diff --git a/callouts/nm-dispatcher-utils.c b/callouts/nm-dispatcher-utils.c
index ab7fda660..5b1419db1 100644
--- a/callouts/nm-dispatcher-utils.c
+++ b/callouts/nm-dispatcher-utils.c
@@ -123,6 +123,10 @@ construct_ip4_items (GSList *items, GVariant *ip4_config, const char *prefix)
 		}
 		if (addresses->len)
 			items = g_slist_prepend (items, g_strdup_printf ("%sIP4_NUM_ADDRESSES=%d", prefix, addresses->len));
+
+		/* Write gateway to a separate variable, too. */
+		items = g_slist_prepend (items, g_strdup_printf ("%sIP4_GATEWAY=%s", prefix, gateway));
+
 		g_ptr_array_unref (addresses);
 		g_free (gateway);
 		g_variant_unref (val);
@@ -257,6 +261,10 @@ construct_ip6_items (GSList *items, GVariant *ip6_config, const char *prefix)
 		}
 		if (addresses->len)
 			items = g_slist_prepend (items, g_strdup_printf ("%sIP6_NUM_ADDRESSES=%d", prefix, addresses->len));
+
+		/* Write gateway to a separate variable, too. */
+		items = g_slist_prepend (items, g_strdup_printf ("%sIP6_GATEWAY=%s", prefix, gateway));
+
 		g_ptr_array_unref (addresses);
 		g_free (gateway);
 		g_variant_unref (val);
diff --git a/man/NetworkManager.xml b/man/NetworkManager.xml
index 229c390cd..78b52e3b5 100644
--- a/man/NetworkManager.xml
+++ b/man/NetworkManager.xml
@@ -182,7 +182,8 @@
           <term><varname>IP4_ADDRESS_N</varname></term>
           <listitem><para>
             The IPv4 address in the format "address/prefix gateway", where N is a number
-            from 0 to (# IPv4 address \- 1).
+            from 0 to (# IPv4 address \- 1). gateway item in this variable is deprecated,
+            use IP4_GATEWAY instead.
           </para></listitem>
         </varlistentry>
         <varlistentry>
@@ -191,6 +192,12 @@
             The variable contains the number of IPv4 addresses the script may expect.
           </para></listitem>
         </varlistentry>
+        <varlistentry>
+          <term><varname>IP4_GATEWAY</varname></term>
+          <listitem><para>
+            The gateway IPv4 address in traditional numbers-and-dots notation.
+          </para></listitem>
+        </varlistentry>
         <varlistentry>
           <term><varname>IP4_ROUTE_N</varname></term>
           <listitem><para>