diff --git a/nest/route.h b/nest/route.h
index 6c9b00c2..c1a60ccc 100644
--- a/nest/route.h
+++ b/nest/route.h
@@ -366,12 +366,16 @@ struct nexthop {
   ip_addr gw;				/* Next hop */
   struct iface *iface;			/* Outgoing interface */
   struct nexthop *next;
+  byte flags;
   byte weight;
   byte labels_orig;			/* Number of labels before hostentry was applied */
   byte labels;				/* Number of all labels */
   u32 label[0];
 };
 
+#define RNF_ONLINK		0x1	/* Gateway is onlink regardless of IP ranges */
+
+
 struct rte_src {
   struct rte_src *next;			/* Hash chain */
   struct proto *proto;			/* Protocol the source is based on */
diff --git a/nest/rt-attr.c b/nest/rt-attr.c
index 1b7f5836..761ba9fe 100644
--- a/nest/rt-attr.c
+++ b/nest/rt-attr.c
@@ -171,7 +171,9 @@ nexthop__same(struct nexthop *x, struct nexthop *y)
 {
   for (; x && y; x = x->next, y = y->next)
   {
-    if (!ipa_equal(x->gw, y->gw) || (x->iface != y->iface) || (x->weight != y->weight) || (x->labels != y->labels))
+    if (!ipa_equal(x->gw, y->gw) || (x->iface != y->iface) ||
+	(x->flags != y->flags) || (x->weight != y->weight) ||
+	(x->labels != y->labels))
       return 0;
 
     for (int i = 0; i < x->labels; i++)
@@ -193,6 +195,8 @@ nexthop_compare_node(struct nexthop *x, struct nexthop *y)
   if (!y)
     return -1;
 
+  /* Should we also compare flags ? */
+
   r = ((int) y->weight) - ((int) x->weight);
   if (r)
     return r;
diff --git a/nest/rt-show.c b/nest/rt-show.c
index 3f5ef04d..afde2810 100644
--- a/nest/rt-show.c
+++ b/nest/rt-show.c
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ rt_show_rte(struct cli *c, byte *ia, rte *e, struct rt_show_data *d, ea_list *tm
     for (nh = &(a->nh); nh; nh = nh->next)
     {
       char mpls[MPLS_MAX_LABEL_STACK*12 + 5], *lsp = mpls;
+      char *onlink = (nh->flags & RNF_ONLINK) ? " onlink" : "";
 
       if (nh->labels)
         {
@@ -80,9 +81,11 @@ rt_show_rte(struct cli *c, byte *ia, rte *e, struct rt_show_data *d, ea_list *tm
       *lsp = '\0';
 
       if (a->nh.next)
-	cli_printf(c, -1007, "\tvia %I%s on %s weight %d", nh->gw, mpls, nh->iface->name, nh->weight + 1);
+	cli_printf(c, -1007, "\tvia %I%s on %s%s weight %d",
+		   nh->gw, mpls, nh->iface->name, onlink, nh->weight + 1);
       else
-	cli_printf(c, -1007, "\tvia %I%s on %s", nh->gw, mpls, nh->iface->name);
+	cli_printf(c, -1007, "\tvia %I%s on %s%s",
+		   nh->gw, mpls, nh->iface->name, onlink);
     }
 
   if (d->verbose)
diff --git a/nest/rt-table.c b/nest/rt-table.c
index 85a951b8..2bb78cf2 100644
--- a/nest/rt-table.c
+++ b/nest/rt-table.c
@@ -1819,7 +1819,10 @@ no_nexthop:
       }
     }
     if (ipa_nonzero(nh->gw))
-      nhp->gw = nh->gw;		/* Router nexthop */
+    {
+      nhp->gw = nh->gw;			/* Router nexthop */
+      nhp->flags |= (nh->flags & RNF_ONLINK);
+    }
     else if (ipa_nonzero(he->link))
       nhp->gw = he->link;		/* Device nexthop with link-local address known */
     else
diff --git a/proto/static/config.Y b/proto/static/config.Y
index 66ae3c98..66e5ea4c 100644
--- a/proto/static/config.Y
+++ b/proto/static/config.Y
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ static_route_finish(void)
 CF_DECLS
 
 CF_KEYWORDS(STATIC, ROUTE, VIA, DROP, REJECT, PROHIBIT, PREFERENCE, CHECK, LINK)
-CF_KEYWORDS(WEIGHT, RECURSIVE, IGP, TABLE, BLACKHOLE, UNREACHABLE, BFD, MPLS)
+CF_KEYWORDS(ONLINK, WEIGHT, RECURSIVE, IGP, TABLE, BLACKHOLE, UNREACHABLE, BFD, MPLS)
 
 
 CF_GRAMMAR
@@ -87,6 +87,9 @@ stat_nexthop:
   | stat_nexthop MPLS label_stack {
     this_snh->mls = $3;
   }
+  | stat_nexthop ONLINK bool {
+    this_snh->onlink = $3;
+  }
   | stat_nexthop WEIGHT expr {
     this_snh->weight = $3 - 1;
     if (($3<1) || ($3>256)) cf_error("Weight must be in range 1-256");
diff --git a/proto/static/static.c b/proto/static/static.c
index bb1501a5..ede4c734 100644
--- a/proto/static/static.c
+++ b/proto/static/static.c
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ static_announce_rte(struct static_proto *p, struct static_route *r)
       struct nexthop *nh = allocz(NEXTHOP_MAX_SIZE);
       nh->gw = r2->via;
       nh->iface = r2->neigh->iface;
+      nh->flags = r2->onlink ? RNF_ONLINK : 0;
       nh->weight = r2->weight;
       if (r2->mls)
       {
@@ -205,7 +206,8 @@ static_add_rte(struct static_proto *p, struct static_route *r)
     for (r2 = r; r2; r2 = r2->mp_next)
     {
       n = ipa_nonzero(r2->via) ?
-	neigh_find2(&p->p, &r2->via, r2->iface, NEF_STICKY) :
+	neigh_find2(&p->p, &r2->via, r2->iface,
+		    NEF_STICKY | (r2->onlink ? NEF_ONLINK : 0)) :
 	neigh_find_iface(&p->p, r2->iface);
 
       if (!n)
@@ -267,8 +269,9 @@ static_same_dest(struct static_route *x, struct static_route *y)
     {
       if (!ipa_equal(x->via, y->via) ||
 	  (x->iface != y->iface) ||
-	  (x->use_bfd != y->use_bfd) ||
+	  (x->onlink != y->onlink) ||
 	  (x->weight != y->weight) ||
+	  (x->use_bfd != y->use_bfd) ||
 	  (!x->mls != !y->mls) ||
 	  ((x->mls) && (y->mls) && (x->mls->len != y->mls->len)))
 	return 0;
@@ -614,11 +617,13 @@ static_show_rt(struct static_route *r)
     for (r2 = r; r2; r2 = r2->mp_next)
     {
       if (r2->iface && ipa_zero(r2->via))
-	cli_msg(-1009, "\tdev %s%s%s", r2->iface->name,
-		r2->bfd_req ? " (bfd)" : "", r2->active ? "" : " (dormant)");
+	cli_msg(-1009, "\tdev %s%s", r2->iface->name,
+		r2->active ? "" : " (dormant)");
       else
-	cli_msg(-1009, "\tvia %I%J%s%s", r2->via, r2->iface,
-		r2->bfd_req ? " (bfd)" : "", r2->active ? "" : " (dormant)");
+	cli_msg(-1009, "\tvia %I%J%s%s%s", r2->via, r2->iface,
+		r2->onlink ? " onlink" : "",
+		r2->bfd_req ? " (bfd)" : "",
+		r2->active ? "" : " (dormant)");
     }
     break;
   }
diff --git a/proto/static/static.h b/proto/static/static.h
index c84dfa98..b202c0b1 100644
--- a/proto/static/static.h
+++ b/proto/static/static.h
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ struct static_route {
   byte dest;				/* Destination type (RTD_*) */
   byte state;				/* State of route announcement (SRS_*) */
   byte active;				/* Next hop is active (nbr/iface/BFD available) */
+  byte onlink;				/* Gateway is onlink regardless of IP ranges */
   byte weight;				/* Multipath next hop weight */
   byte use_bfd;				/* Configured to use BFD */
   struct bfd_request *bfd_req;		/* BFD request, if BFD is used */
diff --git a/sysdep/linux/netlink.c b/sysdep/linux/netlink.c
index 40d1196e..2b7b13fb 100644
--- a/sysdep/linux/netlink.c
+++ b/sysdep/linux/netlink.c
@@ -622,6 +622,9 @@ nl_add_multipath(struct nlmsghdr *h, uint bufsize, struct nexthop *nh, int af)
 
     nl_add_nexthop(h, bufsize, nh, af);
 
+    if (nh->flags & RNF_ONLINK)
+      rtnh->rtnh_flags |= RTNH_F_ONLINK;
+
     nl_close_nexthop(h, rtnh);
   }
 
@@ -660,6 +663,7 @@ nl_parse_multipath(struct krt_proto *p, struct rtattr *ra)
       rv->next = NULL;
       last = &(rv->next);
 
+      rv->flags = 0;
       rv->weight = nh->rtnh_hops;
       rv->iface = if_find_by_index(nh->rtnh_ifindex);
       if (!rv->iface)
@@ -672,9 +676,12 @@ nl_parse_multipath(struct krt_proto *p, struct rtattr *ra)
 	{
 	  rv->gw = rta_get_ipa(a[RTA_GATEWAY]);
 
+	  if (nh->rtnh_flags & RTNH_F_ONLINK)
+	    rv->flags |= RNF_ONLINK;
+
 	  neighbor *nbr;
 	  nbr = neigh_find2(&p->p, &rv->gw, rv->iface,
-			    (nh->rtnh_flags & RTNH_F_ONLINK) ? NEF_ONLINK : 0);
+			    (rv->flags & RNF_ONLINK) ? NEF_ONLINK : 0);
 	  if (!nbr || (nbr->scope == SCOPE_HOST))
 	    return NULL;
 	}
@@ -1228,6 +1235,9 @@ dest:
       {
 	nl_add_attr_u32(&r->h, rsize, RTA_OIF, nh->iface->index);
 	nl_add_nexthop(&r->h, rsize, nh, p->af);
+
+	if (nh->flags & RNF_ONLINK)
+	  r->r.rtm_flags |= RTNH_F_ONLINK;
       }
       break;
     case RTD_BLACKHOLE:
@@ -1543,9 +1553,12 @@ nl_parse_route(struct nl_parse_state *s, struct nlmsghdr *h)
 	  if ((i->rtm_family == AF_INET6) && ipa_in_netX(ra->nh.gw, (net_addr *) &sit))
 	    return;
 
+	  if (i->rtm_flags & RTNH_F_ONLINK)
+	    ra->nh.flags |= RNF_ONLINK;
+
 	  neighbor *nbr;
 	  nbr = neigh_find2(&p->p, &(ra->nh.gw), ra->nh.iface,
-			    (i->rtm_flags & RTNH_F_ONLINK) ? NEF_ONLINK : 0);
+			    (ra->nh.flags & RNF_ONLINK) ? NEF_ONLINK : 0);
 	  if (!nbr || (nbr->scope == SCOPE_HOST))
 	    {
 	      log(L_ERR "KRT: Received route %N with strange next-hop %I", net->n.addr,