diff --git a/core/options.go b/core/options.go
index 10641dab..f84142c7 100644
--- a/core/options.go
+++ b/core/options.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import "flag"
 
 type Options struct {
 	InterfaceName *string
+	Gateway				*string
 	Caplet        *string
 	AutoStart     *string
 	Debug         *bool
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@ type Options struct {
 func ParseOptions() (Options, error) {
 	o := Options{
 		InterfaceName: flag.String("iface", "", "Network interface to bind to, if empty the default interface will be auto selected."),
+		Gateway:			 flag.String("gw","","Manually specify the gateway address, if not specified or invalid, the default gateway will be used."),
 		AutoStart:     flag.String("autostart", "events.stream, net.recon", "Comma separated list of modules to auto start."),
 		Caplet:        flag.String("caplet", "", "Read commands from this file and execute them in the interactive session."),
 		Debug:         flag.Bool("debug", false, "Print debug messages."),
diff --git a/network/net_gateway.go b/network/net_gateway.go
index 4b2cb268..3b17901e 100644
--- a/network/net_gateway.go
+++ b/network/net_gateway.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 package network
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/bettercap/bettercap/core"
@@ -48,3 +49,19 @@ func FindGateway(iface *Endpoint) (*Endpoint, error) {
 	Debug("FindGateway(%s): nothing found :/", iface.Name())
 	return nil, ErrNoGateway
 }
+
+func GatewayProvidedByUser(iface *Endpoint, gateway string) (*Endpoint, error) {
+	Debug("GatewayProvidedByUser(%s) [cmd=%v opts=%v parser=%v]", gateway, IPv4RouteCmd, IPv4RouteCmdOpts, IPv4RouteParser)
+	if IPv4Validator.MatchString(gateway) {
+		Debug("valid gateway ip %s",gateway)
+		ifName := iface.Name()
+		// we have the address, now we need its mac
+		mac, err := ArpLookup(ifName, gateway, false)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		Debug("gateway is %s[%s]", gateway, mac)
+		return NewEndpoint(gateway, mac), nil
+	}
+	return nil, fmt.Errorf("Provided gateway %s not a valid IPv4 address! Revert to find default gateway.",gateway)
+}
diff --git a/session/session.go b/session/session.go
index c331d927..60eff5c2 100644
--- a/session/session.go
+++ b/session/session.go
@@ -226,13 +226,16 @@ func (s *Session) Start() error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	if s.Gateway, err = network.FindGateway(s.Interface); err != nil {
-		level := log.WARNING
-		if s.Interface.IsMonitor() {
-			level = log.DEBUG
-		}
-		s.Events.Log(level, "%s", err.Error())
-	}
+	if s.Gateway, err = network.GatewayProvidedByUser(s.Interface, *s.Options.Gateway); err != nil {
+			level := log.WARNING
+			if s.Interface.IsMonitor() {
+				level = log.DEBUG
+			}
+			s.Events.Log(level, "%s", err.Error())
+			if s.Gateway, err = network.FindGateway(s.Interface); err != nil {
+				s.Events.Log(level, "%s", err.Error())
+  		}
+  }
 
 	if s.Gateway == nil || s.Gateway.IpAddress == s.Interface.IpAddress {
 		s.Gateway = s.Interface