diff --git a/neutronclient/neutron/v2_0/router.py b/neutronclient/neutron/v2_0/router.py
index 3ed1d0f..414759d 100644
--- a/neutronclient/neutron/v2_0/router.py
+++ b/neutronclient/neutron/v2_0/router.py
@@ -92,6 +92,31 @@ class UpdateRouter(neutronV20.UpdateCommand):
 
     resource = 'router'
 
+    def add_known_arguments(self, parser):
+        parser.add_argument(
+            '--name',
+            help=_('Name of this router.'))
+        utils.add_boolean_argument(
+            parser, '--admin-state-up', dest='admin_state',
+            help=_('Specify the administrative state of the router'
+                   ' (True meaning "Up")'))
+        utils.add_boolean_argument(
+            parser, '--admin_state_up', dest='admin_state',
+            help=argparse.SUPPRESS)
+        utils.add_boolean_argument(
+            parser, '--distributed', dest='distributed',
+            help=_('True means this router should operate in'
+                   ' distributed mode.'))
+
+    def args2body(self, parsed_args):
+        body = {self.resource: {}}
+        if hasattr(parsed_args, 'admin_state'):
+            body[self.resource].update(
+                {'admin_state_up': parsed_args.admin_state})
+        neutronV20.update_dict(parsed_args, body[self.resource],
+                               ['name', 'distributed'])
+        return body
+
 
 class RouterInterfaceCommand(neutronV20.NeutronCommand):
     """Based class to Add/Remove router interface."""
diff --git a/neutronclient/tests/unit/test_cli20_router.py b/neutronclient/tests/unit/test_cli20_router.py
index 5da3173..d83cb69 100644
--- a/neutronclient/tests/unit/test_cli20_router.py
+++ b/neutronclient/tests/unit/test_cli20_router.py
@@ -154,6 +154,48 @@ class CLITestV20RouterJSON(test_cli20.CLITestV20Base):
                                    {'name': 'myname'}
                                    )
 
+    def test_update_router_admin_state(self):
+        """Update router: myid --admin-state-up <True|False>."""
+        resource = 'router'
+        cmd = router.UpdateRouter(test_cli20.MyApp(sys.stdout), None)
+        self._test_update_resource(resource, cmd, 'myid',
+                                   ['myid', '--admin-state-up', 'True'],
+                                   {'admin_state_up': 'True'}
+                                   )
+        self._test_update_resource(resource, cmd, 'myid',
+                                   ['myid', '--admin-state-up', 'true'],
+                                   {'admin_state_up': 'true'}
+                                   )
+        self._test_update_resource(resource, cmd, 'myid',
+                                   ['myid', '--admin-state-up', 'False'],
+                                   {'admin_state_up': 'False'}
+                                   )
+        self._test_update_resource(resource, cmd, 'myid',
+                                   ['myid', '--admin-state-up', 'false'],
+                                   {'admin_state_up': 'false'}
+                                   )
+
+    def test_update_router_distributed(self):
+        """Update router: myid --distributed <True|False>."""
+        resource = 'router'
+        cmd = router.UpdateRouter(test_cli20.MyApp(sys.stdout), None)
+        self._test_update_resource(resource, cmd, 'myid',
+                                   ['myid', '--distributed', 'True'],
+                                   {'distributed': 'True'}
+                                   )
+        self._test_update_resource(resource, cmd, 'myid',
+                                   ['myid', '--distributed', 'true'],
+                                   {'distributed': 'true'}
+                                   )
+        self._test_update_resource(resource, cmd, 'myid',
+                                   ['myid', '--distributed', 'False'],
+                                   {'distributed': 'False'}
+                                   )
+        self._test_update_resource(resource, cmd, 'myid',
+                                   ['myid', '--distributed', 'false'],
+                                   {'distributed': 'false'}
+                                   )
+
     def test_delete_router(self):
         """Delete router: myid."""
         resource = 'router'