diff --git a/osdep/ManagedRoute.cpp b/osdep/ManagedRoute.cpp
index a8f996839..eab889343 100644
--- a/osdep/ManagedRoute.cpp
+++ b/osdep/ManagedRoute.cpp
@@ -292,14 +292,17 @@ static void _routeCmd(const char *op,const InetAddress &target,const InetAddress
 static bool _winRoute(bool del,const NET_LUID &interfaceLuid,const NET_IFINDEX &interfaceIndex,const InetAddress &target,const InetAddress &via)
 {
 	MIB_IPFORWARD_ROW2 rtrow;
+	const int ROUTE_METRIC = 5000;
 	InitializeIpForwardEntry(&rtrow);
 	rtrow.InterfaceLuid.Value = interfaceLuid.Value;
 	rtrow.InterfaceIndex = interfaceIndex;
+	rtrow.Metric = -1;
 	if (target.ss_family == AF_INET) {
 		rtrow.DestinationPrefix.Prefix.si_family = AF_INET;
 		rtrow.DestinationPrefix.Prefix.Ipv4.sin_family = AF_INET;
 		rtrow.DestinationPrefix.Prefix.Ipv4.sin_addr.S_un.S_addr = reinterpret_cast<const struct sockaddr_in *>(&target)->sin_addr.S_un.S_addr;
 		if (via.ss_family == AF_INET) {
+			rtrow.Metric = ROUTE_METRIC;
 			rtrow.NextHop.si_family = AF_INET;
 			rtrow.NextHop.Ipv4.sin_family = AF_INET;
 			rtrow.NextHop.Ipv4.sin_addr.S_un.S_addr = reinterpret_cast<const struct sockaddr_in *>(&via)->sin_addr.S_un.S_addr;
@@ -309,6 +312,7 @@ static bool _winRoute(bool del,const NET_LUID &interfaceLuid,const NET_IFINDEX &
 		rtrow.DestinationPrefix.Prefix.Ipv6.sin6_family = AF_INET6;
 		memcpy(rtrow.DestinationPrefix.Prefix.Ipv6.sin6_addr.u.Byte,reinterpret_cast<const struct sockaddr_in6 *>(&target)->sin6_addr.u.Byte,16);
 		if (via.ss_family == AF_INET6) {
+			rtrow.Metric = ROUTE_METRIC;
 			rtrow.NextHop.si_family = AF_INET6;
 			rtrow.NextHop.Ipv6.sin6_family = AF_INET6;
 			memcpy(rtrow.NextHop.Ipv6.sin6_addr.u.Byte,reinterpret_cast<const struct sockaddr_in6 *>(&via)->sin6_addr.u.Byte,16);
@@ -320,7 +324,7 @@ static bool _winRoute(bool del,const NET_LUID &interfaceLuid,const NET_IFINDEX &
 	rtrow.SitePrefixLength = rtrow.DestinationPrefix.PrefixLength;
 	rtrow.ValidLifetime = 0xffffffff;
 	rtrow.PreferredLifetime = 0xffffffff;
-	rtrow.Metric = -1;
+	
 	rtrow.Protocol = MIB_IPPROTO_NETMGMT;
 	rtrow.Loopback = FALSE;
 	rtrow.AutoconfigureAddress = FALSE;
diff --git a/osdep/WindowsEthernetTap.cpp b/osdep/WindowsEthernetTap.cpp
index c0dcbd98f..b21817e91 100644
--- a/osdep/WindowsEthernetTap.cpp
+++ b/osdep/WindowsEthernetTap.cpp
@@ -568,6 +568,10 @@ WindowsEthernetTap::WindowsEthernetTap(
 									if (RegOpenKeyExA(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,"SYSTEM\\CurrentControlSet\\services\\Tcpip\\Parameters\\Interfaces",0,KEY_READ|KEY_WRITE,&tcpIpInterfaces) == ERROR_SUCCESS) {
 										DWORD enable = 0;
 										RegSetKeyValueA(tcpIpInterfaces,_netCfgInstanceId.c_str(),"EnableDHCP",REG_DWORD,&enable,sizeof(enable));
+
+										DWORD metric = 3;
+										RegSetKeyValueA(tcpIpInterfaces, _netCfgInstanceId.c_str(), "InterfaceMetric", REG_DWORD, &metric, sizeof(metric));
+
 										RegCloseKey(tcpIpInterfaces);
 									}