diff --git a/src/network/networkd-link.c b/src/network/networkd-link.c
index 6da881c1d3..b112b13eed 100644
--- a/src/network/networkd-link.c
+++ b/src/network/networkd-link.c
@@ -2634,6 +2634,22 @@ static bool link_is_static_address_configured(Link *link, Address *address) {
         return false;
 }
 
+static bool link_is_static_route_configured(Link *link, Route *route) {
+        Route *net_route;
+
+        assert(link);
+        assert(route);
+
+        if (!link->network)
+                return false;
+
+        LIST_FOREACH(routes, net_route, link->network->static_routes)
+                if (route_equal(net_route, route))
+                        return true;
+
+        return false;
+}
+
 static int link_drop_foreign_config(Link *link) {
         Address *address;
         Route *route;
@@ -2661,9 +2677,15 @@ static int link_drop_foreign_config(Link *link) {
                 if (route->protocol == RTPROT_KERNEL)
                         continue;
 
-                r = route_remove(route, link, link_route_remove_handler);
-                if (r < 0)
-                        return r;
+                if (link_is_static_route_configured(link, route)) {
+                        r = route_add(link, route->family, &route->dst, route->dst_prefixlen, route->tos, route->priority, route->table, NULL);
+                        if (r < 0)
+                                return r;
+                } else {
+                        r = route_remove(route, link, link_route_remove_handler);
+                        if (r < 0)
+                                return r;
+                }
         }
 
         return 0;
diff --git a/src/network/networkd-route.c b/src/network/networkd-route.c
index 529d942f15..e8cde66bef 100644
--- a/src/network/networkd-route.c
+++ b/src/network/networkd-route.c
@@ -201,6 +201,16 @@ static const struct hash_ops route_hash_ops = {
         .compare = route_compare_func
 };
 
+bool route_equal(Route *r1, Route *r2) {
+        if (r1 == r2)
+                return true;
+
+        if (!r1 || !r2)
+                return false;
+
+        return route_compare_func(r1, r2) == 0;
+}
+
 int route_get(Link *link,
               int family,
               const union in_addr_union *dst,
diff --git a/src/network/networkd-route.h b/src/network/networkd-route.h
index 7283f48304..fe000d61b8 100644
--- a/src/network/networkd-route.h
+++ b/src/network/networkd-route.h
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ int route_get(Link *link, int family, const union in_addr_union *dst, unsigned c
 int route_add(Link *link, int family, const union in_addr_union *dst, unsigned char dst_prefixlen, unsigned char tos, uint32_t priority, uint32_t table, Route **ret);
 int route_add_foreign(Link *link, int family, const union in_addr_union *dst, unsigned char dst_prefixlen, unsigned char tos, uint32_t priority, uint32_t table, Route **ret);
 void route_update(Route *route, const union in_addr_union *src, unsigned char src_prefixlen, const union in_addr_union *gw, const union in_addr_union *prefsrc, unsigned char scope, unsigned char protocol, unsigned char type);
+bool route_equal(Route *r1, Route *r2);
 
 int route_expire_handler(sd_event_source *s, uint64_t usec, void *userdata);