diff --git a/include/n2n_typedefs.h b/include/n2n_typedefs.h
index 44b6daf..3bb417e 100644
--- a/include/n2n_typedefs.h
+++ b/include/n2n_typedefs.h
@@ -599,6 +599,7 @@ typedef struct n2n_edge_conf {
     int                mgmt_port;
     n2n_auth_t         auth;
     filter_rule_t      *network_traffic_filter_rules;
+    int                metric;                /**< Network interface metric (Windows only). */
 } n2n_edge_conf_t;
 
 
diff --git a/src/edge.c b/src/edge.c
index 898c287..da38b81 100644
--- a/src/edge.c
+++ b/src/edge.c
@@ -182,6 +182,9 @@ static void help (int level) {
                "[-I <edge description>] "
             "\n                      "
                "[-R <rule string>] "
+#ifdef WIN32
+               "[-x <metric>] "
+#endif
           "\n\n local options        "
 #ifndef WIN32
                "[-f] "
@@ -275,6 +278,10 @@ static void help (int level) {
         printf("                   | rule format:    'src_ip/n:[s_port,e_port],...\n"
                "                   |    |on same|  ...dst_ip/n:[s_port,e_port],...\n"
                "                   |    | line  |  ...TCP+/-,UDP+/-,ICMP+/-'\n");
+#ifdef WIN32
+        printf(" -x <metric>       | set TAP interface metric, defaults to 0 (auto),\n"
+               "                   | e.g. set to 1 for better multiplayer game detection\n");
+#endif
         printf ("\n");
         printf (" LOCAL OPTIONS\n");
         printf (" -------------\n\n");
@@ -617,7 +624,13 @@ static int setOption (int optkey, char *optargument, n2n_tuntap_priv_config_t *e
             }
             break;
         }
-
+#ifdef WIN32
+        case 'x': {
+            conf->metric = atoi(optargument);
+            ec->metric = atoi(optargument);
+            break;
+        }
+#endif
         default: {
             traceEvent(TRACE_WARNING, "Unknown option -%c: Ignored", (char)optkey);
             return(-1);
@@ -653,6 +666,9 @@ static int loadFromCLI (int argc, char *argv[], n2n_edge_conf_t *conf, n2n_tunta
                             "k:a:bc:Eu:g:m:M:s:d:l:p:fvhrt:i:I:SDL:z::A::Hn:R:"
 #ifdef __linux__
                             "T:"
+#endif
+#ifdef WIN32
+                            "x:"
 #endif
                             ,
                             long_options, NULL)) != '?') {
@@ -848,6 +864,7 @@ int main (int argc, char* argv[]) {
 
 #ifdef WIN32
     ec.tuntap_dev_name[0] = '\0';
+    ec.metric = 0;
 #else
     snprintf(ec.tuntap_dev_name, sizeof(ec.tuntap_dev_name), N2N_EDGE_DEFAULT_DEV_NAME);
 #endif
@@ -1015,6 +1032,9 @@ int main (int argc, char* argv[]) {
         }
 
         if(runlevel == 4) { /* configure the TUNTAP device */
+#ifdef WIN32
+            tuntap.metric =  eee->tuntap_priv_conf.metric;
+#endif
             if(tuntap_open(&tuntap, eee->tuntap_priv_conf.tuntap_dev_name, eee->tuntap_priv_conf.ip_mode,
                            eee->tuntap_priv_conf.ip_addr, eee->tuntap_priv_conf.netmask,
                            eee->tuntap_priv_conf.device_mac, eee->tuntap_priv_conf.mtu) < 0)
diff --git a/src/edge_utils.c b/src/edge_utils.c
index bf28977..878f99b 100644
--- a/src/edge_utils.c
+++ b/src/edge_utils.c
@@ -2964,6 +2964,8 @@ void edge_init_conf_defaults (n2n_edge_conf_t *conf) {
         conf->encrypt_key = strdup(getenv("N2N_KEY"));
         conf->transop_id = N2N_TRANSFORM_ID_AES;
     }
+
+    conf->metric = 0;
 }
 
 /* ************************************** */
diff --git a/win32/n2n_win32.h b/win32/n2n_win32.h
index f8b3a5a..1630372 100644
--- a/win32/n2n_win32.h
+++ b/win32/n2n_win32.h
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ typedef struct tuntap_dev {
 	uint32_t        ip_addr;
 	uint32_t        device_mask;
 	unsigned int    mtu;
+	unsigned int    metric;
 } tuntap_dev;
 
 #define index(a, b) strchr(a, b)
diff --git a/win32/wintap.c b/win32/wintap.c
index 7a50b58..719f375 100644
--- a/win32/wintap.c
+++ b/win32/wintap.c
@@ -299,14 +299,14 @@ int open_wintap(struct tuntap_dev *device,
 
   /* ****************** */
 
-  /* MTU */
+  /* MTU and network metric */
   _snprintf(cmd, sizeof(cmd),
-    "netsh interface ipv4 set subinterface \"%s\" mtu=%d store=persistent > nul",
-    device->ifName, mtu);
+    "netsh interface ipv4 set subinterface \"%s\" mtu=%d metric=%d store=persistent > nul",
+    device->ifName, mtu, device->metric);
 
   if(system(cmd) != 0)
-    printf("WARNING: Unable to set device %s MTU [%s]\n",
-      device->ifName, cmd);
+    printf("WARNING: Unable to set device %s parameters MTU=%d metric=%d store=persistent [%s]\n",
+      device->ifName, mtu, device->metric, cmd);
 
   /* set driver media status to 'connected' (i.e. set the interface up) */
   if (!DeviceIoControl (device->device_handle, TAP_IOCTL_SET_MEDIA_STATUS,