diff --git a/lib/nexthop.c b/lib/nexthop.c
index ce8034846f..4cb9f68e8a 100644
--- a/lib/nexthop.c
+++ b/lib/nexthop.c
@@ -550,6 +550,7 @@ void nexthop_copy(struct nexthop *copy, const struct nexthop *nexthop,
 	copy->ifindex = nexthop->ifindex;
 	copy->type = nexthop->type;
 	copy->flags = nexthop->flags;
+	copy->weight = nexthop->weight;
 	memcpy(&copy->gate, &nexthop->gate, sizeof(nexthop->gate));
 	memcpy(&copy->src, &nexthop->src, sizeof(nexthop->src));
 	memcpy(&copy->rmap_src, &nexthop->rmap_src, sizeof(nexthop->rmap_src));
diff --git a/lib/nexthop.h b/lib/nexthop.h
index 72a4acedb2..040b643a84 100644
--- a/lib/nexthop.h
+++ b/lib/nexthop.h
@@ -110,6 +110,9 @@ struct nexthop {
 
 	/* Label(s) associated with this nexthop. */
 	struct mpls_label_stack *nh_label;
+
+	/* Weight of the nexthop ( for unequal cost ECMP ) */
+	uint8_t weight;
 };
 
 struct nexthop *nexthop_new(void);
diff --git a/zebra/rt_netlink.c b/zebra/rt_netlink.c
index f3a255fd29..e77c923230 100644
--- a/zebra/rt_netlink.c
+++ b/zebra/rt_netlink.c
@@ -467,6 +467,8 @@ static uint8_t parse_multipath_nexthops_unicast(ns_id_t ns_id,
 			nh = nexthop_from_ifindex(index, nh_vrf_id);
 
 		if (nh) {
+			nh->weight = rtnh->rtnh_hops + 1;
+
 			if (num_labels)
 				nexthop_add_labels(nh, ZEBRA_LSP_STATIC,
 						   num_labels, labels);
@@ -1419,6 +1421,9 @@ static void _netlink_route_build_multipath(const char *routedesc, int bytelen,
 				"nexthop via if %u",
 				routedesc, nexthop->ifindex);
 	}
+
+	if (nexthop->weight)
+		rtnh->rtnh_hops = nexthop->weight - 1;
 }
 
 static inline void _netlink_mpls_build_singlepath(const char *routedesc,
@@ -1921,7 +1926,7 @@ static void _netlink_nexthop_build_group(struct nlmsghdr *n, size_t req_size,
 	if (count) {
 		for (int i = 0; i < count; i++) {
 			grp[i].id = z_grp[i].id;
-			grp[i].weight = z_grp[i].weight;
+			grp[i].weight = z_grp[i].weight - 1;
 
 			if (IS_ZEBRA_DEBUG_KERNEL) {
 				if (i == 0)
@@ -2347,7 +2352,7 @@ static int netlink_nexthop_process_group(struct rtattr **tb,
 
 	for (int i = 0; ((i < count) && (i < z_grp_size)); i++) {
 		z_grp[i].id = n_grp[i].id;
-		z_grp[i].weight = n_grp[i].weight;
+		z_grp[i].weight = n_grp[i].weight + 1;
 	}
 	return count;
 }
diff --git a/zebra/zebra_nhg.c b/zebra/zebra_nhg.c
index 1a70250627..9065a265ad 100644
--- a/zebra/zebra_nhg.c
+++ b/zebra/zebra_nhg.c
@@ -1790,7 +1790,7 @@ uint8_t zebra_nhg_nhe2grp(struct nh_grp *grp, struct nhg_hash_entry *nhe,
 		if (!duplicate) {
 			grp[i].id = depend->id;
 			/* We aren't using weights for anything right now */
-			grp[i].weight = 0;
+			grp[i].weight = depend->nhg->nexthop->weight;
 			i++;
 		}