diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b82fe3b19..75e125ce5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -384,3 +384,12 @@ $ sudo systemctl stop transmission-openvpn.service
 # Later ...
 $ sudo systemctl start transmission-openvpn.service
 ```
+
+## Drop the default route
+
+Some VPNs do not override the default route, but rather set other routes with a lower metric.  
+This might lead to te default route (your untunneled connection) to be used.
+
+To drop the default route set the environment variable `DROP_DEFAULT_ROUTE` to `true`.
+
+*Note*: This is not compatible with all VPNs. Please check yourself if your provider overrides the default route properly.
diff --git a/transmission/environment-variables.tmpl b/transmission/environment-variables.tmpl
index 02737b45a..a6545d264 100644
--- a/transmission/environment-variables.tmpl
+++ b/transmission/environment-variables.tmpl
@@ -83,3 +83,6 @@ export PGID={{ .Env.PGID }}
 
 # Support custom web frontend
 {{ if .Env.TRANSMISSION_WEB_HOME }} export TRANSMISSION_WEB_HOME={{ .Env.TRANSMISSION_WEB_HOME }} {{end}}
+
+# Support dropping the default route after connection
+export DROP_DEFAULT_ROUTE={{ .Env.DROP_DEFAULT_ROUTE }}
diff --git a/transmission/start.sh b/transmission/start.sh
index 7b742b1d9..f150d84dc 100755
--- a/transmission/start.sh
+++ b/transmission/start.sh
@@ -50,6 +50,11 @@ fi
 
 . /etc/transmission/userSetup.sh
 
+if [ "true" = "$DROP_DEFAULT_ROUTE" ]; then
+  echo "DROPPING DEFAULT ROUTE"
+  ip r del default || exit 1
+fi
+
 echo "STARTING TRANSMISSION"
 exec su --preserve-environment ${RUN_AS} -s /bin/bash -c "/usr/bin/transmission-daemon -g ${TRANSMISSION_HOME} --logfile ${TRANSMISSION_HOME}/transmission.log" &