diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/networking/wireguard.nix b/nixos/modules/services/networking/wireguard.nix
index 21473388d76e..d4099be12a27 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/networking/wireguard.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/networking/wireguard.nix
@@ -164,6 +164,15 @@ let
           of the wireguard network has to be adjusted as well.
         '';
       };
+
+      metric = mkOption {
+        default = null;
+        type = with types; nullOr int;
+        example = 700;
+        description = lib.mdDoc ''
+          Set the metric of routes related to this Wireguard interface.
+        '';
+      };
     };
 
   };
@@ -395,7 +404,7 @@ let
             optionalString interfaceCfg.allowedIPsAsRoutes
               (concatMapStringsSep "\n"
                 (allowedIP:
-                  ''${ip} route replace "${allowedIP}" dev "${interfaceName}" table "${interfaceCfg.table}"''
+                  ''${ip} route replace "${allowedIP}" dev "${interfaceName}" table "${interfaceCfg.table}" ${optionalString (interfaceCfg.metric != null) "metric ${toString interfaceCfg.metric}"}''
                 ) peer.allowedIPs);
         in ''
           ${wg_setup}