diff --git a/src/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/reader.c b/src/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/reader.c
index 43cee19545..551c20b97b 100644
--- a/src/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/reader.c
+++ b/src/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/reader.c
@@ -1060,6 +1060,13 @@ make_ip4_setting (shvarFile *ifcfg,
 			svCloseFile (network_ifcfg);
 			if (!read_success)
 				goto done;
+
+			if (gateway && nm_setting_ip_config_get_num_addresses (s_ip4) == 0) {
+				gs_free char *f = g_path_get_basename (ifcfg->fileName);
+				PARSE_WARNING ("ignoring GATEWAY (/etc/sysconfig/network) for %s "
+				               "because the connection has no static addresses", f);
+				g_clear_pointer (&gateway, g_free);
+			}
 		}
 	}
 	g_object_set (s_ip4, NM_SETTING_IP_CONFIG_GATEWAY, gateway, NULL);
diff --git a/src/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/tests/network-scripts/Makefile.am b/src/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/tests/network-scripts/Makefile.am
index e133f8d340..97705b2a9a 100644
--- a/src/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/tests/network-scripts/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/tests/network-scripts/Makefile.am
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ EXTRA_DIST = \
 	ifcfg-test-wired-dhcp6-only \
 	ifcfg-test-wired-global-gateway \
 	network-test-wired-global-gateway \
+	ifcfg-test-wired-global-gateway-ignore \
+	network-test-wired-global-gateway-ignore \
 	ifcfg-test-wired-obsolete-gateway-n \
 	ifcfg-test-wired-never-default \
 	network-test-wired-never-default \
diff --git a/src/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/tests/network-scripts/ifcfg-test-wired-global-gateway-ignore b/src/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/tests/network-scripts/ifcfg-test-wired-global-gateway-ignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bb81399e52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/tests/network-scripts/ifcfg-test-wired-global-gateway-ignore
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+TYPE=Ethernet
+DEVICE=eth0
+HWADDR=00:11:22:33:44:ee
+BOOTPROTO=dhcp
+ONBOOT=yes
+USERCTL=yes
+IPV6INIT=no
+
diff --git a/src/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/tests/network-scripts/network-test-wired-global-gateway-ignore b/src/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/tests/network-scripts/network-test-wired-global-gateway-ignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7987d1058e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/tests/network-scripts/network-test-wired-global-gateway-ignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+GATEWAY=192.168.1.2
diff --git a/src/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/tests/test-ifcfg-rh.c b/src/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/tests/test-ifcfg-rh.c
index cbee786949..d7b8bd57aa 100644
--- a/src/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/tests/test-ifcfg-rh.c
+++ b/src/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/tests/test-ifcfg-rh.c
@@ -878,6 +878,48 @@ test_read_wired_global_gateway (void)
 	g_object_unref (connection);
 }
 
+/* Ignore GATEWAY from /etc/sysconfig/network for automatic connections */
+static void
+test_read_wired_global_gateway_ignore (void)
+{
+	NMConnection *connection;
+	NMSettingConnection *s_con;
+	NMSettingWired *s_wired;
+	NMSettingIPConfig *s_ip4;
+	GError *error = NULL;
+	char *unmanaged = NULL;
+
+	g_test_expect_message ("NetworkManager", G_LOG_LEVEL_WARNING,
+	                       "*ignoring GATEWAY (/etc/sysconfig/network) for * because the connection has no static addresses");
+	connection = connection_from_file_test (TEST_IFCFG_DIR"/network-scripts/ifcfg-test-wired-global-gateway-ignore",
+	                                        TEST_IFCFG_DIR"/network-scripts/network-test-wired-global-gateway-ignore",
+	                                        TYPE_ETHERNET, &unmanaged, &error);
+	nmtst_assert_connection_verifies_without_normalization (connection);
+	g_assert (unmanaged == NULL);
+
+	/* ===== CONNECTION SETTING ===== */
+	s_con = nm_connection_get_setting_connection (connection);
+	g_assert (s_con);
+	g_assert_cmpstr (nm_setting_connection_get_id (s_con), ==, "System test-wired-global-gateway-ignore");
+
+	/* ===== WIRED SETTING ===== */
+	s_wired = nm_connection_get_setting_wired (connection);
+	g_assert (s_wired);
+
+	/* ===== IPv4 SETTING ===== */
+	s_ip4 = nm_connection_get_setting_ip4_config (connection);
+	g_assert (s_ip4);
+	g_assert_cmpstr (nm_setting_ip_config_get_method (s_ip4), ==, NM_SETTING_IP4_CONFIG_METHOD_AUTO);
+
+	/* Addresses */
+	g_assert_cmpint (nm_setting_ip_config_get_num_addresses (s_ip4), ==, 0);
+
+	/* Gateway */
+	g_assert_cmpstr (nm_setting_ip_config_get_gateway (s_ip4), ==, NULL);
+
+	g_object_unref (connection);
+}
+
 static void
 test_read_wired_obsolete_gateway_n (void)
 {
@@ -12760,6 +12802,7 @@ int main (int argc, char **argv)
 	g_test_add_func (TPATH "read-shared-plus-ip", test_read_wired_shared_plus_ip);
 	g_test_add_func (TPATH "read-dhcp-send-hostname", test_read_write_wired_dhcp_send_hostname);
 	g_test_add_func (TPATH "read-global-gateway", test_read_wired_global_gateway);
+	g_test_add_func (TPATH "read-global-gateway-ignore", test_read_wired_global_gateway_ignore);
 	g_test_add_func (TPATH "read-obsolete-gateway-n", test_read_wired_obsolete_gateway_n);
 	g_test_add_func (TPATH "read-never-default", test_read_wired_never_default);
 	test_read_wired_defroute_no ();