Payloads transported over a Softwire mesh service (as defined by BGP Encapsulation Subsequent Address Family Identifier (SAFI) information exchange) often carry a number of identifiable@ distinct flows. It can@ in some circumstances@ be desirable to distribute these flows over the equal cost multiple paths (ECMPs) that exist in the packet switched network. Currently@ the payload of a packet entering the Softwire can only be interpreted by the ingress and egress routers. Thus@ the load-balancing decision of a core router is only based on the encapsulating header@ presenting much less entropy than available in the payload or the encapsulated header since the Softwire encapsulation acts in a tunneling fashion. This document describes a method for achieving comparable load-balancing efficiency in a network carrying Softwire mesh service over Layer Two Tunneling Protocol - Version 3 (L2TPv3) over IP or Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE) encapsulation to what would be achieved without such encapsulation.