diff --git a/hack/test-integration-docker.sh b/hack/test-integration-docker.sh
index 2fce7a5162c6..1f1e21be9063 100755
--- a/hack/test-integration-docker.sh
+++ b/hack/test-integration-docker.sh
@@ -22,4 +22,6 @@ trap cleanup EXIT SIGINT
 echo
 echo Docker integration test cases ...
 echo
-KUBE_RACE="${KUBE_RACE:--race}" KUBE_COVER=" " "${OS_ROOT}/hack/test-go.sh" test/integration -tags 'integration docker' "${@:1}"
+# A long timeout is set here in case the docker images do not exist.  To speed execution of this test
+# either pre-build or pre-pull the docker images that are being used.
+KUBE_TIMEOUT="-timeout 600s" KUBE_RACE="${KUBE_RACE:--race}" KUBE_COVER=" " "${OS_ROOT}/hack/test-go.sh" test/integration -tags 'integration docker' "${@:1}"
diff --git a/test/integration/router_test.go b/test/integration/router_test.go
index d92a8deb24a3..e8658d6517e8 100644
--- a/test/integration/router_test.go
+++ b/test/integration/router_test.go
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import (
 	tr "github.com/openshift/origin/test/integration/router"
 )
 
-const defaultRouterImage = "openshift/origin-haproxy-router"
+const defaultRouterImage = "openshift/origin-haproxy-router:latest"
 
 // init ensures docker exists for this test
 func init() {
@@ -233,6 +233,12 @@ func createAndStartRouterContainer(dockerCli *dockerClient.Client, masterIp stri
 		},
 	}
 
+	err = pullIfNotPresent(dockerCli, getRouterImage())
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
 	container, err := dockerCli.CreateContainer(containerOpts)
 
 	if err != nil {
@@ -270,6 +276,31 @@ func createAndStartRouterContainer(dockerCli *dockerClient.Client, masterIp stri
 	return container.ID, nil
 }
 
+// pullIfNotPresent checks for a docker image and tries to pull it if it receives a 'no such image' error
+func pullIfNotPresent(dockerCli *dockerClient.Client, image string) error {
+	_, err := dockerCli.InspectImage(image)
+
+	if err != nil {
+		if err.Error() == "no such image" {
+			pio := dockerClient.PullImageOptions{
+				Repository: image,
+			}
+
+			auth := dockerClient.AuthConfiguration{}
+
+			e := dockerCli.PullImage(pio, auth)
+
+			if e != nil {
+				return e
+			}
+		} else {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
 // validateServer performs a basic run through by validating each of the configured urls for the simulator to
 // ensure they are responding
 func validateServer(server *tr.TestHttpService, t *testing.T) {