diff --git a/hack/install-router.sh b/hack/install-router.sh
index 620caf3c9760..cc7e2cb047a7 100755
--- a/hack/install-router.sh
+++ b/hack/install-router.sh
@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@ MASTER_URL="${2}"
 OPENSHIFT="${3}"
 
 OS_ROOT=$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE}")/..
+if [[ -f /usr/share/openshift/examples/router.json ]]; then
+  ROUTER_JSON="/usr/share/openshift/examples/router.json"
+else
+  ROUTER_JSON="${OS_ROOT}/images/router/haproxy/pod.json"
+fi
 
 if [[ "${ROUTER_ID}" == "" ]]; then
 	echo "No router id provided, cannot create router..."
@@ -32,6 +37,10 @@ fi
 
 OPENSHIFT_INSECURE="${OPENSHIFT_INSECURE:-false}"
 OPENSHIFT_CA_DATA="${OPENSHIFT_CA_DATA:-}"
+if [[ "${OPENSHIFT_CA_DATA}" == "" ]] && \
+   [ -f /var/lib/openshift/openshift.local.certificates/master/root.crt ]; then
+  OPENSHIFT_CA_DATA=$(</var/lib/openshift/openshift.local.certificates/master/root.crt)
+fi
 
 if [[ "${MASTER_URL}" == "https"* ]]; then
 	if [[ "$OPENSHIFT_CA_DATA" == "" ]]; then
@@ -51,7 +60,7 @@ fi
 
 # update the template file
 echo "Creating router file and starting pod..."
-cp "${OS_ROOT}/images/router/haproxy/pod.json" /tmp/router.json
+cp ${ROUTER_JSON} /tmp/router.json
 sed -i "s|ROUTER_ID|${ROUTER_ID}|g" /tmp/router.json
 sed -i "s|\${OPENSHIFT_MASTER}|${MASTER_URL}|"       /tmp/router.json
 sed -i "s|\${OPENSHIFT_INSECURE}|${OPENSHIFT_INSECURE}|"   /tmp/router.json
diff --git a/openshift.spec b/openshift.spec
index ae8d351f5353..73398dc44a21 100644
--- a/openshift.spec
+++ b/openshift.spec
@@ -108,12 +108,18 @@ ln -s %{_bindir}/openshift %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/osc
 mkdir -p %{buildroot}/usr/lib/tuned/openshift-node
 install -m 0644 -t %{buildroot}/usr/lib/tuned/openshift-node tuned/openshift-node/tuned.conf
 
+mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_datarootdir}/openshift/examples
+install -m 0644 -T images/router/haproxy/pod.json %{buildroot}%{_datarootdir}/openshift/examples/router.json
+install -m 0755 -t %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/ hack/install-router.sh
+
 %files
 %defattr(-,root,root,-)
 %doc README.md LICENSE
 %{_bindir}/openshift
 %{_bindir}/osc
+%{_bindir}/install-router.sh
 %{_sharedstatedir}/openshift
+%{_datarootdir}/openshift/examples/router.json
 
 %files master
 %defattr(-,root,root,-)