diff --git a/doc/openvpn.8 b/doc/openvpn.8
index 6d4f3cf2..aee0bc83 100644
--- a/doc/openvpn.8
+++ b/doc/openvpn.8
@@ -2704,7 +2704,7 @@ on sufficiently fast hardware.  SSL/TLS authentication must
 be used in this mode.
 .\"*********************************************************
 .TP
-.B \-\-server network netmask
+.B \-\-server network netmask ['nopool']
 A helper directive designed to simplify the configuration
 of OpenVPN's server mode.  This directive will set up an
 OpenVPN server which will allocate addresses to clients
@@ -2739,6 +2739,9 @@ expands as follows:
    if !nopool:
      ifconfig-pool 10.8.0.2 10.8.0.254 255.255.255.0
    push "route-gateway 10.8.0.1"
+   if route-gateway unset:
+     route-gateway 10.8.0.2
+
 .in -4
 .ft
 .fi
diff --git a/src/openvpn/helper.c b/src/openvpn/helper.c
index d9eef03b..0ed0b2ba 100644
--- a/src/openvpn/helper.c
+++ b/src/openvpn/helper.c
@@ -232,6 +232,8 @@ helper_client_server (struct options *o)
    *   if !nopool: 
    *     ifconfig-pool 10.8.0.2 10.8.0.254 255.255.255.0
    *   push "route-gateway 10.8.0.1"
+   *   if route-gateway unset:
+   *     route-gateway 10.8.0.2
    */
 
   if (o->server_defined)
@@ -311,8 +313,10 @@ helper_client_server (struct options *o)
 		  ifconfig_pool_verify_range (M_USAGE, o->ifconfig_pool_start, o->ifconfig_pool_end);
 		}
 	      o->ifconfig_pool_netmask = o->server_netmask;
-		  
+
 	      push_option (o, print_opt_route_gateway (o->server_network + 1, &o->gc), M_USAGE);
+	      if (!o->route_default_gateway)
+		o->route_default_gateway = print_in_addr_t (o->server_network + 2, 0, &o->gc);
 	    }
 	  else
 	    ASSERT (0);