diff --git a/tempest/api/network/admin/test_routers_dvr.py b/tempest/api/network/admin/test_routers_dvr.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c6d8165
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tempest/api/network/admin/test_routers_dvr.py
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+# Copyright 2015 OpenStack Foundation
+# All Rights Reserved.
+#
+#    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+#    not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+#    a copy of the License at
+#
+#         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+#    WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+#    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+#    under the License.
+
+from tempest.api.network import base_routers as base
+from tempest.common.utils import data_utils
+from tempest import test
+
+
+class RoutersTestDVR(base.BaseRouterTest):
+
+    @classmethod
+    def resource_setup(cls):
+        for ext in ['router', 'dvr']:
+            if not test.is_extension_enabled(ext, 'network'):
+                msg = "%s extension not enabled." % ext
+                raise cls.skipException(msg)
+        # The check above will pass if api_extensions=all, which does
+        # not mean DVR extension itself is present.
+        # Instead, we have to check whether DVR is actually present by using
+        # admin credentials to create router with distributed=True attribute
+        # and checking for BadRequest exception and that the resulting router
+        # has a distributed attribute.
+        super(RoutersTestDVR, cls).resource_setup()
+        name = data_utils.rand_name('pretest-check')
+        router = cls.admin_client.create_router(name)
+        if 'distributed' not in router['router']:
+            msg = "'distributed' attribute not found. DVR Possibly not enabled"
+            raise cls.skipException(msg)
+        cls.admin_client.delete_router(router['router']['id'])
+
+    @test.attr(type='smoke')
+    def test_distributed_router_creation(self):
+        """
+        Test uses administrative credentials to creates a
+        DVR (Distributed Virtual Routing) router using the
+        distributed=True.
+
+        Acceptance
+        The router is created and the "distributed" attribute is
+        set to True
+        """
+        name = data_utils.rand_name('router')
+        router = self.admin_client.create_router(name, distributed=True)
+        self.addCleanup(self.admin_client.delete_router,
+                        router['router']['id'])
+        self.assertTrue(router['router']['distributed'])
+
+    @test.attr(type='smoke')
+    def test_centralized_router_creation(self):
+        """
+        Test uses administrative credentials to creates a
+        CVR (Centralized Virtual Routing) router using the
+        distributed=False.
+
+        Acceptance
+        The router is created and the "distributed" attribute is
+        set to False, thus making it a "Centralized Virtual Router"
+        as opposed to a "Distributed Virtual Router"
+        """
+        name = data_utils.rand_name('router')
+        router = self.admin_client.create_router(name, distributed=False)
+        self.addCleanup(self.admin_client.delete_router,
+                        router['router']['id'])
+        self.assertFalse(router['router']['distributed'])
+
+    @test.attr(type='smoke')
+    def test_centralized_router_update_to_dvr(self):
+        """
+        Test uses administrative credentials to creates a
+        CVR (Centralized Virtual Routing) router using the
+        distributed=False.Then it will "update" the router
+        distributed attribute to True
+
+        Acceptance
+        The router is created and the "distributed" attribute is
+        set to False. Once the router is updated, the distributed
+        attribute will be set to True
+        """
+        name = data_utils.rand_name('router')
+        router = self.admin_client.create_router(name, distributed=False)
+        self.addCleanup(self.admin_client.delete_router,
+                        router['router']['id'])
+        self.assertFalse(router['router']['distributed'])
+        router = self.admin_client.update_router(router['router']['id'],
+                                                 distributed=True)
+        self.assertTrue(router['router']['distributed'])
diff --git a/tempest/services/network/json/network_client.py b/tempest/services/network/json/network_client.py
index e92708c..1ce4bf0 100644
--- a/tempest/services/network/json/network_client.py
+++ b/tempest/services/network/json/network_client.py
@@ -318,6 +318,8 @@
                 cur_gw_info.pop('enable_snat', None)
         update_body['external_gateway_info'] = kwargs.get(
             'external_gateway_info', body['router']['external_gateway_info'])
+        if 'distributed' in kwargs:
+            update_body['distributed'] = kwargs['distributed']
         update_body = dict(router=update_body)
         update_body = json.dumps(update_body)
         resp, body = self.put(uri, update_body)