diff --git a/alpine/packages/hostsettings/etc/init.d/hostsettings b/alpine/packages/hostsettings/etc/init.d/hostsettings
index f2f5dc19a..aaf5d9190 100755
--- a/alpine/packages/hostsettings/etc/init.d/hostsettings
+++ b/alpine/packages/hostsettings/etc/init.d/hostsettings
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ start() {
 	     echo "    address ${IP}"      >> /etc/network/interfaces
 	     echo "    netmask ${MASK}"    >> /etc/network/interfaces
 	     echo "    gateway ${GW}"      >> /etc/network/interfaces
+	     echo "    metric  200"        >> /etc/network/interfaces
 	fi
 
 	eend 0