diff --git a/apps/routing/src/main/java/org/onosproject/routing/config/impl/Configuration.java b/apps/routing/src/main/java/org/onosproject/routing/config/impl/Configuration.java
index 76f1df0..d5a9e29 100644
--- a/apps/routing/src/main/java/org/onosproject/routing/config/impl/Configuration.java
+++ b/apps/routing/src/main/java/org/onosproject/routing/config/impl/Configuration.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonProperty;
 
+import org.onlab.packet.MacAddress;
 import org.onosproject.routing.config.BgpPeer;
 import org.onosproject.routing.config.BgpSpeaker;
 import org.onosproject.routing.config.LocalIpPrefixEntry;
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@
     // the BGP routers outside our SDN network the BGP peers.
     private List<BgpSpeaker> bgpSpeakers;
     private List<BgpPeer> peers;
+    private MacAddress virtualGatewayMacAddress;
 
     // All IP prefixes from the configuration are local
     private List<LocalIpPrefixEntry> localIp4PrefixEntries =
@@ -77,7 +79,7 @@
     }
 
     /**
-     * Sets a list of BGP peers we are configured to peer with.
+     * Sets a list of BGP peers we configured to peer with.
      *
      * @param peers the list of BGP peers
      */
@@ -87,6 +89,26 @@
     }
 
     /**
+     * Gets the MAC address we configured for virtual gateway
+     * in SDN network.
+     *
+     * @return the MAC address of virtual gateway
+     */
+    public MacAddress getVirtualGatewayMacAddress() {
+        return virtualGatewayMacAddress;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the MAC address for virtual gateway in SDN network.
+     *
+     * @param virtualGatewayMacAddress the MAC address of virtual gateway
+     */
+    @JsonProperty("virtualGatewayMacAddress")
+    public void setVirtualGatewayMacAddress(MacAddress virtualGatewayMacAddress) {
+        this.virtualGatewayMacAddress = virtualGatewayMacAddress;
+    }
+
+    /**
      * Gets a list of local IPv4 prefix entries configured for local
      * SDN network.
      * <p>
diff --git a/apps/routing/src/main/java/org/onosproject/routing/config/impl/RoutingConfigurationImpl.java b/apps/routing/src/main/java/org/onosproject/routing/config/impl/RoutingConfigurationImpl.java
index abb6a13..c45d286 100644
--- a/apps/routing/src/main/java/org/onosproject/routing/config/impl/RoutingConfigurationImpl.java
+++ b/apps/routing/src/main/java/org/onosproject/routing/config/impl/RoutingConfigurationImpl.java
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 import org.onlab.packet.Ip6Address;
 import org.onlab.packet.IpAddress;
 import org.onlab.packet.IpPrefix;
+import org.onlab.packet.MacAddress;
 import org.onosproject.net.ConnectPoint;
 import org.onosproject.net.host.HostService;
 import org.onosproject.routing.config.BgpPeer;
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@
 import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
@@ -68,6 +70,7 @@
 
     private Map<String, BgpSpeaker> bgpSpeakers = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
     private Map<IpAddress, BgpPeer> bgpPeers = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
+    private Set<IpAddress> gatewayIpAddresses = new HashSet<>();
 
     private InvertedRadixTree<LocalIpPrefixEntry>
             localPrefixTable4 = new ConcurrentInvertedRadixTree<>(
@@ -76,6 +79,7 @@
             localPrefixTable6 = new ConcurrentInvertedRadixTree<>(
                     new DefaultByteArrayNodeFactory());
 
+    private MacAddress virtualGatewayMacAddress;
     private HostToInterfaceAdaptor hostAdaptor;
 
     @Activate
@@ -109,12 +113,16 @@
             for (LocalIpPrefixEntry entry : config.getLocalIp4PrefixEntries()) {
                 localPrefixTable4.put(createBinaryString(entry.ipPrefix()),
                                       entry);
+                gatewayIpAddresses.add(entry.getGatewayIpAddress());
             }
             for (LocalIpPrefixEntry entry : config.getLocalIp6PrefixEntries()) {
                 localPrefixTable6.put(createBinaryString(entry.ipPrefix()),
                                       entry);
+                gatewayIpAddresses.add(entry.getGatewayIpAddress());
             }
 
+            virtualGatewayMacAddress = config.getVirtualGatewayMacAddress();
+
         } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
             log.warn("Configuration file not found: {}", configFileName);
         } catch (IOException e) {
@@ -178,4 +186,14 @@
                 createBinaryString(ipPrefix)) != null);
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public boolean isVirtualGatewayIpAddress(IpAddress ipAddress) {
+        return gatewayIpAddresses.contains(ipAddress);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public MacAddress getVirtualGatewayMacAddress() {
+        return virtualGatewayMacAddress;
+    }
+
 }