diff --git a/src/nm.c b/src/nm.c
index 3020744f8..752506837 100644
--- a/src/nm.c
+++ b/src/nm.c
@@ -878,7 +878,7 @@ write_nm_conf_access_point(const NetplanNetDefinition* def, const char* rootdir,
         g_key_file_set_boolean(kf, "ipv4", "never-default", TRUE);
     }
 
-    if (def->dhcp4 && def->dhcp4_overrides.metric != NETPLAN_METRIC_UNSPEC)
+    if ((def->dhcp4 || def->ip4_addresses || def->gateway4 || def->routes) && def->dhcp4_overrides.metric != NETPLAN_METRIC_UNSPEC)
         g_key_file_set_uint64(kf, "ipv4", "route-metric", def->dhcp4_overrides.metric);
 
     if (def->dhcp6 || def->ip6_addresses || def->gateway6 || def->ip6_nameservers || def->ip6_addr_gen_mode) {
diff --git a/tests/parser/test_keyfile.py b/tests/parser/test_keyfile.py
index a35e17929..e178f7729 100644
--- a/tests/parser/test_keyfile.py
+++ b/tests/parser/test_keyfile.py
@@ -2428,3 +2428,85 @@ def test_nameserver_with_DoT_lp2055148(self):
           ipv6.ip6-privacy: "-1"
           proxy._: ""
 '''.format(UUID, UUID)})
+
+    def test_ipv4_route_metric_is_overriden_when_dhcp4_is_disabled(self):
+        self.generate_from_keyfile('''[connection]
+id=dummy-123
+type=dummy
+uuid={}
+interface-name=dummy123
+
+[ipv4]
+method=manual
+address1=100.85.0.1/24,100.85.0.1
+route-metric=95
+
+[ipv6]
+method=ignore
+addr-gen-mode=default
+
+[dummy]
+
+[proxy]\n'''.format(UUID))
+        self.assert_netplan({UUID: '''network:
+  version: 2
+  dummy-devices:
+    NM-{}:
+      renderer: NetworkManager
+      addresses:
+      - "100.85.0.1/24"
+      dhcp4-overrides:
+        route-metric: 95
+      networkmanager:
+        uuid: "{}"
+        name: "dummy-123"
+        passthrough:
+          connection.interface-name: "dummy123"
+          ipv4.method: "manual"
+          ipv4.address1: "100.85.0.1/24,100.85.0.1"
+          ipv6.addr-gen-mode: "default"
+          dummy._: ""
+          proxy._: ""
+'''.format(UUID, UUID)})
+
+    def test_ipv6_route_metric_is_overriden_when_dhcp6_is_disabled(self):
+        self.generate_from_keyfile('''[connection]
+id=dummy-123
+type=dummy
+uuid={}
+interface-name=dummy123
+
+[ipv4]
+method=disabled
+
+[ipv6]
+method=manual
+address1=fdeb:446c:912d:8da::/64,fdeb:446c:912d:8da::1
+route-metric=95
+addr-gen-mode=default
+
+[dummy]
+
+[proxy]\n'''.format(UUID))
+        self.assert_netplan({UUID: '''network:
+  version: 2
+  dummy-devices:
+    NM-{}:
+      renderer: NetworkManager
+      addresses:
+      - "fdeb:446c:912d:8da::/64"
+      dhcp6-overrides:
+        route-metric: 95
+      networkmanager:
+        uuid: "{}"
+        name: "dummy-123"
+        passthrough:
+          connection.interface-name: "dummy123"
+          ipv4.method: "disabled"
+          ipv6.method: "manual"
+          ipv6.address1: "fdeb:446c:912d:8da::/64,fdeb:446c:912d:8da::1"
+          ipv6.addr-gen-mode: "default"
+          ipv6.ip6-privacy: "-1"
+          dummy._: ""
+          proxy._: ""
+'''.format(UUID, UUID)})