diff --git a/sys/netinet/in.h b/sys/netinet/in.h
--- a/sys/netinet/in.h
+++ b/sys/netinet/in.h
@@ -686,6 +686,13 @@
 int	 inet_pton(int af, const char *, void *); /* in libkern */
 void	 in_ifdetach(struct ifnet *);
 
+static inline bool
+in_broadcast(struct in_addr in)
+{
+	return (in.s_addr == htonl(INADDR_BROADCAST) ||
+	    in.s_addr == htonl(INADDR_ANY));
+}
+
 #define	in_hosteq(s, t)	((s).s_addr == (t).s_addr)
 #define	in_nullhost(x)	((x).s_addr == INADDR_ANY)
 #define	in_allhosts(x)	((x).s_addr == htonl(INADDR_ALLHOSTS_GROUP))
diff --git a/sys/netinet/ip_output.c b/sys/netinet/ip_output.c
--- a/sys/netinet/ip_output.c
+++ b/sys/netinet/ip_output.c
@@ -449,7 +449,8 @@
 		mtu = ifp->if_mtu;
 		ip->ip_ttl = 1;
 		isbroadcast = ifp->if_flags & IFF_BROADCAST ?
-		    in_ifaddr_broadcast(dst->sin_addr, ia) : 0;
+		    (in_broadcast(ip->ip_dst) ||
+		    in_ifaddr_broadcast(dst->sin_addr, ia)) : 0;
 		src = IA_SIN(ia)->sin_addr;
 	} else if (IN_MULTICAST(ntohl(ip->ip_dst.s_addr)) &&
 	    imo != NULL && imo->imo_multicast_ifp != NULL) {
@@ -502,8 +503,11 @@
 			gw = &nh->gw_sa;
 		if (nh->nh_flags & NHF_HOST)
 			isbroadcast = (nh->nh_flags & NHF_BROADCAST);
-		else if ((ifp->if_flags & IFF_BROADCAST) && (gw->sa_family == AF_INET))
-			isbroadcast = in_ifaddr_broadcast(((const struct sockaddr_in *)gw)->sin_addr, ia);
+		else if ((ifp->if_flags & IFF_BROADCAST) &&
+		    (gw->sa_family == AF_INET))
+			isbroadcast = in_broadcast(ip->ip_dst) ||
+			    in_ifaddr_broadcast(
+			    ((const struct sockaddr_in *)gw)->sin_addr, ia);
 		else
 			isbroadcast = false;
 		mtu = nh->nh_mtu;
@@ -533,11 +537,12 @@
 			gw = &nh->gw_sa;
 		ia = ifatoia(nh->nh_ifa);
 		src = IA_SIN(ia)->sin_addr;
-		isbroadcast = (((nh->nh_flags & (NHF_HOST | NHF_BROADCAST)) ==
+		isbroadcast = ((nh->nh_flags & (NHF_HOST | NHF_BROADCAST)) ==
 		    (NHF_HOST | NHF_BROADCAST)) ||
 		    ((ifp->if_flags & IFF_BROADCAST) &&
 		    (gw->sa_family == AF_INET) &&
-		    in_ifaddr_broadcast(((const struct sockaddr_in *)gw)->sin_addr, ia)));
+		    (in_broadcast(ip->ip_dst) || in_ifaddr_broadcast(
+		    ((const struct sockaddr_in *)gw)->sin_addr, ia)));
 	}
 
 	/* Catch a possible divide by zero later. */