diff --git a/patches/systemvm/debian/config/opt/cloud/bin/vpc_staticroute.sh b/patches/systemvm/debian/config/opt/cloud/bin/vpc_staticroute.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Copyright 2012 Citrix Systems, Inc. Licensed under the
+# Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this
+# file except in compliance with the License.  Citrix Systems, Inc.
+# reserves all rights not expressly granted by 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.
+# 
+# Automatically generated by addcopyright.py at 04/03/2012
+# @VERSION@
+
+source /root/func.sh
+source /opt/cloud/bin/vpc_func.sh
+lock="biglock"
+locked=$(getLockFile $lock)
+if [ "$locked" != "1" ]
+then
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+usage() {
+  printf "Usage: %s: (-A|-D)   -c < cidr >   -l <public ip address> -g < gateway>  \n" $(basename $0) >&2
+}
+
+#set -x
+
+static_route() {
+  local op=$1
+  local publicIp=$2
+  local gateway=$3
+  local cidr=$4
+
+  logger -t cloud "$(basename $0): static route: public ip=$publicIp \
+  	gateway=$gateway cidr=$cidr op=$op"
+  #if adding, this might be a duplicate, so delete the old one first
+  [ "$op" == "add" ] && static_routet "del" $publicIp $gateway $cidr 
+
+  sudo ip route $op $cidr dev $ethDev via $gateway &>>  $OUTFILE
+  result=$?
+  logger -t cloud "$(basename $0): done static route: public ip=$publicIp \
+  	gateway=$gateway cidr=$cidr op=$op"
+
+  if [ "$op" == "del" ]
+  then
+    return 0
+  fi
+  return $result
+}
+
+
+
+gflag=
+lflag=
+cflag=
+op=""
+while getopts 'ADg:l:c:' OPTION
+
+do
+  case $OPTION in
+  A)    op="add"
+        ;;
+  D)    op="del"
+        ;;
+  g)    gflag=1
+        gateway="$OPTARG"
+        ;;
+  l)    lflag=1
+        publicIp="$OPTARG"
+        ;;
+  c)    cflag=1
+        cidr="$OPTARG"
+        ;;
+  ?)    usage
+        unlock_exit 2 $lock $locked
+        ;;
+  esac
+done
+
+ethDev=$(getEthByIp $publicIp)
+result=$?
+if [ $result -gt 0 ]
+then
+  unlock_exit $result $lock $locked
+fi
+OUTFILE=$(mktemp)
+
+static_route $op $publicIp $gateway $cidr
+result=$?
+unlock_exit $result $lock $locked