diff --git a/afthelper/afthelper.go b/afthelper/afthelper.go
index 4f819673..1d72e907 100644
--- a/afthelper/afthelper.go
+++ b/afthelper/afthelper.go
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ type NextHopSummary struct {
 	Address string `json:"address"`
 	// NetworkInstance is the network instance within which the address was resolved.
 	NetworkInstance string `json:"network-instance"`
+	// Index is the gRIBI index of the next hop.
+	Index uint64 `json:"index"`
 }
 
 // NextHopAddrsForPrefix unrolls the prefix specified within the network-instance netInst from the
@@ -96,6 +98,7 @@ func NextHopAddrsForPrefix(rib map[string]*aft.RIB, netinst, prefix string) (map
 			Address:         nh,
 			Weight:          weights[nhID],
 			NetworkInstance: nhNI,
+			Index:           nhID,
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/afthelper/afthelper_test.go b/afthelper/afthelper_test.go
index 261637d0..49ddf086 100644
--- a/afthelper/afthelper_test.go
+++ b/afthelper/afthelper_test.go
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ func TestNextHopAddrsForPrefix(t *testing.T) {
 				Weight:          1,
 				Address:         "1.1.1.1",
 				NetworkInstance: defName,
+				Index:           1,
 			},
 		},
 	}, {
@@ -74,11 +75,13 @@ func TestNextHopAddrsForPrefix(t *testing.T) {
 				Address:         "1.1.1.1",
 				Weight:          1,
 				NetworkInstance: defName,
+				Index:           1,
 			},
 			"2.2.2.2": {
 				Address:         "2.2.2.2",
 				Weight:          1,
 				NetworkInstance: defName,
+				Index:           2,
 			},
 		},
 	}, {
@@ -101,11 +104,13 @@ func TestNextHopAddrsForPrefix(t *testing.T) {
 				Address:         "1000:10:10::10",
 				Weight:          1,
 				NetworkInstance: defName,
+				Index:           1,
 			},
 			"2.2.2.2": {
 				Address:         "2.2.2.2",
 				Weight:          1,
 				NetworkInstance: defName,
+				Index:           2,
 			},
 		},
 	}, {
@@ -144,6 +149,7 @@ func TestNextHopAddrsForPrefix(t *testing.T) {
 				Weight:          2,
 				Address:         "2.2.2.2",
 				NetworkInstance: "VRF-1",
+				Index:           2,
 			},
 		},
 	}, {
@@ -172,11 +178,13 @@ func TestNextHopAddrsForPrefix(t *testing.T) {
 				Address:         "1000:10:10::10",
 				Weight:          1,
 				NetworkInstance: "VRF-1",
+				Index:           1,
 			},
 			"2.2.2.2": {
 				Address:         "2.2.2.2",
 				Weight:          1,
 				NetworkInstance: "VRF-1",
+				Index:           2,
 			},
 		},
 	}}
diff --git a/rib/rib_test.go b/rib/rib_test.go
index cf26144b..3b3d53cf 100644
--- a/rib/rib_test.go
+++ b/rib/rib_test.go
@@ -4382,6 +4382,7 @@ func TestResolvedEntryHook(t *testing.T) {
 						Weight:          32,
 						Address:         "1.1.1.1",
 						NetworkInstance: "DEFAULT",
+						Index:           1,
 					},
 				}
 				if diff := cmp.Diff(got, want); diff != "" {
@@ -4429,6 +4430,7 @@ func TestResolvedEntryHook(t *testing.T) {
 						Weight:          32,
 						Address:         "1000:10:10::10",
 						NetworkInstance: "DEFAULT",
+						Index:           10,
 					},
 				}
 				if diff := cmp.Diff(got, want); diff != "" {