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diff --git a/src/conf_mode/vrf.py b/src/conf_mode/vrf.py
index 8036703f1..242fc7ccb 100755
--- a/src/conf_mode/vrf.py
+++ b/src/conf_mode/vrf.py
@@ -186,6 +186,11 @@ def apply(vrf_config):
_cmd(f'ip link add {name} type vrf table {table}')
# Start VRf
_cmd(f'ip link set dev {name} up')
+ # The kernel Documentation/networking/vrf.txt also recommends
+ # adding unreachable routes to the VRF routing tables so that routes
+ # afterwards are taken.
+ _cmd(f'ip -4 route add vrf {name} unreachable default metric 4278198272')
+ _cmd(f'ip -6 route add vrf {name} unreachable default metric 4278198272')
# set VRF description for e.g. SNMP monitoring
with open(f'/sys/class/net/{name}/ifalias', 'w') as f: