diff --git a/lib/route-table.c b/lib/route-table.c
index d1501e46a55..e6442220ca0 100644
--- a/lib/route-table.c
+++ b/lib/route-table.c
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ struct route_data {
     char ifname[IFNAMSIZ]; /* Interface name. */
     uint32_t mark;
     uint32_t rta_table_id; /* 0 if missing. */
+    uint32_t rta_priority; /* 0 if missing. */
 };
 
 /* A digested version of a route message sent down by the kernel to indicate
@@ -235,6 +236,7 @@ route_table_parse(struct ofpbuf *buf, void *change_)
         [RTA_MARK] = { .type = NL_A_U32, .optional = true },
         [RTA_PREFSRC] = { .type = NL_A_U32, .optional = true },
         [RTA_TABLE] = { .type = NL_A_U32, .optional = true },
+        [RTA_PRIORITY] = { .type = NL_A_U32, .optional = true },
     };
 
     static const struct nl_policy policy6[] = {
@@ -244,6 +246,7 @@ route_table_parse(struct ofpbuf *buf, void *change_)
         [RTA_GATEWAY] = { .type = NL_A_IPV6, .optional = true },
         [RTA_PREFSRC] = { .type = NL_A_IPV6, .optional = true },
         [RTA_TABLE] = { .type = NL_A_U32, .optional = true },
+        [RTA_PRIORITY] = { .type = NL_A_U32, .optional = true },
     };
 
     struct nlattr *attrs[ARRAY_SIZE(policy)];
@@ -338,6 +341,9 @@ route_table_parse(struct ofpbuf *buf, void *change_)
         if (attrs[RTA_MARK]) {
             change->rd.mark = nl_attr_get_u32(attrs[RTA_MARK]);
         }
+        if (attrs[RTA_PRIORITY]) {
+            change->rd.rta_priority = nl_attr_get_u32(attrs[RTA_PRIORITY]);
+        }
     } else {
         VLOG_DBG_RL(&rl, "received unparseable rtnetlink route message");
         return 0;