diff --git a/ingress/templates/deployment-ingress.yaml b/ingress/templates/deployment-ingress.yaml
index 0c2a4d5b1..087a3d421 100644
--- a/ingress/templates/deployment-ingress.yaml
+++ b/ingress/templates/deployment-ingress.yaml
@@ -338,6 +338,8 @@ spec:
             value: {{ ( .Values.network.vip.addr | split "/" )._0  | quote }}
           - name: KEEPALIVED_UNICAST_PEERS
             value: null
+          - name: KEEPALIVED_ROUTER_ID
+            value: {{ .Values.network.vip.keepalived_router_id | quote }}
 {{- end }}
 {{- end }}
       volumes:
diff --git a/ingress/values.yaml b/ingress/values.yaml
index 844fd4302..3346a766f 100644
--- a/ingress/values.yaml
+++ b/ingress/values.yaml
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ network:
     mode: routed
     interface: ingress-vip
     addr: 172.18.0.1/32
+    keepalived_router_id: 100
   ingress:
     annotations:
       #NOTE(portdirect): if left blank this is populated from