diff --git a/neutron/services/loadbalancer/drivers/haproxy/namespace_driver.py b/neutron/services/loadbalancer/drivers/haproxy/namespace_driver.py
index 6bbe4f6b87..e07f814d47 100644
--- a/neutron/services/loadbalancer/drivers/haproxy/namespace_driver.py
+++ b/neutron/services/loadbalancer/drivers/haproxy/namespace_driver.py
@@ -257,6 +257,14 @@ class HaproxyNSDriver(agent_device_driver.AgentDeviceDriver):
         self.vif_driver.init_l3(interface_name, cidrs, namespace=namespace)
 
         gw_ip = port['fixed_ips'][0]['subnet'].get('gateway_ip')
+
+        if not gw_ip:
+            host_routes = port['fixed_ips'][0]['subnet'].get('host_routes', [])
+            for host_route in host_routes:
+                if host_route['destination'] == "0.0.0.0/0":
+                    gw_ip = host_route['nexthop']
+                    break
+
         if gw_ip:
             cmd = ['route', 'add', 'default', 'gw', gw_ip]
             ip_wrapper = ip_lib.IPWrapper(self.root_helper,
diff --git a/neutron/tests/unit/services/loadbalancer/drivers/haproxy/test_namespace_driver.py b/neutron/tests/unit/services/loadbalancer/drivers/haproxy/test_namespace_driver.py
index 6d96bd550b..e328212d17 100644
--- a/neutron/tests/unit/services/loadbalancer/drivers/haproxy/test_namespace_driver.py
+++ b/neutron/tests/unit/services/loadbalancer/drivers/haproxy/test_namespace_driver.py
@@ -322,6 +322,43 @@ class TestHaproxyNSDriver(base.BaseTestCase):
             self.assertRaises(exceptions.PreexistingDeviceFailure,
                               self.driver._plug, 'test_ns', test_port, False)
 
+    def test_plug_gw_in_host_routes(self):
+        test_port = {'id': 'port_id',
+                     'network_id': 'net_id',
+                     'mac_address': 'mac_addr',
+                     'fixed_ips': [{'ip_address': '10.0.0.2',
+                                    'subnet': {'cidr': '10.0.0.0/24',
+                                               'host_routes':
+                                               [{'destination': '0.0.0.0/0',
+                                                 'nexthop': '10.0.0.1'}]}}]}
+        with contextlib.nested(
+                mock.patch('neutron.agent.linux.ip_lib.device_exists'),
+                mock.patch('netaddr.IPNetwork'),
+                mock.patch('neutron.agent.linux.ip_lib.IPWrapper'),
+        ) as (dev_exists, ip_net, ip_wrap):
+            self.vif_driver.get_device_name.return_value = 'test_interface'
+            dev_exists.return_value = False
+            ip_net.return_value = ip_net
+            ip_net.prefixlen = 24
+
+            self.driver._plug('test_ns', test_port)
+            self.rpc_mock.plug_vip_port.assert_called_once_with(
+                test_port['id'])
+            self.assertTrue(dev_exists.called)
+            self.vif_driver.plug.assert_called_once_with('net_id', 'port_id',
+                                                         'test_interface',
+                                                         'mac_addr',
+                                                         namespace='test_ns')
+            self.vif_driver.init_l3.assert_called_once_with('test_interface',
+                                                            ['10.0.0.2/24'],
+                                                            namespace=
+                                                            'test_ns')
+            cmd = ['route', 'add', 'default', 'gw', '10.0.0.1']
+            ip_wrap.assert_has_calls([
+                mock.call('sudo_test', namespace='test_ns'),
+                mock.call().netns.execute(cmd, check_exit_code=False),
+            ])
+
     def test_unplug(self):
         self.vif_driver.get_device_name.return_value = 'test_interface'