diff --git a/src/main/java/org/torproject/android/service/vpn/OrbotVpnManager.java b/src/main/java/org/torproject/android/service/vpn/OrbotVpnManager.java
index 1e46ce6fa982a1dc2c53772c2988fd06c18049f7..94a32321d5fd9479f75a0ae9068b87c975b169ae 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/torproject/android/service/vpn/OrbotVpnManager.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/torproject/android/service/vpn/OrbotVpnManager.java
@@ -275,8 +275,11 @@ public class OrbotVpnManager implements Handler.Callback {
 
                     builder.setSession(vpnName);
 
-                    //route all traffic through VPN (we might offer country specific exclude lists in the future)
-                    builder.addRoute(defaultRoute, 0);
+                    for (String route : mService.getApplicationContext().getResources()
+                            .getStringArray(R.array.all_routes_except_excluded)) {
+                        String[] splitRoute = route.split("/");
+                        builder.addRoute(splitRoute[0], Integer.parseInt(splitRoute[1]));
+                    }
 
                     builder.addDnsServer(dummyDNS);
                     builder.addRoute(dummyDNS, 32);
diff --git a/src/main/res/values/arrays.xml b/src/main/res/values/arrays.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..916de8b7ba1493f0e2d76f72f4db97b8968857d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/res/values/arrays.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,133 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<resources>
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+        <item>255.255.255.252/31</item>
+        <item>255.255.255.254/32</item>
+    </string-array>
+</resources>
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