diff --git a/src/platform/nm-platform.c b/src/platform/nm-platform.c
index e4e5dbaa6a..6397061b00 100644
--- a/src/platform/nm-platform.c
+++ b/src/platform/nm-platform.c
@@ -2637,6 +2637,97 @@ log_ip6_route (NMPlatform *p, int ifindex, NMPlatformIP6Route *route, NMPlatform
 
 /******************************************************************/
 
+static gboolean
+_vtr_v4_route_add (int ifindex, const NMPlatformIPXRoute *route, guint32 v4_pref_src)
+{
+	return nm_platform_ip4_route_add (ifindex > 0 ? ifindex : route->rx.ifindex,
+	                                  route->rx.source,
+	                                  route->r4.network,
+	                                  route->rx.plen,
+	                                  route->r4.gateway,
+	                                  v4_pref_src,
+	                                  route->rx.metric,
+	                                  route->rx.mss);
+}
+
+static gboolean
+_vtr_v6_route_add (int ifindex, const NMPlatformIPXRoute *route, guint32 v4_pref_src)
+{
+	return nm_platform_ip6_route_add (ifindex > 0 ? ifindex : route->rx.ifindex,
+	                                  route->rx.source,
+	                                  route->r6.network,
+	                                  route->rx.plen,
+	                                  route->r6.gateway,
+	                                  route->rx.metric,
+	                                  route->rx.mss);
+}
+
+static gboolean
+_vtr_v4_route_delete (int ifindex, const NMPlatformIPXRoute *route)
+{
+	return nm_platform_ip4_route_delete (ifindex > 0 ? ifindex : route->rx.ifindex,
+	                                     route->r4.network,
+	                                     route->rx.plen,
+	                                     route->rx.metric);
+}
+
+static gboolean
+_vtr_v6_route_delete (int ifindex, const NMPlatformIPXRoute *route)
+{
+	return nm_platform_ip6_route_delete (ifindex > 0 ? ifindex : route->rx.ifindex,
+	                                     route->r6.network,
+	                                     route->rx.plen,
+	                                     route->rx.metric);
+}
+
+static guint32
+_vtr_v4_metric_normalize (guint32 metric)
+{
+	return metric;
+}
+
+static gboolean
+_vtr_v4_route_delete_default (int ifindex, guint32 metric)
+{
+	return nm_platform_ip4_route_delete (ifindex, 0, 0, metric);
+}
+
+static gboolean
+_vtr_v6_route_delete_default (int ifindex, guint32 metric)
+{
+	return nm_platform_ip6_route_delete (ifindex, in6addr_any, 0, metric);
+}
+
+/******************************************************************/
+
+const NMPlatformVTableRoute nm_platform_vtable_route_v4 = {
+	.is_ip4                         = TRUE,
+	.addr_family                    = AF_INET,
+	.sizeof_route                   = sizeof (NMPlatformIP4Route),
+	.route_cmp                      = (int (*) (const NMPlatformIPXRoute *a, const NMPlatformIPXRoute *b)) nm_platform_ip4_route_cmp,
+	.route_to_string                = (const char *(*) (const NMPlatformIPXRoute *route)) nm_platform_ip4_route_to_string,
+	.route_get_all                  = nm_platform_ip4_route_get_all,
+	.route_add                      = _vtr_v4_route_add,
+	.route_delete                   = _vtr_v4_route_delete,
+	.route_delete_default           = _vtr_v4_route_delete_default,
+	.metric_normalize               = _vtr_v4_metric_normalize,
+};
+
+const NMPlatformVTableRoute nm_platform_vtable_route_v6 = {
+	.is_ip4                         = FALSE,
+	.addr_family                    = AF_INET6,
+	.sizeof_route                   = sizeof (NMPlatformIP6Route),
+	.route_cmp                      = (int (*) (const NMPlatformIPXRoute *a, const NMPlatformIPXRoute *b)) nm_platform_ip6_route_cmp,
+	.route_to_string                = (const char *(*) (const NMPlatformIPXRoute *route)) nm_platform_ip6_route_to_string,
+	.route_get_all                  = nm_platform_ip6_route_get_all,
+	.route_add                      = _vtr_v6_route_add,
+	.route_delete                   = _vtr_v6_route_delete,
+	.route_delete_default           = _vtr_v6_route_delete_default,
+	.metric_normalize               = nm_utils_ip6_route_metric_normalize,
+};
+
+/******************************************************************/
+
 static void
 nm_platform_init (NMPlatform *object)
 {
diff --git a/src/platform/nm-platform.h b/src/platform/nm-platform.h
index b90343d79f..920d9cec8c 100644
--- a/src/platform/nm-platform.h
+++ b/src/platform/nm-platform.h
@@ -246,6 +246,23 @@ typedef union {
 #undef __NMPlatformObject_COMMON
 
 
+typedef struct {
+	gboolean is_ip4;
+	int addr_family;
+	gsize sizeof_route;
+	int (*route_cmp) (const NMPlatformIPXRoute *a, const NMPlatformIPXRoute *b);
+	const char *(*route_to_string) (const NMPlatformIPXRoute *route);
+	GArray *(*route_get_all) (int ifindex, NMPlatformGetRouteMode mode);
+	gboolean (*route_add) (int ifindex, const NMPlatformIPXRoute *route, guint32 v4_pref_src);
+	gboolean (*route_delete) (int ifindex, const NMPlatformIPXRoute *route);
+	gboolean (*route_delete_default) (int ifindex, guint32 metric);
+	guint32 (*metric_normalize) (guint32 metric);
+} NMPlatformVTableRoute;
+
+extern const NMPlatformVTableRoute nm_platform_vtable_route_v4;
+extern const NMPlatformVTableRoute nm_platform_vtable_route_v6;
+
+
 typedef struct {
 	int peer;
 } NMPlatformVethProperties;