diff --git a/bgpd/bgp_attr.c b/bgpd/bgp_attr.c
index a664858..5e7536a 100644
--- a/bgpd/bgp_attr.c
+++ b/bgpd/bgp_attr.c
@@ -1333,6 +1333,9 @@
     {
     case 4:
       stream_get (&attre->mp_nexthop_global_in, s, 4);
+      /* Probably needed for RFC 2283 */
+      if (attr->nexthop.s_addr == 0)
+        memcpy(&attr->nexthop.s_addr, &attre->mp_nexthop_global_in, 4);
       break;
     case 12:
       {