diff --git a/patches/systemvm/debian/config/etc/init.d/cloud-early-config b/patches/systemvm/debian/config/etc/init.d/cloud-early-config
index 80704f848cc..76066e30ba1 100755
--- a/patches/systemvm/debian/config/etc/init.d/cloud-early-config
+++ b/patches/systemvm/debian/config/etc/init.d/cloud-early-config
@@ -396,6 +396,24 @@ setup_console_proxy() {
   chkconfig nfs-common off
 }
 
+setup_elbvm() {
+  log_it "Setting up Elastic Load Balancer system vm"
+  local hyp=$1
+  setup_common eth0 eth1 eth2
+  sed -i  /gateway/d /etc/hosts
+  public_ip=$ETH2_IP
+  [ "$ETH2_IP" == "0.0.0.0" ] && public_ip=$ETH0_IP
+  echo "$public_ip $NAME" >> /etc/hosts
+
+  setup_sshd $ETH0_IP
+  
+  enable_fwding 0
+  enable_svc haproxy 0
+  enable_svc dnsmasq 0
+  enable_svc cloud-passwd-srvr 0
+  enable_svc cloud 0
+}
+
 setup_default() {
   cat > /etc/network/interfaces << EOF
 auto lo eth0
@@ -430,6 +448,10 @@ start() {
          [ "$NAME" == "" ] && NAME=consoleproxy
          setup_console_proxy $hyp;
 	  ;;
+     elbvm)
+         [ "$NAME" == "" ] && NAME=elb
+         setup_elbvm
+	  ;;
      unknown)
          [ "$NAME" == "" ] && NAME=systemvm
          setup_default;
diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/network/NetworkManagerImpl.java b/server/src/com/cloud/network/NetworkManagerImpl.java
index 6d188b79c7e..e90d88c2671 100755
--- a/server/src/com/cloud/network/NetworkManagerImpl.java
+++ b/server/src/com/cloud/network/NetworkManagerImpl.java
@@ -752,7 +752,7 @@ public class NetworkManagerImpl implements NetworkManager, NetworkService, Manag
         NetworkOfferingVO guestNetworkOffering = new NetworkOfferingVO(NetworkOffering.SystemGuestNetwork, "System Offering for System-Guest-Network", TrafficType.Guest, true, false, null, null,
                 null, true, Availability.Required,
                 // services - all true except for firewall/lb/vpn and gateway services
-                true, true, true, false, false, false, false, GuestIpType.Direct);
+                true, true, true, false, false, true, false, GuestIpType.Direct);
         guestNetworkOffering = _networkOfferingDao.persistDefaultNetworkOffering(guestNetworkOffering);
         _systemNetworks.put(NetworkOfferingVO.SystemGuestNetwork, guestNetworkOffering);
 
diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/network/lb/ElasticLoadBalancerManagerImpl.java b/server/src/com/cloud/network/lb/ElasticLoadBalancerManagerImpl.java
index 11f685325ae..a18873d5d54 100644
--- a/server/src/com/cloud/network/lb/ElasticLoadBalancerManagerImpl.java
+++ b/server/src/com/cloud/network/lb/ElasticLoadBalancerManagerImpl.java
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
 import com.cloud.agent.AgentManager;
 import com.cloud.agent.AgentManager.OnError;
 import com.cloud.agent.api.Answer;
+import com.cloud.agent.api.StopAnswer;
 import com.cloud.agent.api.routing.LoadBalancerConfigCommand;
 import com.cloud.agent.api.routing.NetworkElementCommand;
 import com.cloud.agent.api.to.LoadBalancerTO;
@@ -104,7 +105,9 @@ import com.cloud.utils.db.Transaction;
 import com.cloud.utils.exception.CloudRuntimeException;
 import com.cloud.vm.DomainRouterVO;
 import com.cloud.vm.NicProfile;
+import com.cloud.vm.ReservationContext;
 import com.cloud.vm.VirtualMachine;
+import com.cloud.vm.VirtualMachineGuru;
 import com.cloud.vm.VirtualMachine.State;
 import com.cloud.vm.VirtualMachineManager;
 import com.cloud.vm.VirtualMachineName;
@@ -114,7 +117,7 @@ import com.cloud.vm.dao.DomainRouterDao;
 
 @Local(value = { ElasticLoadBalancerManager.class })
 public class ElasticLoadBalancerManagerImpl implements
-        ElasticLoadBalancerManager, Manager {
+        ElasticLoadBalancerManager, Manager,  VirtualMachineGuru<DomainRouterVO> {
     private static final Logger s_logger = Logger
             .getLogger(ElasticLoadBalancerManagerImpl.class);
     
@@ -369,6 +372,8 @@ public class ElasticLoadBalancerManagerImpl implements
                 throw new ConfigurationException("Traffic type for front end of load balancer has to be guest or public; found : " + traffType);
             _gcThreadPool = Executors.newScheduledThreadPool(1, new NamedThreadFactory("ELBVM-GC"));
             _gcThreadPool.scheduleAtFixedRate(new CleanupThread(), 30, 30, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
+            _itMgr.registerGuru(VirtualMachine.Type.DomainRouter, this);
+
         }
         
 
@@ -683,4 +688,73 @@ public class ElasticLoadBalancerManagerImpl implements
 
         }
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public DomainRouterVO findByName(String name) {
+        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
+        return null;
+    }
+
+
+    @Override
+    public DomainRouterVO findById(long id) {
+        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
+        return null;
+    }
+
+
+    @Override
+    public DomainRouterVO persist(DomainRouterVO vm) {
+        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
+        return null;
+    }
+
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean finalizeVirtualMachineProfile(VirtualMachineProfile<DomainRouterVO> profile, DeployDestination dest, ReservationContext context) {
+        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
+        return false;
+    }
+
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean finalizeDeployment(Commands cmds, VirtualMachineProfile<DomainRouterVO> profile, DeployDestination dest, ReservationContext context) throws ResourceUnavailableException {
+        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
+        return false;
+    }
+
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean finalizeStart(VirtualMachineProfile<DomainRouterVO> profile, long hostId, Commands cmds, ReservationContext context) {
+        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
+        return false;
+    }
+
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean finalizeCommandsOnStart(Commands cmds, VirtualMachineProfile<DomainRouterVO> profile) {
+        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
+        return false;
+    }
+
+
+    @Override
+    public void finalizeStop(VirtualMachineProfile<DomainRouterVO> profile, StopAnswer answer) {
+        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
+        
+    }
+
+
+    @Override
+    public void finalizeExpunge(DomainRouterVO vm) {
+        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
+        
+    }
+
+
+    @Override
+    public Long convertToId(String vmName) {
+        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
+        return null;
+    }
 }