diff --git a/test/extended/networking/external_gateway.go b/test/extended/networking/external_gateway.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b9fd847d7b00
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/extended/networking/external_gateway.go
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+package networking
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"time"
+
+	g "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
+	exutil "github.com/openshift/origin/test/extended/util"
+	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
+	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait"
+	clientset "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
+	frameworkpod "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework/pod"
+)
+
+var _ = g.Describe("[sig-network] external gateway address", func() {
+	oc := exutil.NewCLI("ns-global")
+
+	InOVNKubernetesContext(func() {
+		f := oc.KubeFramework()
+
+		g.It("Should validate failure if an external gateway address does not match the address family of the pod", func() {
+			err := createPod(f.ClientSet, f.Namespace.Name, "test-valid-gateway-pod")
+			expectNoError(err)
+			// Set external gateway address into an IPv6 address that does not match the
+			// address family of the pod.
+			makeNamespaceWithExternalGatewaySet(f, "fd00:10:244:2::6")
+			err = createPod(f.ClientSet, f.Namespace.Name, "test-invalid-gateway-pod")
+			expectError(err, "pod creation failed due to invalid gateway address")
+		})
+	})
+
+})
+
+func createPod(client clientset.Interface, ns, generateName string) error {
+	pod := frameworkpod.NewAgnhostPod(ns, "", nil, nil, nil)
+	pod.ObjectMeta.GenerateName = generateName
+	execPod, err := client.CoreV1().Pods(ns).Create(context.TODO(), pod, metav1.CreateOptions{})
+	expectNoError(err, "failed to create new pod in namespace: %s", ns)
+	err = wait.PollImmediate(poll, 2*time.Minute, func() (bool, error) {
+		retrievedPod, err := client.CoreV1().Pods(execPod.Namespace).Get(context.TODO(), execPod.Name, metav1.GetOptions{})
+		if err != nil {
+			return false, err
+		}
+		return retrievedPod.Status.Phase == v1.PodRunning, nil
+	})
+	return err
+}
diff --git a/test/extended/networking/util.go b/test/extended/networking/util.go
index 6ec85beef916..7346692e1ca3 100644
--- a/test/extended/networking/util.go
+++ b/test/extended/networking/util.go
@@ -248,6 +248,25 @@ func makeNamespaceScheduleToAllNodes(f *e2e.Framework) {
 	}
 }
 
+func makeNamespaceWithExternalGatewaySet(f *e2e.Framework, gatewayIP string) {
+	for {
+		ns, err := f.ClientSet.CoreV1().Namespaces().Get(context.Background(), f.Namespace.Name, metav1.GetOptions{})
+		expectNoError(err)
+		if ns.Annotations == nil {
+			ns.Annotations = make(map[string]string)
+		}
+		ns.Annotations["k8s.ovn.org/routing-external-gws"] = gatewayIP
+		_, err = f.ClientSet.CoreV1().Namespaces().Update(context.Background(), ns, metav1.UpdateOptions{})
+		if err == nil {
+			return
+		}
+		if kapierrs.IsConflict(err) {
+			continue
+		}
+		expectNoError(err)
+	}
+}
+
 // findAppropriateNodes tries to find a source and destination for a type of node connectivity
 // test (same node, or different node).
 func findAppropriateNodes(f *e2e.Framework, nodeType NodeType) (*corev1.Node, *corev1.Node, error) {
diff --git a/test/extended/util/annotate/generated/zz_generated.annotations.go b/test/extended/util/annotate/generated/zz_generated.annotations.go
index 0c8e3a2cc30f..071246883338 100644
--- a/test/extended/util/annotate/generated/zz_generated.annotations.go
+++ b/test/extended/util/annotate/generated/zz_generated.annotations.go
@@ -2463,6 +2463,8 @@ var annotations = map[string]string{
 
 	"[Top Level] [sig-network] [Feature:PerformanceDNS][Serial] Should answer DNS query for maximum number of services per cluster": "Should answer DNS query for maximum number of services per cluster [Slow] [Suite:k8s]",
 
+	"[Top Level] [sig-network] external gateway address when using openshift ovn-kubernetes Should validate failure if an external gateway address does not match the address family of the pod": "Should validate failure if an external gateway address does not match the address family of the pod [Suite:openshift/conformance/parallel]",
+
 	"[Top Level] [sig-network] multicast when using one of the OpenshiftSDN modes 'redhat/openshift-ovs-multitenant, redhat/openshift-ovs-networkpolicy' should allow multicast traffic in namespaces where it is enabled": "should allow multicast traffic in namespaces where it is enabled [Suite:openshift/conformance/parallel]",
 
 	"[Top Level] [sig-network] multicast when using one of the OpenshiftSDN modes 'redhat/openshift-ovs-multitenant, redhat/openshift-ovs-networkpolicy' should block multicast traffic in namespaces where it is disabled": "should block multicast traffic in namespaces where it is disabled [Suite:openshift/conformance/parallel]",