diff --git a/cmd/main.go b/cmd/main.go
index cfdc68b..814e984 100644
--- a/cmd/main.go
+++ b/cmd/main.go
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ func main() {
 		netbirdAPIKey                string
 		allowAutomaticPolicyCreation bool
 		defaultLabels                string
+		routingPeerNamePrefix        string
 	)
 	flag.StringVar(&managementURL, "netbird-management-url", "https://api.netbird.io", "Management service URL")
 	flag.StringVar(&clientImage, "netbird-client-image", "netbirdio/netbird:latest", "Image for netbird client container")
@@ -105,6 +106,12 @@ func main() {
 		"",
 		"Default labels used for all resources, in format key=value,key=value",
 	)
+	flag.StringVar(
+		&routingPeerNamePrefix,
+		"routing-peer-name-prefix",
+		"",
+		"Prefix applied to routing peer names (final name becomes <prefix>router)",
+	)
 
 	// Controller generic flags
 	var (
@@ -255,6 +262,7 @@ func main() {
 			NamespacedNetworks:  namespacedNetworks,
 			ControllerNamespace: controllerNamespace,
 			DefaultLabels:       defaultLabelsMap,
+			RouterNamePrefix:    routingPeerNamePrefix,
 		}).SetupWithManager(mgr); err != nil {
 			setupLog.Error(err, "unable to create controller", "controller", "Service")
 			os.Exit(1)
diff --git a/docs/usage.md b/docs/usage.md
index ad6ff94..221673e 100644
--- a/docs/usage.md
+++ b/docs/usage.md
@@ -62,8 +62,9 @@ With this setup, all peers with the same extra label would be used in a DNS roun
     1. Alternatively, provision secret in the same namespace as the operator and set the key `NB_API_KEY` to the access token generated.
     2. Set `netbirdAPI.keyFromSecret` to the name of the secret created.
 4. Set `ingress.enabled` to `true`.
-    1. Optionally, to provision the network immediately, set `ingress.router.enabled` to `true`.
-    2. Optionally, to provision 1 network per namespace, set `ingress.namespacedNetworks` to `true`.
+  1. Optionally, to provision the network immediately, set `ingress.router.enabled` to `true`.
+  2. Optionally, to provision 1 network per namespace, set `ingress.namespacedNetworks` to `true`.
+  3. Optionally, set `ingress.router.namePrefix` to prepend a custom string to every routing peer name (resulting name becomes `<prefix>-router`).
 5. Run `helm install` or `helm upgrade`.
 
 Minimum values.yaml example:
diff --git a/examples/ingress/values.yaml b/examples/ingress/values.yaml
index a310b76..bf08701 100644
--- a/examples/ingress/values.yaml
+++ b/examples/ingress/values.yaml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ ingress:
   enabled: true
   router:
     enabled: true
+    # namePrefix: "demo-"
 #  policies:
 #    default:
 #      name: Kubernetes Default Policy
diff --git a/helm/kubernetes-operator/templates/deployment.yaml b/helm/kubernetes-operator/templates/deployment.yaml
index 117b3eb..c491de5 100644
--- a/helm/kubernetes-operator/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/helm/kubernetes-operator/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -54,6 +54,9 @@ spec:
           {{- if .Values.ingress.namespacedNetworks }}
           - --namespaced-networks={{.Values.ingress.namespacedNetworks}}
           {{- end }}
+          {{- if .Values.ingress.router.namePrefix }}
+          - --routing-peer-name-prefix={{ .Values.ingress.router.namePrefix }}
+          {{- end }}
           {{- if .Values.cluster.dns }}
           - --cluster-dns={{.Values.cluster.dns}}
           {{- end }}
diff --git a/helm/kubernetes-operator/templates/kubernetes-nbresource.yaml b/helm/kubernetes-operator/templates/kubernetes-nbresource.yaml
index 375366f..6682ef2 100644
--- a/helm/kubernetes-operator/templates/kubernetes-nbresource.yaml
+++ b/helm/kubernetes-operator/templates/kubernetes-nbresource.yaml
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
 {{- if .Values.ingress.namespacedNetworks }}
 {{- $routerNS = "default" }}
 {{- end }}
+{{- $routerName := "router" }}
+{{- if .Values.ingress.router.namePrefix }}
+{{- $routerName = printf "%s-router" .Values.ingress.router.namePrefix }}
+{{- end }}
 apiVersion: batch/v1
 kind: Job
 metadata:
@@ -32,7 +36,7 @@ spec:
         - bash
         - -c
         args:
-        - kubectl wait --for 'jsonpath={.status.networkID}' -n {{ $routerNS }} nbroutingpeer router; 
+        - kubectl wait --for 'jsonpath={.status.networkID}' -n {{ $routerNS }} nbroutingpeer {{ $routerName }}; 
       containers:
       - name: apply-nbresource
         image: "bitnami/kubectl:latest"
@@ -47,10 +51,14 @@ spec:
               name: kubernetes
               namespace: default
             spec:
+              {{- if .Values.cluster.apiserver }}
+              address: {{ .Values.cluster.apiserver }}
+              {{- else }}
               address: kubernetes.default.{{.Values.cluster.dns}}
+              {{- end }}
               groups:
               {{- if .Values.ingress.kubernetesAPI.groups }}
-              {{ toYaml .Values.ingress.kubernetesAPI.groups }}
+              {{ toYaml .Values.ingress.kubernetesAPI.groups | nindent 14 }}
               {{- else }}
               - {{ .Values.cluster.name }}-default-api-access
               {{- end }}
@@ -65,7 +73,7 @@ spec:
         - bash
         - -c
         args:
-        - kubectl delete NBResource --ignore-not-found -n default kubernetes; export NETWORK_ID=$(kubectl get NBRoutingPeer -n {{ $routerNS }} router -o 'jsonpath={.status.networkID}'); echo "$NBRESOURCE_VALUE" | envsubst | kubectl apply -f -
+        - kubectl delete NBResource --ignore-not-found -n default kubernetes; export NETWORK_ID=$(kubectl get NBRoutingPeer -n {{ $routerNS }} {{ $routerName }} -o 'jsonpath={.status.networkID}'); echo "$NBRESOURCE_VALUE" | envsubst | kubectl apply -f -
       serviceAccountName: {{ include "kubernetes-operator.serviceAccountName" . }}
       restartPolicy: Never
 {{- end }}
diff --git a/helm/kubernetes-operator/templates/nbroutingpeers.yaml b/helm/kubernetes-operator/templates/nbroutingpeers.yaml
index 7742b41..d160d9a 100644
--- a/helm/kubernetes-operator/templates/nbroutingpeers.yaml
+++ b/helm/kubernetes-operator/templates/nbroutingpeers.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 {{- if and .Values.ingress.enabled .Values.ingress.router.enabled }}
+{{- $routerNamePrefix := default "" .Values.ingress.router.namePrefix }}
+{{- $routerResourceName := printf "%s-%s" $routerNamePrefix "router" }}
 {{- if .Values.ingress.namespacedNetworks }}
 {{ $defaults := .Values.ingress.router }}
 {{ range $k, $v := .Values.ingress.router.namespaces }}
@@ -10,9 +12,9 @@ metadata:
   labels:
     app.kubernetes.io/component: operator
     {{- include "kubernetes-operator.labels" $ | nindent 4 }}
-  name: router
+  name: {{ $routerResourceName }}
   namespace: {{ $k }}
-{{ $spec := merge $defaults $v }}
+{{ $spec := merge (dict) $defaults $v }}
 {{- if or (or (or $spec.replicas $spec.resources) (or $spec.labels $spec.annotations)) (or $spec.nodeSelector $spec.tolerations) }}
 spec:
   {{- if $spec.replicas }}
@@ -51,7 +53,7 @@ metadata:
   labels:
     app.kubernetes.io/component: operator
     {{- include "kubernetes-operator.labels" $ | nindent 4 }}
-  name: router
+  name: {{ $routerResourceName }}
 {{- if or (or (or .replicas .resources) (or .labels .annotations)) (or .nodeSelector .tolerations) }}
 spec:
   {{- if .replicas }}
diff --git a/helm/kubernetes-operator/values.yaml b/helm/kubernetes-operator/values.yaml
index b02113a..982f4e9 100644
--- a/helm/kubernetes-operator/values.yaml
+++ b/helm/kubernetes-operator/values.yaml
@@ -150,6 +150,8 @@ ingress:
   router:
     # Deploy routing peer(s)
     enabled: false
+    # Prefix appended to routing peer names (final name becomes <prefix>router)
+    namePrefix: ""
     # replicas: 3
     # resources:
     #   requests:
@@ -187,6 +189,8 @@ ingress:
 cluster:
   # Cluster DNS name (used for webhooks certificates and for network resource DNS names)
   dns: svc.cluster.local
+  # Cluster API server address (overrides in-cluster address detection)
+  # apiserver: https://my-custom-apiserver:6443
   # Cluster name (used for generating network and network resource names in NetBird)
   name: kubernetes
 
diff --git a/internal/controller/service_controller.go b/internal/controller/service_controller.go
index dd26e2d..927ea14 100644
--- a/internal/controller/service_controller.go
+++ b/internal/controller/service_controller.go
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ type ServiceReconciler struct {
 	NamespacedNetworks  bool
 	ControllerNamespace string
 	DefaultLabels       map[string]string
+	RouterNamePrefix    string
 }
 
 const (
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ const (
 	serviceProtocolAnnotation           = "netbird.io/policy-protocol"
 	servicePolicySourceGroupsAnnotation = "netbird.io/policy-source-groups"
 	servicePolicyNameAnnotation         = "netbird.io/policy-name"
+	routingPeerBaseName                 = "router"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -114,6 +116,7 @@ func (r *ServiceReconciler) exposeService(ctx context.Context, req ctrl.Request,
 	if r.NamespacedNetworks {
 		routerNamespace = req.Namespace
 	}
+	routerName := r.routingPeerName()
 
 	if !util.Contains(svc.Finalizers, "netbird.io/cleanup") {
 		svc.Finalizers = append(svc.Finalizers, "netbird.io/cleanup")
@@ -126,7 +129,7 @@ func (r *ServiceReconciler) exposeService(ctx context.Context, req ctrl.Request,
 
 	var routingPeer netbirdiov1.NBRoutingPeer
 	// Check if NBRoutingPeer exists
-	err := r.Client.Get(ctx, types.NamespacedName{Namespace: routerNamespace, Name: "router"}, &routingPeer)
+	err := r.Client.Get(ctx, types.NamespacedName{Namespace: routerNamespace, Name: routerName}, &routingPeer)
 	if err != nil && !errors.IsNotFound(err) {
 		logger.Error(errKubernetesAPI, "error getting NBRoutingPeer", "err", err)
 		return ctrl.Result{}, err
@@ -136,7 +139,7 @@ func (r *ServiceReconciler) exposeService(ctx context.Context, req ctrl.Request,
 	if errors.IsNotFound(err) {
 		routingPeer = netbirdiov1.NBRoutingPeer{
 			ObjectMeta: v1.ObjectMeta{
-				Name:       "router",
+				Name:       routerName,
 				Namespace:  routerNamespace,
 				Finalizers: []string{"netbird.io/cleanup"},
 				Labels:     r.DefaultLabels,
@@ -294,6 +297,10 @@ func (r *ServiceReconciler) applyPolicy(nbResource *netbirdiov1.NBResource, svc
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (r *ServiceReconciler) routingPeerName() string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%s-%s", r.RouterNamePrefix, routingPeerBaseName)
+}
+
 // SetupWithManager sets up the controller with the Manager.
 func (r *ServiceReconciler) SetupWithManager(mgr ctrl.Manager) error {
 	return ctrl.NewControllerManagedBy(mgr).
diff --git a/internal/controller/service_controller_test.go b/internal/controller/service_controller_test.go
index 6077c30..8e1262f 100644
--- a/internal/controller/service_controller_test.go
+++ b/internal/controller/service_controller_test.go
@@ -86,9 +86,13 @@ var _ = Describe("Service Controller", func() {
 				}
 			}
 
-			nbrp := &netbirdiov1.NBRoutingPeer{}
-			err = k8sClient.Get(ctx, types.NamespacedName{Namespace: "default", Name: "router"}, nbrp)
-			if !errors.IsNotFound(err) {
+			nbrpList := &netbirdiov1.NBRoutingPeerList{}
+			Expect(k8sClient.List(ctx, nbrpList)).To(Succeed())
+			for i := range nbrpList.Items {
+				nbrp := &nbrpList.Items[i]
+				if nbrp.Namespace != typeNamespacedName.Namespace {
+					continue
+				}
 				if len(nbrp.Finalizers) > 0 {
 					nbrp.Finalizers = nil
 					Expect(k8sClient.Update(ctx, nbrp)).To(Succeed())
@@ -144,7 +148,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Service Controller", func() {
 					Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
 					Expect(res.RequeueAfter).NotTo(BeZero())
 					nbrp := &netbirdiov1.NBRoutingPeer{}
-					Expect(k8sClient.Get(ctx, types.NamespacedName{Namespace: typeNamespacedName.Namespace, Name: "router"}, nbrp)).To(Succeed())
+					Expect(k8sClient.Get(ctx, types.NamespacedName{Namespace: typeNamespacedName.Namespace, Name: controllerReconciler.routingPeerName()}, nbrp)).To(Succeed())
 					Expect(nbrp.Labels).To(HaveKeyWithValue("dog", "bark"))
 					res, err = controllerReconciler.Reconcile(ctx, reconcile.Request{
 						NamespacedName: typeNamespacedName,
@@ -159,13 +163,28 @@ var _ = Describe("Service Controller", func() {
 					Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
 					Expect(res.RequeueAfter).To(BeZero())
 				})
+				It("should honor router name prefix when creating NBRoutingPeer", func() {
+					controllerReconciler.RouterNamePrefix = "custom-"
+					defer func() {
+						controllerReconciler.RouterNamePrefix = ""
+					}()
+
+					_, err := controllerReconciler.Reconcile(ctx, reconcile.Request{
+						NamespacedName: typeNamespacedName,
+					})
+					Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+					nbrp := &netbirdiov1.NBRoutingPeer{}
+					expectedName := controllerReconciler.RouterNamePrefix + routingPeerBaseName
+					Expect(k8sClient.Get(ctx, types.NamespacedName{Namespace: typeNamespacedName.Namespace, Name: expectedName}, nbrp)).To(Succeed())
+					Expect(nbrp.Name).To(Equal("custom-router"))
+				})
 			})
 			When("NBRoutingPeer exists", func() {
 				BeforeEach(func() {
 					nbrp := &netbirdiov1.NBRoutingPeer{
 						ObjectMeta: v1.ObjectMeta{
 							Namespace: typeNamespacedName.Namespace,
-							Name:      "router",
+							Name:      controllerReconciler.routingPeerName(),
 						},
 						Spec: netbirdiov1.NBRoutingPeerSpec{},
 					}
@@ -313,7 +332,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Service Controller", func() {
 				nbrp := &netbirdiov1.NBRoutingPeer{
 					ObjectMeta: v1.ObjectMeta{
 						Namespace: typeNamespacedName.Namespace,
-						Name:      "router",
+						Name:      controllerReconciler.routingPeerName(),
 					},
 					Spec: netbirdiov1.NBRoutingPeerSpec{},
 				}