diff --git a/route.go b/route.go
index 1b4555d5..2f9df19c 100644
--- a/route.go
+++ b/route.go
@@ -45,6 +45,17 @@ type Encap interface {
 	Equal(Encap) bool
 }
 
+type RouteCacheInfo struct {
+	Users   uint32
+	Age     uint32
+	Expires int32
+	Error   uint32
+	Used    uint32
+	Id      uint32
+	Ts      uint32
+	Tsage   uint32
+}
+
 //Protocol describe what was the originator of the route
 type RouteProtocol int
 
@@ -85,6 +96,8 @@ type Route struct {
 	QuickACK         int
 	Congctl          string
 	FastOpenNoCookie int
+	Expires          int
+	CacheInfo        *RouteCacheInfo
 }
 
 func (r Route) String() string {
@@ -115,6 +128,9 @@ func (r Route) String() string {
 	elems = append(elems, fmt.Sprintf("Flags: %s", r.ListFlags()))
 	elems = append(elems, fmt.Sprintf("Table: %d", r.Table))
 	elems = append(elems, fmt.Sprintf("Realm: %d", r.Realm))
+	if r.Expires != 0 {
+		elems = append(elems, fmt.Sprintf("Expires: %dsec", r.Expires))
+	}
 	return fmt.Sprintf("{%s}", strings.Join(elems, " "))
 }
 
diff --git a/route_linux.go b/route_linux.go
index 28a132a2..81d286b7 100644
--- a/route_linux.go
+++ b/route_linux.go
@@ -1068,6 +1068,12 @@ func (h *Handle) prepareRouteReq(route *Route, req *nl.NetlinkRequest, msg *nl.R
 		msg.Type = uint8(route.Type)
 	}
 
+	if route.Expires > 0 {
+		b := make([]byte, 4)
+		native.PutUint32(b, uint32(route.Expires))
+		rtAttrs = append(rtAttrs, nl.NewRtAttr(unix.RTA_EXPIRES, b))
+	}
+
 	var metrics []*nl.RtAttr
 	if route.MTU > 0 {
 		b := nl.Uint32Attr(uint32(route.MTU))
@@ -1294,6 +1300,25 @@ func (h *Handle) RouteListFilteredIter(family int, filter *Route, filterMask uin
 	return executeErr
 }
 
+// deserializeRouteCacheInfo decodes a RTA_CACHEINFO attribute into a RouteCacheInfo struct
+func deserializeRouteCacheInfo(b []byte) (*RouteCacheInfo, error) {
+	if len(b) != 32 {
+		return nil, unix.EINVAL
+	}
+
+	e := nl.NativeEndian()
+	return &RouteCacheInfo{
+		e.Uint32(b),
+		e.Uint32(b[4:]),
+		int32(e.Uint32(b[8:])),
+		e.Uint32(b[12:]),
+		e.Uint32(b[16:]),
+		e.Uint32(b[20:]),
+		e.Uint32(b[24:]),
+		e.Uint32(b[28:]),
+	}, nil
+}
+
 // deserializeRoute decodes a binary netlink message into a Route struct
 func deserializeRoute(m []byte) (Route, error) {
 	msg := nl.DeserializeRtMsg(m)
@@ -1337,6 +1362,12 @@ func deserializeRoute(m []byte) (Route, error) {
 			route.ILinkIndex = int(native.Uint32(attr.Value[0:4]))
 		case unix.RTA_PRIORITY:
 			route.Priority = int(native.Uint32(attr.Value[0:4]))
+		case unix.RTA_CACHEINFO:
+			route.CacheInfo, err = deserializeRouteCacheInfo(attr.Value)
+			if err != nil {
+				return route, err
+			}
+			route.Expires = int(route.CacheInfo.Expires) / 100
 		case unix.RTA_FLOW:
 			route.Realm = int(native.Uint32(attr.Value[0:4]))
 		case unix.RTA_TABLE:
diff --git a/route_test.go b/route_test.go
index 7e5e6b0e..f4015eb4 100644
--- a/route_test.go
+++ b/route_test.go
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ func TestRoute6AddDel(t *testing.T) {
 		IP:   net.ParseIP("2001:db8::0"),
 		Mask: net.CIDRMask(64, 128),
 	}
-	route := Route{LinkIndex: link.Attrs().Index, Dst: dst}
+	route := Route{LinkIndex: link.Attrs().Index, Dst: dst, Expires: 10}
 	if err := RouteAdd(&route); err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
@@ -204,6 +204,25 @@ func TestRoute6AddDel(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatal("Route not added properly")
 	}
 
+	// route expiry is supported by kernel 4.4+
+	k, m, err := KernelVersion()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if k > 4 || (k == 4 && m > 4) {
+		foundExpires := false
+		for _, route := range routes {
+			if route.Dst.IP.Equal(dst.IP) {
+				if route.Expires > 0 && route.Expires <= 10 {
+					foundExpires = true
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		if !foundExpires {
+			t.Fatal("Route 'expires' not set")
+		}
+	}
+
 	dstIP := net.ParseIP("2001:db8::1")
 	routeToDstIP, err := RouteGet(dstIP)
 	if err != nil {