diff --git a/lib/zclient.h b/lib/zclient.h
index fb5da9aad2..e6920d533f 100644
--- a/lib/zclient.h
+++ b/lib/zclient.h
@@ -540,6 +540,13 @@ struct zapi_route {
  */
 #define ZEBRA_FLAG_OFFLOAD_FAILED     0x200
 
+/*
+ * This flag lets us know that we think the route entry
+ * received has caused us to be out of sync with the
+ * kernel (NLM_F_APPEND at the very least )
+ */
+#define ZEBRA_FLAG_OUTOFSYNC          0x400
+
 	/* The older XXX_MESSAGE flags live here */
 	uint32_t message;
 
diff --git a/zebra/rt_netlink.c b/zebra/rt_netlink.c
index 3a8f5264f4..d02cc93f5f 100644
--- a/zebra/rt_netlink.c
+++ b/zebra/rt_netlink.c
@@ -803,6 +803,9 @@ static int netlink_route_change_read_unicast(struct nlmsghdr *h, ns_id_t ns_id,
 	if (rtm->rtm_flags & RTM_F_OFFLOAD_FAILED)
 		flags |= ZEBRA_FLAG_OFFLOAD_FAILED;
 
+	if (h->nlmsg_flags & NLM_F_APPEND)
+		flags |= ZEBRA_FLAG_OUTOFSYNC;
+
 	/* Route which inserted by Zebra. */
 	if (selfroute) {
 		flags |= ZEBRA_FLAG_SELFROUTE;
diff --git a/zebra/zebra_vty.c b/zebra/zebra_vty.c
index f68a656710..6526cc1ae7 100644
--- a/zebra/zebra_vty.c
+++ b/zebra/zebra_vty.c
@@ -222,6 +222,9 @@ static char re_status_output_char(const struct route_entry *re,
 		    && CHECK_FLAG(re->flags, ZEBRA_FLAG_OFFLOAD_FAILED))
 			return 'o';
 
+		if (CHECK_FLAG(re->flags, ZEBRA_FLAG_OUTOFSYNC))
+			return 'd';
+
 		if (star_p)
 			return '*';
 		else