diff --git a/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/AnnotationKeys.java b/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/AnnotationKeys.java
index f1d4fb7ce0..d19117f0af 100644
--- a/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/AnnotationKeys.java
+++ b/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/AnnotationKeys.java
@@ -241,6 +241,12 @@ public final class AnnotationKeys {
      */
     public static final String FLAPPING = "flapping";
 
+    /**
+     * Annotation key for identifying a metered link.
+     * The value of this key is expected to be a boolean for metered as true/false.
+     */
+    public static final String METERED = "metered";
+
     /**
      * Returns the value annotated object for the specified annotation key.
      * The annotated value is expected to be String that can be parsed as double.
diff --git a/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/config/basics/BasicLinkConfig.java b/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/config/basics/BasicLinkConfig.java
index ff4edb0715..8ee0c1b16e 100644
--- a/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/config/basics/BasicLinkConfig.java
+++ b/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/config/basics/BasicLinkConfig.java
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ public final class BasicLinkConfig extends AllowedEntityConfig<LinkKey> {
     public static final String FLAPPING = "flapping";
     public static final String IS_DURABLE = "durable";
     public static final String IS_BIDIRECTIONAL = "bidirectional";
+    public static final String IS_METERED = "metered";
 
     @Override
     public boolean isValid() {
@@ -55,12 +56,13 @@ public final class BasicLinkConfig extends AllowedEntityConfig<LinkKey> {
         type();
 
         return hasOnlyFields(ALLOWED, TYPE, METRIC, LATENCY, BANDWIDTH, JITTER, DELAY, LOSS, AVAILABILITY, FLAPPING,
-                IS_DURABLE, IS_BIDIRECTIONAL) &&
+                IS_DURABLE, IS_BIDIRECTIONAL, IS_METERED) &&
                 isBoolean(ALLOWED, OPTIONAL) && isNumber(METRIC, OPTIONAL) &&
                 isNumber(LATENCY, OPTIONAL) && isNumber(BANDWIDTH, OPTIONAL) && isDecimal(JITTER, OPTIONAL) &&
                 isDecimal(DELAY, OPTIONAL) && isDecimal(LOSS, OPTIONAL) && isDecimal(AVAILABILITY, OPTIONAL) &&
                 isDecimal(FLAPPING, OPTIONAL) &&
-                isBoolean(IS_BIDIRECTIONAL, OPTIONAL);
+                isBoolean(IS_BIDIRECTIONAL, OPTIONAL) &&
+                isBoolean(IS_METERED, OPTIONAL);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -306,6 +308,29 @@ public final class BasicLinkConfig extends AllowedEntityConfig<LinkKey> {
         return (BasicLinkConfig) setOrClear(FLAPPING, flapping);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns if link is metered in the network model or not.
+     *
+     * @return true for metered, false otherwise
+     */
+    public Boolean isMetered() {
+        JsonNode res = object.path(IS_METERED);
+        if (res.isMissingNode()) {
+            return true;
+        }
+        return res.asBoolean();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets durability for this link.
+     *
+     * @param isMetered true for metered, false otherwise
+     * @return this BasicLinkConfig
+     */
+    public BasicLinkConfig isMetered(Boolean isMetered) {
+        return (BasicLinkConfig) setOrClear(IS_METERED, isMetered);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Create a {@link BasicLinkConfig} instance.
      * <p>
diff --git a/core/api/src/test/java/org/onosproject/net/config/basics/BasicLinkConfigTest.java b/core/api/src/test/java/org/onosproject/net/config/basics/BasicLinkConfigTest.java
index 94f0fa3f6e..cb56847a04 100644
--- a/core/api/src/test/java/org/onosproject/net/config/basics/BasicLinkConfigTest.java
+++ b/core/api/src/test/java/org/onosproject/net/config/basics/BasicLinkConfigTest.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import org.onosproject.net.config.ConfigApplyDelegate;
 import java.time.Duration;
 
 import static java.lang.Boolean.FALSE;
+import static java.lang.Boolean.TRUE;
 import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.is;
 
@@ -68,7 +69,8 @@ public class BasicLinkConfigTest {
                 .metric(METRIC)
                 .type(Link.Type.DIRECT)
                 .latency(LATENCY)
-                .isBidirectional(FALSE);
+                .isBidirectional(FALSE)
+                .isMetered(TRUE);
 
         assertThat(config.bandwidth(), is(BANDWIDTH));
         assertThat(config.jitter(), is(JITTER));
@@ -82,5 +84,6 @@ public class BasicLinkConfigTest {
         assertThat(config.latency(), is(LATENCY));
         assertThat(config.isBidirectional(), is(FALSE));
         assertThat(config.isValid(), is(true));
+        assertThat(config.isMetered(), is(TRUE));
     }
 }
diff --git a/core/net/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/link/impl/BasicLinkOperator.java b/core/net/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/link/impl/BasicLinkOperator.java
index 47cbdc63d4..05943e5125 100644
--- a/core/net/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/link/impl/BasicLinkOperator.java
+++ b/core/net/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/link/impl/BasicLinkOperator.java
@@ -113,6 +113,9 @@ public final class BasicLinkOperator implements ConfigOperator {
         if (cfg.flapping() != DEF_FLAPPING) {
             b.set(AnnotationKeys.FLAPPING, String.valueOf(cfg.flapping()));
         }
+        if (cfg.isMetered() != null) {
+            b.set(AnnotationKeys.METERED, String.valueOf(cfg.isMetered()));
+        }
         return b.build();
     }