diff --git a/alpine-initramfs-dropbear/initramfs-dropbear-ipv6 b/alpine-initramfs-dropbear/initramfs-dropbear-ipv6
index 8c85001..36a7b42 100644
--- a/alpine-initramfs-dropbear/initramfs-dropbear-ipv6
+++ b/alpine-initramfs-dropbear/initramfs-dropbear-ipv6
@@ -332,8 +332,11 @@ configure_ip6() {
 
 	if ip -6 addr add $client6_ip dev $iface; then
 		# this is definitely not required by all ipv6 implementation
-		# but it's better to keep working imo for.
-		[ -z "$gw6_ip" ] || ip route add "$client6_ip" via "$gw6_ip" dev "$iface"
+		# but it's better to keep things working for all deployment possible
+		#
+		# metric is mandatory!
+		[ -z "$gw6_ip" ] || ip -6 route add "$gw6_ip" dev $iface metric 256
+		[ -z "$gw6_ip" ] || ip -6 route add ::0/0 via "$gw6_ip" dev "$iface" metric 128
 	fi
 	eend $?
 
diff --git a/alpine-initramfs-dropbear/initramfs-dropbear-ipv6.patch b/alpine-initramfs-dropbear/initramfs-dropbear-ipv6.patch
index 7ba6f38..21beda9 100644
--- a/alpine-initramfs-dropbear/initramfs-dropbear-ipv6.patch
+++ b/alpine-initramfs-dropbear/initramfs-dropbear-ipv6.patch
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-271a272,347
+271a272,350
 > # configure ipv6 on initramfs
 > # Valid syntaxes:
 > #   ip6=client-ip/gateway-ip/interface/dns1/dns2
@@ -62,8 +62,11 @@
 > 
 > 	if ip -6 addr add $client6_ip dev $iface; then
 > 		# this is definitely not required by all ipv6 implementation
-> 		# but it's better to keep working imo for.
-> 		[ -z "$gw6_ip" ] || ip route add "$client6_ip" via "$gw6_ip" dev "$iface"
+> 		# but it's better to keep things working for all deployment possible
+> 		#
+> 		# metric is mandatory!
+> 		[ -z "$gw6_ip" ] || ip -6 route add "$gw6_ip" dev $iface metric 256
+> 		[ -z "$gw6_ip" ] || ip -6 route add ::0/0 via "$gw6_ip" dev "$iface" metric 128
 > 	fi
 > 	eend $?
 > 
@@ -75,7 +78,7 @@
 > 	MAC_ADDRESS=$(cat "$ROOT/sys/class/net/$iface/address")
 > }
 > 
-325a402,416
+325a405,419
 > setup_dropbear() {
 > 	local port="${KOPT_dropbear}"
 > 	local keys=""
@@ -91,10 +94,10 @@
 > 	dropbear -R -E -s -j -k -p $port
 > }
 > 
-513a605,606
+513a608,609
 > 	dropbear
 > 	ip6
-642c735,743
+642c738,746
 < if [ -n "$KOPT_cryptroot" ]; then
 ---
 > if [ -n "$KOPT_dropbear" ]; then
@@ -106,12 +109,12 @@
 > 
 > # Add Workaround for dropbear
 > if [ -n "$KOPT_cryptroot" ] && [ ! -b /dev/mapper/"${KOPT_cryptdm}" ]; then
-706a808,811
+706a811,814
 > 	# Kill all struck nlplug-findfs jobs and dropbear
 > 	killall -9 nlplug-findfs
 > 	killall -9 dropbear
 > 
-789a895,898
+789a898,901
 > 	
 >     # Kill all struck nlplug-findfs jobs and dropbear
 > 	killall -9 nlplug-findfs
diff --git a/alpine-initramfs-ipv6/alpine-initramfs-ipv6 b/alpine-initramfs-ipv6/alpine-initramfs-ipv6
index ee4173d..8fbd513 100644
--- a/alpine-initramfs-ipv6/alpine-initramfs-ipv6
+++ b/alpine-initramfs-ipv6/alpine-initramfs-ipv6
@@ -286,8 +286,8 @@ configure_ip6() {
 	local client6_ip="$1"
 	local gw6_ip="$2"
 	local iface="$3"
-    local dns1="$4"
-    local dns2="$5"
+    	local dns1="$4"
+    	local dns2="$5"
 
 	if [ -e "$ROOT"/etc/mactab ]; then
 		$MOCK nameif -s
@@ -331,9 +331,12 @@ configure_ip6() {
 	ebegin "Setting IP ($iface)"
 
 	if ip -6 addr add $client6_ip dev $iface; then
-		# this is definitely not required by all ipv6 implementation
-		# but it's better to keep working imo for.
-		[ -z "$gw6_ip" ] || ip route add "$client6_ip" via "$gw6_ip" dev "$iface"
+	        # this is definitely not required by all ipv6 implementation                     
+        	# but it's better to keep things working for all deployment possible             
+        	#                                                                                
+       		# metric is mandatory!                                                           
+        	[ -z "$gw6_ip" ] || ip -6 route add "$gw6_ip" dev $iface metric 256              
+        	[ -z "$gw6_ip" ] || ip -6 route add ::0/0 via "$gw6_ip" dev "$iface" metric 128
 	fi
 	eend $?
 
diff --git a/alpine-initramfs-ipv6/alpine-initramfs-ipv6.patch b/alpine-initramfs-ipv6/alpine-initramfs-ipv6.patch
index f27a47c..a10a44a 100644
--- a/alpine-initramfs-ipv6/alpine-initramfs-ipv6.patch
+++ b/alpine-initramfs-ipv6/alpine-initramfs-ipv6.patch
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-271a272,347
+271a272,350
 > # configure ipv6 on initramfs
 > # Valid syntaxes:
 > #   ip6=client-ip/gateway-ip/interface/dns1/dns2
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@
 > 	local client6_ip="$1"
 > 	local gw6_ip="$2"
 > 	local iface="$3"
->     local dns1="$4"
->     local dns2="$5"
+>     	local dns1="$4"
+>     	local dns2="$5"
 > 
 > 	if [ -e "$ROOT"/etc/mactab ]; then
 > 		$MOCK nameif -s
@@ -61,9 +61,12 @@
 > 	ebegin "Setting IP ($iface)"
 > 
 > 	if ip -6 addr add $client6_ip dev $iface; then
-> 		# this is definitely not required by all ipv6 implementation
-> 		# but it's better to keep working imo for.
-> 		[ -z "$gw6_ip" ] || ip route add "$client6_ip" via "$gw6_ip" dev "$iface"
+> 	        # this is definitely not required by all ipv6 implementation                     
+>         	# but it's better to keep things working for all deployment possible             
+>         	#                                                                                
+>        		# metric is mandatory!                                                           
+>         	[ -z "$gw6_ip" ] || ip -6 route add "$gw6_ip" dev $iface metric 256              
+>         	[ -z "$gw6_ip" ] || ip -6 route add ::0/0 via "$gw6_ip" dev "$iface" metric 128
 > 	fi
 > 	eend $?
 > 
@@ -75,5 +78,5 @@
 > 	MAC_ADDRESS=$(cat "$ROOT/sys/class/net/$iface/address")
 > }
 > 
-513a590
->     ip6
+513a593
+> 	ip6