diff --git a/src/network/networkd-routing-policy-rule.c b/src/network/networkd-routing-policy-rule.c
index 8386d214b8b..f6859f886ff 100644
--- a/src/network/networkd-routing-policy-rule.c
+++ b/src/network/networkd-routing-policy-rule.c
@@ -1028,6 +1028,10 @@ int routing_policy_serialize_rules(Set *rules, FILE *f) {
                         space = true;
                 }
 
+                fprintf(f, "%spriority=%"PRIu32,
+                        space ? " " : "",
+                        rule->priority);
+
                 if (rule->fwmark != 0) {
                         fprintf(f, "%sfwmark=%"PRIu32"/%"PRIu32,
                                 space ? " " : "",
@@ -1162,6 +1166,12 @@ int routing_policy_load_rules(const char *state_file, Set **rules) {
                                         log_error_errno(r, "Failed to parse RPDB rule table, ignoring: %s", b);
                                         continue;
                                 }
+                        } else if (streq(a, "priority")) {
+                                r = safe_atou32(b, &rule->priority);
+                                if (r < 0) {
+                                        log_error_errno(r, "Failed to parse RPDB rule priority, ignoring: %s", b);
+                                        continue;
+                                }
                         } else if (streq(a, "fwmark")) {
 
                                 r = parse_fwmark_fwmask(b, &rule->fwmark, &rule->fwmask);
diff --git a/src/network/test-routing-policy-rule.c b/src/network/test-routing-policy-rule.c
index 0319b6db096..d441099b5a5 100644
--- a/src/network/test-routing-policy-rule.c
+++ b/src/network/test-routing-policy-rule.c
@@ -62,31 +62,31 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
         test_setup_logging(LOG_DEBUG);
 
         test_rule_serialization("basic parsing",
-                                "RULE=from=1.2.3.4/32 to=2.3.4.5/32 family=AF_INET tos=5 fwmark=1/2 table=10", NULL);
+                                "RULE=from=1.2.3.4/32 to=2.3.4.5/32 family=AF_INET tos=5 priority=0 fwmark=1/2 table=10", NULL);
 
         test_rule_serialization("ignored values",
                                 "RULE=something=to=ignore from=1.2.3.4/32 from=1.2.3.4/32"
                                 "   \t  to=2.3.4.5/24 to=2.3.4.5/32 tos=5 fwmark=2 fwmark=1 table=10 table=20",
                                 "RULE=from=1.2.3.4/32"
-                                " to=2.3.4.5/32 family=AF_INET tos=5 fwmark=1/0 table=20");
+                                " to=2.3.4.5/32 family=AF_INET tos=5 priority=0 fwmark=1/0 table=20");
 
         test_rule_serialization("ipv6",
-                                "RULE=from=1::2/64 to=2::3/64 family=AF_INET6 table=6", NULL);
+                                "RULE=from=1::2/64 to=2::3/64 family=AF_INET6 priority=0 table=6", NULL);
 
-        assert_se(asprintf(&p, "RULE=from=1::2/64 to=2::3/64 family=AF_INET6 table=%d", RT_TABLE_MAIN) >= 0);
+        assert_se(asprintf(&p, "RULE=from=1::2/64 to=2::3/64 family=AF_INET6 priority=0 table=%d", RT_TABLE_MAIN) >= 0);
         test_rule_serialization("default table",
                                 "RULE=from=1::2/64 to=2::3/64", p);
 
         test_rule_serialization("incoming interface",
                                 "RULE=from=1::2/64 to=2::3/64 table=1 iif=lo",
-                                "RULE=from=1::2/64 to=2::3/64 family=AF_INET6 iif=lo table=1");
+                                "RULE=from=1::2/64 to=2::3/64 family=AF_INET6 priority=0 iif=lo table=1");
 
         test_rule_serialization("outgoing interface",
-                                "RULE=from=1::2/64 to=2::3/64 family=AF_INET6 oif=eth0 table=1", NULL);
+                                "RULE=from=1::2/64 to=2::3/64 family=AF_INET6 priority=0 oif=eth0 table=1", NULL);
 
         test_rule_serialization("freeing interface names",
                                 "RULE=from=1::2/64 to=2::3/64 family=AF_INET6 iif=e0 iif=e1 oif=e0 oif=e1 table=1",
-                                "RULE=from=1::2/64 to=2::3/64 family=AF_INET6 iif=e1 oif=e1 table=1");
+                                "RULE=from=1::2/64 to=2::3/64 family=AF_INET6 priority=0 iif=e1 oif=e1 table=1");
 
         return 0;
 }