROUTE,
+		  dev->flags & IFF_LOOPBACK ? RTN_LOCAL : RTN_UNICAST,
+		  prefix, ifa->ifa_prefixlen, ifa, ifa->ifa_rt_priority);
+}
+
 /* Delete primary or secondary address.
  * Optionally, on secondary address promotion consider the addresses
  * from subnet iprim as deleted, even if they are in device list.
@@ -968,7 +996,7 @@ void fib_del_ifaddr(struct in_ifaddr *ifa, struct in_ifaddr *iprim)
 		if (!(ifa->ifa_flags & IFA_F_NOPREFIXROUTE))
 			fib_magic(RTM_DELROUTE,
 				  dev->flags & IFF_LOOPBACK ? RTN_LOCAL : RTN_UNICAST,
-				  any, ifa->ifa_prefixlen, prim);
+				  any, ifa->ifa_prefixlen, prim, 0);
 		subnet = 1;
 	}
 
@@ -1052,17 +1080,20 @@ void fib_del_ifaddr(struct in_ifaddr *ifa, struct in_ifaddr *iprim)
 
 no_promotions:
 	if (!(ok & BRD_OK))
-		fib_magic(RTM_DELROUTE, RTN_BROADCAST, ifa->ifa_broadcast, 32, prim);
+		fib_magic(RTM_DELROUTE, RTN_BROADCAST, ifa->ifa_broadcast, 32,
+			  prim, 0);
 	if (subnet && ifa->ifa_prefixlen < 31) {
 		if (!(ok & BRD1_OK))
-			fib_magic(RTM_DELROUTE, RTN_BROADCAST, brd, 32, prim);
+			fib_magic(RTM_DELROUTE, RTN_BROADCAST, brd, 32,
+				  prim, 0);
 		if (!(ok & BRD0_OK))
-			fib_magic(RTM_DELROUTE, RTN_BROADCAST, any, 32, prim);
+			fib_magic(RTM_DELROUTE, RTN_BROADCAST, any, 32,
+				  prim, 0);
 	}
 	if (!(ok & LOCAL_OK)) {
 		unsigned int addr_type;
 
-		fib_magic(RTM_DELROUTE, RTN_LOCAL, ifa->ifa_local, 32, prim);
+		fib_magic(RTM_DELROUTE, RTN_LOCAL, ifa->ifa_local, 32, prim, 0);
 
 		/* Check, that this local address finally disappeared. */
 		addr_type = inet_addr_type_dev_table(dev_net(dev), dev,