diff --git a/docs/user-guide.md b/docs/user-guide.md
index 1e5d56782..1ae60727c 100644
--- a/docs/user-guide.md
+++ b/docs/user-guide.md
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ Usage of kube-router:
       --peer-router-passwords strings                 Password for authenticating against the BGP peer defined with "--peer-router-ips".
       --peer-router-passwords-file string             Path to file containing password for authenticating against the BGP peer defined with "--peer-router-ips". --peer-router-passwords will be preferred if both are set.
       --peer-router-ports uints                       The remote port of the external BGP to which all nodes will peer. If not set, default BGP port (179) will be used. (default [])
-      --router-id string                              BGP router-id. Must be specified in a ipv6 only cluster.
+      --router-id string                              BGP router-id. Must be specified in a ipv6 only cluster, "generate" can be specified to generate the router id.
       --routes-sync-period duration                   The delay between route updates and advertisements (e.g. '5s', '1m', '2h22m'). Must be greater than 0. (default 5m0s)
       --run-firewall                                  Enables Network Policy -- sets up iptables to provide ingress firewall for pods. (default true)
       --run-router                                    Enables Pod Networking -- Advertises and learns the routes to Pods via iBGP. (default true)
diff --git a/pkg/controllers/routing/network_routes_controller.go b/pkg/controllers/routing/network_routes_controller.go
index 0521c69b9..f279d5410 100644
--- a/pkg/controllers/routing/network_routes_controller.go
+++ b/pkg/controllers/routing/network_routes_controller.go
@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@ package routing
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"encoding/binary"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"hash/fnv"
 	"net"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
@@ -1367,9 +1369,17 @@ func NewNetworkRoutingController(clientset kubernetes.Interface,
 	}
 	nrc.isIPv6Capable = len(nrc.nodeIPv6Addrs) > 0
 
-	if kubeRouterConfig.RouterID != "" {
+	switch {
+	case kubeRouterConfig.RouterID == "generate":
+		h := fnv.New32a()
+		h.Write(nrc.primaryIP)
+		hs := h.Sum32()
+		gip := make(net.IP, 4)
+		binary.BigEndian.PutUint32(gip, hs)
+		nrc.routerID = gip.String()
+	case kubeRouterConfig.RouterID != "":
 		nrc.routerID = kubeRouterConfig.RouterID
-	} else {
+	default:
 		if nrc.primaryIP.To4() == nil {
 			return nil, errors.New("router-id must be specified when primary node IP is an IPv6 address")
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/options/options.go b/pkg/options/options.go
index 1daeae53d..d2fd5505a 100644
--- a/pkg/options/options.go
+++ b/pkg/options/options.go
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ func (s *KubeRouterConfig) AddFlags(fs *pflag.FlagSet) {
 		"The remote port of the external BGP to which all nodes will peer. If not set, default BGP "+
 			"port ("+strconv.Itoa(DefaultBgpPort)+") will be used.")
 	fs.StringVar(&s.RouterID, "router-id", "", "BGP router-id. Must be specified in a ipv6 only "+
-		"cluster.")
+		"cluster, \"generate\" can be specified to generate the router id.")
 	fs.DurationVar(&s.RoutesSyncPeriod, "routes-sync-period", s.RoutesSyncPeriod,
 		"The delay between route updates and advertisements (e.g. '5s', '1m', '2h22m'). Must be greater than 0.")
 	fs.BoolVar(&s.RunFirewall, "run-firewall", true,