@@ -709,10 +709,10 @@ instances.

     A set of variables which define each IPv6 route to be added, and are

     set prior to **--up** script execution.

-    ``parm`` will be one of :code:`network` or :code:`gateway`

-    (:code:`netmask` is contained as :code:`/nnn` in the

-    ``route_ipv6_network_{n}``, unlike IPv4 where it is passed in a

-    separate environment variable).

+    ``parm`` will be one of :code:`network`, :code:`gateway` or

+    :code:`metric`. ``route_ipv6_network_{n}`` contains :code:`netmask`

+    as :code:`/nnn`, unlike IPv4 where it is passed in a separate environment

+    variable.

     ``n`` is the OpenVPN route number, starting from 1.

@@ -1479,6 +1479,13 @@ setenv_route_ipv6(struct env_set *es, const struct route_ipv6 *r6, int i)

         buf_printf( &name2, "route_ipv6_gateway_%d", i );

         setenv_str( es, BSTR(&name2), print_in6_addr( r6->gateway, 0, &gc ));

+

+        if (r6->flags & RT_METRIC_DEFINED)

+        {

+            struct buffer name3 = alloc_buf_gc( 256, &gc );

+            buf_printf( &name3, "route_ipv6_metric_%d", i) ;

+            setenv_int( es, BSTR(&name3), r6->metric);

+        }

     }

     gc_free(&gc);

 }