diff --git a/internal/nftables/compiler.go b/internal/nftables/compiler.go
index 416ca06..f492694 100644
--- a/internal/nftables/compiler.go
+++ b/internal/nftables/compiler.go
@@ -599,7 +599,7 @@ func (c *Compiler) compilePolicies(state *FirewallState) error {
 						if si != "" {
 							exprs = append(exprs, matchIfaceName(true, si)...)
 						}
-						if di != "" && chain == "forward" {
+						if di != "" && chain != "input" {
 							exprs = append(exprs, matchIfaceName(false, di)...)
 						}
 
@@ -997,7 +997,7 @@ func (c *Compiler) buildMatchExprs(srcIface, dstIface, chain, proto string, dpor
 	if srcIface != "" {
 		exprs = append(exprs, matchIfaceName(true, srcIface)...)
 	}
-	if dstIface != "" && chain == "forward" {
+	if dstIface != "" && chain != "input" {
 		exprs = append(exprs, matchIfaceName(false, dstIface)...)
 	}
 
diff --git a/internal/nftables/compiler_test.go b/internal/nftables/compiler_test.go
index 623b4c3..46203af 100644
--- a/internal/nftables/compiler_test.go
+++ b/internal/nftables/compiler_test.go
@@ -1757,6 +1757,17 @@ func TestCompile_PortAndProtoLists(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+func TestCompile_OutputPolicyMatchesOif(t *testing.T) {
+	cfg := listCfg(func(c *config.Config) {
+		c.Zones["lan"] = config.Zone{Type: config.ZoneIP}
+		c.Interfaces = append(c.Interfaces, config.Interface{Zone: "lan", Interface: "eth1"})
+		c.Policy = []config.Policy{{Source: "fw", Dest: "lan", Action: config.PolicyAccept}}
+	})
+	got := taggedRules(mustCompile(t, cfg), "output", "policy:0")
+	if len(got) != 1 || describeRule(got[0]) != "oif=eth1" {
+		t.Fatalf("fw->lan policy = %v, want one rule oif=eth1", got)
+	}
+}
 
 // describeRule renders a rule's iif/oif/saddr/daddr matches, e.g. "iif=eth1 oif=eth2 daddr=192.0.2.1".
 func describeRule(r ManagedRule) string {
@@ -1803,7 +1814,7 @@ func TestCompile_CommaZoneLists(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name: "fw in source list goes to output",
 			rule: config.Rule{Action: config.RuleAccept, Source: "fw,lan", Dest: "svr", Proto: "tcp", DPort: config.PortSpec{"22"}},
-			want: map[string][]string{"output": {""}, "forward": {"iif=eth1 oif=eth2"}},
+			want: map[string][]string{"output": {"oif=eth2"}, "forward": {"iif=eth1 oif=eth2"}},
 		},
 		{
 			name: "dest list with fw splits input and forward",
@@ -1850,6 +1861,16 @@ func TestCompile_CommaZoneLists(t *testing.T) {
 			rule: config.Rule{Action: config.RuleAccept, Source: "lan", Dest: "vpn,dmz"},
 			want: map[string][]string{"forward": {"iif=eth1"}},
 		},
+		{
+			name: "fw source matches dest zone oif",
+			rule: config.Rule{Action: config.RuleAccept, Source: "fw", Dest: "lan,vpn,dmz", Proto: "tcp", DPort: config.PortSpec{"22"}},
+			want: map[string][]string{"output": {"oif=eth1", ""}},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "fw to all has no oif",
+			rule: config.Rule{Action: config.RuleAccept, Source: "fw", Dest: "all:192.0.2.1"},
+			want: map[string][]string{"output": {"daddr=192.0.2.1"}},
+		},
 		{
 			name:   "blrule zone list",
 			blrule: &config.BlruleRule{Action: config.BlruleDrop, Source: "net,anycast", Dest: "fw"},