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 000000000..c21e1db98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net/mwan3/files/etc/hotplug.d/iface/13-mwan3
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+. /lib/functions.sh
+. /lib/functions/network.sh
+. /lib/mwan3/mwan3.sh
+
+LOG="logger -t mwan3[$$] -p"
+
+[ "$ACTION" = "connected" -o "$ACTION" = "disconnected" ] || exit 1
+[ -n "$INTERFACE" ] || exit 2
+
+if [ "$ACTION" = "connected" ]; then
+	[ -n "$DEVICE" ] || exit 3
+fi
+
+config_load mwan3
+config_get_bool enabled globals 'enabled' '0'
+config_get local_source globals 'local_source' 'none'
+[ ${enabled} = "1" ] || exit 0
+[ ${local_source} = "none" ] || exit 0
+
+config_get enabled $INTERFACE enabled 0
+config_get online_metric $INTERFACE online_metric 0
+[ "$enabled" == "1" ] || exit 0
+
+if [ "$online_metric" = 0 ]; then
+	$LOG notice "No online metric for interface "$INTERFACE" found"
+	exit 0
+fi
+
+mwan3_add_failover_metric() {
+	local iface="$1"
+	local device="$2"
+	local metric="$3"
+
+	local route_args
+
+	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 $metric 1>/dev/null 2>&1
+	fi
+
+	if [ "$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
+	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/lib/mwan3/mwan3.sh b/net/mwan3/files/lib/mwan3/mwan3.sh
index 89ef06841..42e08beb9 100644
--- a/net/mwan3/files/lib/mwan3/mwan3.sh
+++ b/net/mwan3/files/lib/mwan3/mwan3.sh
@@ -1219,3 +1219,25 @@ mwan3_track_clean()
 		fi
 	}
 }
+
+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
+}
diff --git a/net/mwan3/files/usr/sbin/mwan3 b/net/mwan3/files/usr/sbin/mwan3
index 4ad3bc391..139da3d25 100755
--- a/net/mwan3/files/usr/sbin/mwan3
+++ b/net/mwan3/files/usr/sbin/mwan3
@@ -175,6 +175,7 @@ stop()
 
 	config_load mwan3
 	config_foreach mwan3_track_clean interface
+	config_foreach mwan3_online_metric_clean interface
 
 	for IP in "$IP4" "$IP6"; do