diff --git a/src/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/reader.c b/src/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/reader.c
index e99cbe6852..650f7113dc 100644
--- a/src/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/reader.c
+++ b/src/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/reader.c
@@ -228,6 +228,21 @@ make_connection_setting (const char *file,
 		g_free (value);
 	}
 
+	value = svGetValue (ifcfg, "GATEWAY_PING_TIMEOUT", FALSE);
+	if (value) {
+		long int tmp;
+		guint32 timeout;
+
+		errno = 0;
+		tmp = strtol (value, NULL, 10);
+		if (errno == 0 && tmp >= 0 && tmp < G_MAXINT32) {
+			timeout = (guint32) tmp;
+			g_object_set (s_con, NM_SETTING_CONNECTION_GATEWAY_PING_TIMEOUT, timeout, NULL);
+		} else
+			PLUGIN_WARN (IFCFG_PLUGIN_NAME, "    warning: invalid GATEWAY_PING_TIMEOUT time");
+		g_free (value);
+	}
+
 	return NM_SETTING (s_con);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/writer.c b/src/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/writer.c
index eadcfd3d27..810b52618a 100644
--- a/src/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/writer.c
+++ b/src/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/writer.c
@@ -1430,6 +1430,7 @@ write_connection_setting (NMSettingConnection *s_con, shvarFile *ifcfg)
 	guint32 n, i;
 	GString *str;
 	const char *master;
+	char *tmp;
 
 	svSetValue (ifcfg, "NAME", nm_setting_connection_get_id (s_con), FALSE);
 	svSetValue (ifcfg, "UUID", nm_setting_connection_get_uuid (s_con), FALSE);
@@ -1491,6 +1492,13 @@ write_connection_setting (NMSettingConnection *s_con, shvarFile *ifcfg)
 		svSetValue (ifcfg, "SECONDARY_UUIDS", str->str, FALSE);
 		g_string_free (str, TRUE);
 	}
+
+	svSetValue (ifcfg, "GATEWAY_PING_TIMEOUT", NULL, FALSE);
+	if (nm_setting_connection_get_gateway_ping_timeout (s_con)) {
+		tmp = g_strdup_printf ("%" G_GUINT32_FORMAT, nm_setting_connection_get_gateway_ping_timeout (s_con));
+		svSetValue (ifcfg, "GATEWAY_PING_TIMEOUT", tmp, FALSE);
+		g_free (tmp);
+	}
 }
 
 static gboolean