diff --git a/roles/mesh_ingress/tasks/creation.yml b/roles/mesh_ingress/tasks/creation.yml
index 66cbd0fe7..b9d1d9293 100644
--- a/roles/mesh_ingress/tasks/creation.yml
+++ b/roles/mesh_ingress/tasks/creation.yml
@@ -58,21 +58,26 @@
   set_fact:
     _image_pull_policy: "{{ awx_spec.image_pull_policy | default(_image_pull_policy, true) }}"
 
-- name: Apply Route resource
+- name: Default ingress_type to Route if OpenShift
+  set_fact:
+    ingress_type: route
+  when: is_openshift | bool and ingress_type == 'none'
+
+- name: Apply Ingress resource
   k8s:
     apply: yes
-    definition: "{{ lookup('template', 'route.yml.j2') }}"
+    definition: "{{ lookup('template', 'ingress.yml.j2') }}"
     wait: yes
     wait_timeout: "120"
-  register: route
+  register: ingress
 
 # TODO: need to wait until the route is ready before we can get the hostname
 # right now this will rereconcile until the route is ready
 
 - name: Set external_hostname
   set_fact:
-    external_hostname: "{{ route.result.status.ingress[0].host }}"
-  when: is_openshift | bool
+    external_hostname: "{{ ingress.result.status.ingress[0].host }}"
+  when: ingress_type == 'route'
 
 - name: Create other resources
   k8s:
diff --git a/roles/mesh_ingress/tasks/main.yml b/roles/mesh_ingress/tasks/main.yml
index 77e7e69ca..733ea64bb 100644
--- a/roles/mesh_ingress/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/mesh_ingress/tasks/main.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 ---
+- name: Lowercase the ingress_type
+  set_fact:
+    ingress_type: "{{ ingress_type | lower }}"
+
 - name: Run creation tasks
   include_tasks: creation.yml
   when: not finalizer_run
diff --git a/roles/mesh_ingress/templates/route.yml.j2 b/roles/mesh_ingress/templates/ingress.yml.j2
similarity index 100%
rename from roles/mesh_ingress/templates/route.yml.j2
rename to roles/mesh_ingress/templates/ingress.yml.j2