diff --git a/src/packages/fff/fff-babeld/files/etc/config/babeld b/src/packages/fff/fff-babeld/files/etc/config/babeld
index 889602c6..a38744f1 100644
--- a/src/packages/fff/fff-babeld/files/etc/config/babeld
+++ b/src/packages/fff/fff-babeld/files/etc/config/babeld
@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@ config filter
 	option local 'true'
 	option ip 'fd43:5602:29bd::/48'
 
+config filter
+	option type 'redistribute'
+	option local 'true'
+	option if 'lo'
+
 config filter
 	option type 'redistribute'
 	option local 'true'
diff --git a/src/packages/fff/fff-babeld/files/lib/functions/fff/babel b/src/packages/fff/fff-babeld/files/lib/functions/fff/babel
index 3b2c7dac..09eda2b3 100644
--- a/src/packages/fff/fff-babeld/files/lib/functions/fff/babel
+++ b/src/packages/fff/fff-babeld/files/lib/functions/fff/babel
@@ -36,11 +36,14 @@ babel_add_peeraddr() {
 
 	if peer_ip=$(uci -q get gateway.@gateway[0].peer_ip); then
 		uci add_list "$option"="$peer_ip"
+	elif router_ip=$(uci -q get gateway.meta.router_ip); then
+		# use router_ip if no peer_ip is set
+		uci add_list "$option"="$router_ip"
 	elif ipaddr=$(uci -q get gateway.@client[0].ipaddr); then
-		# use ipaddr (without subnet) if no peer_ip set
+		# use client interface address (without subnet) if no router_ip is set
 		uci add_list "$option"=$(echo $ipaddr | cut -d / -f1)
 	else
-		echo "WARNING: Neither peer_ip nor ipaddr set! IPv4 routing is not possible."
+		echo "WARNING: No peer_ip, router_ip or client interface ipaddr set! IPv4 routing is not possible."
 		return 1
 	fi
 
diff --git a/src/packages/fff/fff-layer3-config/files/etc/layer3.d/30-network-routerip b/src/packages/fff/fff-layer3-config/files/etc/layer3.d/30-network-routerip
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..32412bf8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/packages/fff/fff-layer3-config/files/etc/layer3.d/30-network-routerip
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+configure() {
+	local router_ip
+	local router_ip6
+
+	# clean old addresses
+	uci -q del network.loopback.ipaddr
+	uci -q del network.loopback.ip6addr
+
+	# remove netmask entry that ships by default
+	uci -q del network.loopback.netmask
+
+	# add router_ip
+	router_ip=$(uci -q get gateway.meta.router_ip)
+	for ip in $router_ip; do
+		uci -q add_list network.loopback.ipaddr="$ip"
+	done
+
+	# add router_ip6
+	router_ip6=$(uci -q get gateway.meta.router_ip6)
+	for ip in $router_ip6; do
+		uci -q add_list network.loopback.ip6addr="$ip"
+	done
+}
+
+apply() {
+	uci commit network
+}
+
+revert() {
+	uci revert network
+}