diff --git a/man/systemd.network.xml b/man/systemd.network.xml
index 554d1f663c..3812350820 100644
--- a/man/systemd.network.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.network.xml
@@ -1099,6 +1099,15 @@ IPv6Token=prefixstable:2002:da8:1::</programlisting></para>
             Defaults to <literal>global</literal>.</para>
           </listitem>
         </varlistentry>
+        <varlistentry>
+          <term><varname>RouteMetric=</varname></term>
+          <listitem>
+            <para>The metric of the prefix route, which is pointing to the subnet of the configured IP
+            address, taking the configured prefix length into account. Takes an unsigned integer in the
+            range 0…4294967295. When unset or set to 0, the kernel's default value is used. This
+            setting will be ignored when <varname>AddPrefixRoute=</varname> is false.</para>
+          </listitem>
+        </varlistentry>
         <varlistentry>
           <term><varname>HomeAddress=</varname></term>
           <listitem>
diff --git a/src/network/networkd-address.c b/src/network/networkd-address.c
index 58b089901b..145bc25190 100644
--- a/src/network/networkd-address.c
+++ b/src/network/networkd-address.c
@@ -918,6 +918,10 @@ int address_configure(
         if (r < 0)
                 return log_link_error_errno(link, r, "Could not append IFA_CACHEINFO attribute: %m");
 
+        r = sd_netlink_message_append_u32(req, IFA_RT_PRIORITY, address->route_metric);
+        if (r < 0)
+                return log_link_error_errno(link, r, "Could not append IFA_RT_PRIORITY attribute: %m");
+
         k = address_add(link, address, &a);
         if (k < 0)
                 return log_link_error_errno(link, k, "Could not add address: %m");
@@ -1801,6 +1805,48 @@ int config_parse_address_scope(
         return 0;
 }
 
+int config_parse_address_route_metric(
+                const char *unit,
+                const char *filename,
+                unsigned line,
+                const char *section,
+                unsigned section_line,
+                const char *lvalue,
+                int ltype,
+                const char *rvalue,
+                void *data,
+                void *userdata) {
+
+        Network *network = userdata;
+        _cleanup_(address_free_or_set_invalidp) Address *n = NULL;
+        int r;
+
+        assert(filename);
+        assert(section);
+        assert(lvalue);
+        assert(rvalue);
+        assert(data);
+
+        r = address_new_static(network, filename, section_line, &n);
+        if (r == -ENOMEM)
+                return log_oom();
+        if (r < 0) {
+                log_syntax(unit, LOG_WARNING, filename, line, r,
+                           "Failed to allocate new address, ignoring assignment: %m");
+                return 0;
+        }
+
+        r = safe_atou32(rvalue, &n->route_metric);
+        if (r < 0) {
+                log_syntax(unit, LOG_WARNING, filename, line, r,
+                           "Could not parse %s=, ignoring assignment: %s", lvalue, rvalue);
+                return 0;
+        }
+
+        TAKE_PTR(n);
+        return 0;
+}
+
 int config_parse_duplicate_address_detection(
                 const char *unit,
                 const char *filename,
diff --git a/src/network/networkd-address.h b/src/network/networkd-address.h
index e3ca868c2e..58f44cd4cd 100644
--- a/src/network/networkd-address.h
+++ b/src/network/networkd-address.h
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ typedef struct Address {
         unsigned char prefixlen;
         unsigned char scope;
         uint32_t flags;
+        uint32_t route_metric; /* route metric for prefix route */
         char *label;
 
         int set_broadcast;
@@ -83,6 +84,7 @@ CONFIG_PARSER_PROTOTYPE(config_parse_label);
 CONFIG_PARSER_PROTOTYPE(config_parse_lifetime);
 CONFIG_PARSER_PROTOTYPE(config_parse_address_flags);
 CONFIG_PARSER_PROTOTYPE(config_parse_address_scope);
+CONFIG_PARSER_PROTOTYPE(config_parse_address_route_metric);
 CONFIG_PARSER_PROTOTYPE(config_parse_duplicate_address_detection);
 
 #define IPV4_ADDRESS_FMT_STR     "%u.%u.%u.%u"
diff --git a/src/network/networkd-network-gperf.gperf b/src/network/networkd-network-gperf.gperf
index 4fc368547c..0e3361b052 100644
--- a/src/network/networkd-network-gperf.gperf
+++ b/src/network/networkd-network-gperf.gperf
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ Address.AddPrefixRoute,                      config_parse_address_flags,
 Address.AutoJoin,                            config_parse_address_flags,                               IFA_F_MCAUTOJOIN,              0
 Address.DuplicateAddressDetection,           config_parse_duplicate_address_detection,                 0,                             0
 Address.Scope,                               config_parse_address_scope,                               0,                             0
+Address.RouteMetric,                         config_parse_address_route_metric,                        0,                             0
 IPv6AddressLabel.Prefix,                     config_parse_address_label_prefix,                        0,                             0
 IPv6AddressLabel.Label,                      config_parse_address_label,                               0,                             0
 Neighbor.Address,                            config_parse_neighbor_address,                            0,                             0
diff --git a/test/fuzz/fuzz-network-parser/directives.network b/test/fuzz/fuzz-network-parser/directives.network
index 158f0ffad1..dbb6effa95 100644
--- a/test/fuzz/fuzz-network-parser/directives.network
+++ b/test/fuzz/fuzz-network-parser/directives.network
@@ -270,6 +270,7 @@ ManageTemporaryAddress=
 Broadcast=
 Peer=
 Label=
+RouteMetric=
 [RoutingPolicyRule]
 Table=
 IncomingInterface=