diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..4cd5700237cd464bbd2fbcdb085ea0ab4d7148f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+/hostinfo
+*.pyc
+*~
diff --git a/src/hostinfo/ifconfig.py b/src/hostinfo/ifconfig.py
index 6fc900c75bc66d79db35c9ec2e9a89bba7b6f47a..13a58e99b4f7c4474093a1cad1aaa2514ef891f4 100755
--- a/src/hostinfo/ifconfig.py
+++ b/src/hostinfo/ifconfig.py
@@ -89,6 +89,9 @@ def generate_ifcfgv4(tree, interface, search, nameservers):
             pass
         index = int('0%s' % index)+1
         pass
+    if interface.defroute[0]:
+        config.append('DEFROUTE=%s' % interface.defroute[0])
+        pass
 
     return config
 
@@ -97,7 +100,15 @@ def generate_ifcfgv6(tree, interface, search, nameservers):
     if not interface_is_static(interface):
         config.append('IPV6INIT=yes')
         config.append('IPV6_AUTOCONF=yes')
-        config.append('IPV6_DEFROUTE=yes')
+        if interface.ipv6_defroute[0]:
+            config.append('IPV6_DEFROUTE=%s' % interface.ipv6_defroute[0])
+            pass
+        elif interface.defroute[0]:
+            config.append('IPV6_DEFROUTE=%s' % interface.defroute[0])
+            pass
+        else:
+            config.append('IPV6_DEFROUTE=yes')
+            pass
         config.append('IPV6_PEERDNS=yes')  
         config.append('IPV6_PEERROUTES=yes')  
         config.append('IPV6_FAILURE_FATAL=no')     
@@ -121,7 +132,15 @@ def generate_ifcfgv6(tree, interface, search, nameservers):
         if len(address):
             config.append('IPV6INIT=yes')
             config.append('IPV6_AUTOCONF=no')
-            config.append('IPV6_DEFROUTE=yes')
+            if interface.ipv6_defroute[0]:
+                config.append('IPV6_DEFROUTE=%s' % interface.ipv6_defroute[0])
+                pass
+            elif interface.defroute[0]:
+                config.append('IPV6_DEFROUTE=%s' % interface.defroute[0])
+                pass
+            else:
+                config.append('IPV6_DEFROUTE=yes')
+                pass
             config.append('IPV6_FAILURE_FATAL=no')
             config.append('IPV6ADDR=%s' % address[0])
             if gateway:
@@ -165,9 +184,6 @@ def generate_ifcfg(tree, interface):
         tmp = sorted(search, cmp=reverse_order)
         config.append('SEARCH="%s"' % (' '.join(tmp)))
         pass
-    if interface.defroute[0]:
-        config.append('DEFROUTE=%s' % interface.defroute[0])
-        pass
     return '\n'.join(config) + '\n'