diff --git a/net/mwan3/Makefile b/net/mwan3/Makefile
index c3e486dbf8..2c0cd19cc0 100644
--- a/net/mwan3/Makefile
+++ b/net/mwan3/Makefile
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ define Package/mwan3/install
 		$(1)/etc/config/
 
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/etc/hotplug.d/iface
+	$(INSTALL_DATA) ./files/etc/hotplug.d/iface/13-mwan3 \
+		$(1)/etc/hotplug.d/iface/
 	$(INSTALL_DATA) ./files/etc/hotplug.d/iface/15-mwan3 \
 		$(1)/etc/hotplug.d/iface/
 	$(INSTALL_DATA) ./files/etc/hotplug.d/iface/16-mwan3-user \
diff --git a/net/mwan3/files/etc/hotplug.d/iface/13-mwan3 b/net/mwan3/files/etc/hotplug.d/iface/13-mwan3
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..082c4fa51d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net/mwan3/files/etc/hotplug.d/iface/13-mwan3
@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+. /lib/functions.sh
+. /lib/functions/network.sh
+. /lib/mwan3/mwan3.sh
+
+initscript=/etc/init.d/mwan3
+. /lib/functions/procd.sh
+
+logging() {
+	local level="$1"
+	local message="$2"
+
+	logger -t "mwan3-hotplug[$$]" -p "daemon.${level}" "${message}"
+}
+
+[ "$ACTION" = "connected" ] || [ "$ACTION" = "disconnected" ] || exit 1
+[ -n "$INTERFACE" ] || exit 2
+
+if [ "$ACTION" = "connected" ]; then
+	[ -n "$DEVICE" ] || exit 3
+fi
+
+procd_lock
+
+config_load mwan3
+config_get enabled $INTERFACE enabled 0
+[ "$enabled" == "1" ] || {
+	exit 0
+}
+
+config_get online_metric $INTERFACE online_metric 0
+if [ "$online_metric" = 0 ]; then
+	logging notice "No online metric for interface "$INTERFACE" found"
+	exit 0
+fi
+
+mwan3_add_failover_metric() {
+	local iface="$1"
+	local device="$2"
+	local metric="$3"
+
+	local route_args ret
+
+	config_get family $iface family ipv4
+
+	if [ "$family" == "ipv4" ]; then
+		if ubus call network.interface.${iface}_4 status 1>/dev/null 2>&1; then
+			network_get_gateway route_args ${iface}_4
+		else
+			network_get_gateway route_args $iface
+		fi
+
+		if [ -n "$route_args" -a "$route_args" != "0.0.0.0" ]; then
+			route_args="via $route_args"
+		else
+			route_args=""
+		fi
+
+		$IP4 route add default $route_args dev $device proto static metric $metric 1>/dev/null 2>&1
+		ret="$?"
+		if [ "$ret" -ne 0 ]; then
+			logging warn "Unable to set online metric for interface '$iface' (IPv4)"
+		else
+			logging info "Online metric for interface '$iface' set to '$metric' (IPv4)"
+		fi
+	fi
+
+	if [ "$family" == "ipv6" ]; then
+		if ubus call network.interface.${iface}_6 status 1>/dev/null 2>&1; then
+			network_get_gateway6 route_args ${iface}_6
+		else
+			network_get_gateway6 route_args $iface
+		fi
+
+		if [ -n "$route_args" -a "$route_args" != "::" ]; then
+			route_args="via $route_args"
+		else
+			route_args=""
+		fi
+
+		$IP6 route add default $route_args dev $device proto static metric $metric 1>/dev/null 2>&1
+		if [ "$ret" -ne 0 ]; then
+			logging warn "Unable to set online metric for interface '$iface' (IPv6)"
+		else
+			logging info "Online metric for interface '$iface' set to '$metric' (IPv6)"
+		fi
+	fi
+}
+
+mwan3_del_failover_metric() {
+	local iface="$1"
+	local device="$2"
+	local metric="$3"
+
+	config_get family $iface family ipv4
+
+	if [ "$family" == "ipv4" ]; then
+		$IP4 route del default dev $device proto static metric $metric 1>/dev/null 2>&1
+	fi
+
+	if [ "$family" == "ipv6" ]; then
+		$IP6 route del default dev $device proto static metric $metric 1>/dev/null 2>&1
+	fi
+}
+
+case "$ACTION" in
+	connected)
+		mwan3_add_failover_metric "$INTERFACE" "$DEVICE" "$online_metric"
+		;;
+	disconnected)
+		mwan3_del_failover_metric "$INTERFACE" "$DEVICE" "$online_metric"
+		;;
+esac
+
+exit 0
diff --git a/net/mwan3/files/etc/init.d/mwan3 b/net/mwan3/files/etc/init.d/mwan3
index 33a1f46e53..df3dc830b6 100755
--- a/net/mwan3/files/etc/init.d/mwan3
+++ b/net/mwan3/files/etc/init.d/mwan3
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ stop_service() {
 
 	mwan3_init
 	config_foreach mwan3_interface_shutdown interface
+	config_foreach mwan3_online_metric_clean interface
 
 	for family in ipv4 ipv6; do
 		if [ "$family" = "ipv4" ]; then
diff --git a/net/mwan3/files/lib/mwan3/mwan3.sh b/net/mwan3/files/lib/mwan3/mwan3.sh
index f48a145cb6..6e1b53679c 100644
--- a/net/mwan3/files/lib/mwan3/mwan3.sh
+++ b/net/mwan3/files/lib/mwan3/mwan3.sh
@@ -1228,3 +1228,25 @@ mwan3_track_clean()
 	rm -rf "${MWAN3_STATUS_DIR:?}/${1}" &> /dev/null
 	rmdir --ignore-fail-on-non-empty "$MWAN3_STATUS_DIR"
 }
+
+mwan3_online_metric_clean() {
+	local iface="$1"
+
+	local online_metric ifname
+
+	config_get family "$iface" family ipv4
+	config_get online_metric "$iface" online_metric ""
+	ifname=$(uci_get_state network "$iface" ifname)
+
+	if [ "$family" = "ipv4" ] \
+		&& [ "$online_metric" != "" ] \
+		&& [ "$ifname" != "" ]; then
+		$IP4 route del default dev "$ifname" proto static metric "$online_metric" 1>/dev/null 2>&1
+	fi
+
+	if [ "$family" = "ipv6" ] \
+		&& [ "$online_metric" != "" ] \
+		&& [ "$ifname" != "" ]; then
+		$IP6 route del default dev "$ifname" proto static metric "$online_metric" 1>/dev/null 2>&1
+	fi
+}