diff --git a/collector/network_route_linux.go b/collector/network_route_linux.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a6eca841
--- /dev/null
+++ b/collector/network_route_linux.go
@@ -0,0 +1,172 @@
+// Copyright 2020 The Prometheus Authors
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+// +build !nonetworkroute
+
+package collector
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"net"
+	"strconv"
+
+	"github.com/go-kit/kit/log"
+	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
+	"github.com/vishvananda/netlink"
+)
+
+type networkRouteCollector struct {
+	routeDesc       *prometheus.Desc
+	routesTotalDesc *prometheus.Desc
+	logger          log.Logger
+}
+
+func init() {
+	registerCollector("network_route", defaultDisabled, NewNetworkRouteCollector)
+}
+
+// NewSystemdCollector returns a new Collector exposing systemd statistics.
+func NewNetworkRouteCollector(logger log.Logger) (Collector, error) {
+	const subsystem = "network"
+
+	routeDesc := prometheus.NewDesc(
+		prometheus.BuildFQName(namespace, subsystem, "route"),
+		"network routing table", []string{"if", "src", "dest", "gw", "priority", "proto", "weight"}, nil,
+	)
+	routeTotalDesc := prometheus.NewDesc(
+		prometheus.BuildFQName(namespace, subsystem, "routes_total"),
+		"network total routes", []string{"if"}, nil,
+	)
+
+	return &networkRouteCollector{
+		routeDesc:       routeDesc,
+		routesTotalDesc: routeTotalDesc,
+		logger:          logger,
+	}, nil
+}
+
+func (n networkRouteCollector) Update(ch chan<- prometheus.Metric) error {
+	deviceRoutes := make(map[string]int)
+
+	routes, err := netlink.RouteList(nil, netlink.FAMILY_V4)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("couldn't get route list: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	for _, route := range routes {
+		if len(route.MultiPath) != 0 { // route has multipath
+			for _, nexthop := range route.MultiPath {
+				link, err := netlink.LinkByIndex(nexthop.LinkIndex)
+				if err != nil {
+					return fmt.Errorf("couldn't get link by index: %w", err)
+				}
+				labels := []string{
+					link.Attrs().Name,                            // if
+					networkRouteIPToString(route.Src),            // src
+					networkRouteIPNetToString(route.Dst),         // dest
+					networkRouteIPToString(nexthop.Gw),           // gw
+					strconv.Itoa(route.Priority),                 // priority(metrics)
+					networkRouteProtocolToString(route.Protocol), // proto
+					strconv.Itoa(nexthop.Hops + 1),               // weight
+				}
+				ch <- prometheus.MustNewConstMetric(n.routeDesc, prometheus.GaugeValue, 1, labels...)
+				deviceRoutes[link.Attrs().Name]++
+			}
+		} else {
+			link, err := netlink.LinkByIndex(route.LinkIndex)
+			if err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("couldn't get link by index: %w", err)
+			}
+			labels := []string{
+				link.Attrs().Name,                            // if
+				networkRouteIPToString(route.Src),            // src
+				networkRouteIPNetToString(route.Dst),         // dest
+				networkRouteIPToString(route.Gw),             // gw
+				strconv.Itoa(route.Priority),                 // priority(metrics)
+				networkRouteProtocolToString(route.Protocol), // proto
+				"", // weight
+			}
+			ch <- prometheus.MustNewConstMetric(n.routeDesc, prometheus.GaugeValue, 1, labels...)
+			deviceRoutes[link.Attrs().Name]++
+		}
+	}
+
+	for dev, total := range deviceRoutes {
+		ch <- prometheus.MustNewConstMetric(n.routesTotalDesc, prometheus.GaugeValue, float64(total), dev)
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func networkRouteIPNetToString(ip *net.IPNet) string {
+	if ip == nil {
+		return "default"
+	}
+	return ip.String()
+}
+
+func networkRouteIPToString(ip net.IP) string {
+	if len(ip) == 0 {
+		return ""
+	}
+	return ip.String()
+}
+
+func networkRouteProtocolToString(protocol int) string {
+	// from linux kernel 'include/uapi/linux/rtnetlink.h'
+	switch protocol {
+	case 0:
+		return "unspec"
+	case 1:
+		return "redirect"
+	case 2:
+		return "kernel"
+	case 3:
+		return "boot"
+	case 4:
+		return "static"
+	case 8:
+		return "gated"
+	case 9:
+		return "ra"
+	case 10:
+		return "mrt"
+	case 11:
+		return "zebra"
+	case 12:
+		return "bird"
+	case 13:
+		return "dnrouted"
+	case 14:
+		return "xorp"
+	case 15:
+		return "ntk"
+	case 16:
+		return "dhcp"
+	case 17:
+		return "mrouted"
+	case 42:
+		return "babel"
+	case 186:
+		return "bgp"
+	case 187:
+		return "isis"
+	case 188:
+		return "ospf"
+	case 189:
+		return "rip"
+	case 192:
+		return "eigrp"
+	}
+	return "unknown"
+}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 8893ce3d..84a48384 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.2.0
 	github.com/siebenmann/go-kstat v0.0.0-20200303194639-4e8294f9e9d5
 	github.com/soundcloud/go-runit v0.0.0-20150630195641-06ad41a06c4a
+	github.com/vishvananda/netlink v1.1.0
 	go.uber.org/multierr v1.5.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20200820211705-5c72a883971a
 	golang.org/x/lint v0.0.0-20200302205851-738671d3881b // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index fe1a9550..e828d2a4 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -329,6 +329,10 @@ github.com/stretchr/testify v1.4.0/go.mod h1:j7eGeouHqKxXV5pUuKE4zz7dFj8WfuZ+81P
 github.com/tmc/grpc-websocket-proxy v0.0.0-20170815181823-89b8d40f7ca8/go.mod h1:ncp9v5uamzpCO7NfCPTXjqaC+bZgJeR0sMTm6dMHP7U=
 github.com/urfave/cli v1.20.0/go.mod h1:70zkFmudgCuE/ngEzBv17Jvp/497gISqfk5gWijbERA=
 github.com/urfave/cli v1.22.1/go.mod h1:Gos4lmkARVdJ6EkW0WaNv/tZAAMe9V7XWyB60NtXRu0=
+github.com/vishvananda/netlink v1.1.0 h1:1iyaYNBLmP6L0220aDnYQpo1QEV4t4hJ+xEEhhJH8j0=
+github.com/vishvananda/netlink v1.1.0/go.mod h1:cTgwzPIzzgDAYoQrMm0EdrjRUBkTqKYppBueQtXaqoE=
+github.com/vishvananda/netns v0.0.0-20191106174202-0a2b9b5464df h1:OviZH7qLw/7ZovXvuNyL3XQl8UFofeikI1NW1Gypu7k=
+github.com/vishvananda/netns v0.0.0-20191106174202-0a2b9b5464df/go.mod h1:JP3t17pCcGlemwknint6hfoeCVQrEMVwxRLRjXpq+BU=
 github.com/xiang90/probing v0.0.0-20190116061207-43a291ad63a2/go.mod h1:UETIi67q53MR2AWcXfiuqkDkRtnGDLqkBTpCHuJHxtU=
 github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.1.27/go.mod h1:3hX8gzYuyVAZsxl0MRgGTJEmQBFcNTphYh9decYSb74=
 go.etcd.io/bbolt v1.3.3/go.mod h1:IbVyRI1SCnLcuJnV2u8VeU0CEYM7e686BmAb1XKL+uU=
@@ -427,6 +431,7 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190411185658-b44545bcd369/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7w
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190412213103-97732733099d/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190422165155-953cdadca894/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190502145724-3ef323f4f1fd/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190606203320-7fc4e5ec1444/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190726091711-fc99dfbffb4e/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190826190057-c7b8b68b1456/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190902133755-9109b7679e13 h1:tdsQdquKbTNMsSZLqnLELJGzCANp9oXhu6zFBW6ODx4=