diff --git a/components/manifests/base/kustomization.yaml b/components/manifests/base/kustomization.yaml
index f8afc47ef..6d66bc732 100644
--- a/components/manifests/base/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/components/manifests/base/kustomization.yaml
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ resources:
 - ambient-api-server-secrets.yml
 - ambient-api-server-db.yml
 - ambient-api-server-service.yml
-- ambient-api-server-route.yml
 - unleash-deployment.yaml
 
 # Default images (can be overridden by overlays)
@@ -38,4 +37,3 @@ images:
   newTag: latest
 - name: quay.io/ambient_code/vteam_api_server
   newTag: latest
-
diff --git a/components/manifests/overlays/local-dev/ambient-api-server-route.yaml b/components/manifests/overlays/local-dev/ambient-api-server-route.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b273e5f0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/manifests/overlays/local-dev/ambient-api-server-route.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+---
+apiVersion: route.openshift.io/v1
+kind: Route
+metadata:
+  name: ambient-api-server
+  labels:
+    app: ambient-api-server
+    component: api
+spec:
+  to:
+    kind: Service
+    name: ambient-api-server
+  port:
+    targetPort: api
+  tls:
+    termination: edge
+    insecureEdgeTerminationPolicy: Redirect
diff --git a/components/manifests/overlays/local-dev/kustomization.yaml b/components/manifests/overlays/local-dev/kustomization.yaml
index 2cfac84f6..10e488f7e 100644
--- a/components/manifests/overlays/local-dev/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/components/manifests/overlays/local-dev/kustomization.yaml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ namespace: vteam-dev
 # Resources (base + local-dev-specific)
 resources:
 - ../../base
+- ambient-api-server-route.yaml
 - build-configs.yaml
 - dev-users.yaml
 - frontend-auth.yaml
diff --git a/components/manifests/overlays/production/ambient-api-server-route.yaml b/components/manifests/overlays/production/ambient-api-server-route.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b273e5f0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/manifests/overlays/production/ambient-api-server-route.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+---
+apiVersion: route.openshift.io/v1
+kind: Route
+metadata:
+  name: ambient-api-server
+  labels:
+    app: ambient-api-server
+    component: api
+spec:
+  to:
+    kind: Service
+    name: ambient-api-server
+  port:
+    targetPort: api
+  tls:
+    termination: edge
+    insecureEdgeTerminationPolicy: Redirect
diff --git a/components/manifests/overlays/production/kustomization.yaml b/components/manifests/overlays/production/kustomization.yaml
index a21137659..f375a00c7 100644
--- a/components/manifests/overlays/production/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/components/manifests/overlays/production/kustomization.yaml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ namespace: ambient-code
 # Manage this secret separately: oc apply -f github-app-secret.yaml -n ambient-code
 resources:
 - ../../base
+- ambient-api-server-route.yaml
 - route.yaml
 - backend-route.yaml
 - public-api-route.yaml