diff --git a/apps/mlb/pom.xml b/apps/mlb/pom.xml
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+++ b/apps/mlb/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2015 Open Networking Laboratory
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with 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.
+  -->
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
+        <artifactId>onos-apps</artifactId>
+        <version>1.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
+    </parent>
+
+    <artifactId>onos-app-mlb</artifactId>
+    <packaging>bundle</packaging>
+
+    <description>Balances mastership among nodes</description>
+
+    <properties>
+        <onos.app.name>org.onosproject.mlb</onos.app.name>
+    </properties>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.osgi</groupId>
+            <artifactId>org.osgi.compendium</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/apps/mlb/src/main/java/org/onosproject/mlb/MastershipLoadBalancer.java b/apps/mlb/src/main/java/org/onosproject/mlb/MastershipLoadBalancer.java
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+++ b/apps/mlb/src/main/java/org/onosproject/mlb/MastershipLoadBalancer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,165 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2015 Open Networking Laboratory
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with 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.
+ */
+
+package org.onosproject.mlb;
+
+import com.google.common.util.concurrent.ListenableScheduledFuture;
+import com.google.common.util.concurrent.ListeningScheduledExecutorService;
+import com.google.common.util.concurrent.MoreExecutors;
+import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Activate;
+import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Component;
+import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Deactivate;
+import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Reference;
+import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.ReferenceCardinality;
+import org.onosproject.cluster.ClusterService;
+import org.onosproject.cluster.LeadershipEvent;
+import org.onosproject.cluster.LeadershipEventListener;
+import org.onosproject.cluster.LeadershipService;
+import org.onosproject.cluster.NodeId;
+import org.onosproject.mastership.MastershipAdminService;
+import org.onosproject.mastership.MastershipEvent;
+import org.onosproject.mastership.MastershipListener;
+import org.onosproject.mastership.MastershipService;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+
+import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
+import java.util.concurrent.Future;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference;
+
+import static org.slf4j.LoggerFactory.getLogger;
+
+/**
+ * An app to perform automatic load balancing in response to events.  Load balancing events are triggered by any
+ * change in mastership and are limited to a frequency of one every 30 seconds, all load balancing is run on an outside
+ * thread executor that must only have one thread due to issues that can occur is multiple balancing events occur in
+ * parallel.
+ */
+@Component(immediate = true)
+public class MastershipLoadBalancer {
+
+    private final Logger log = getLogger(getClass());
+
+    private static final String REBALANCE_MASTERSHIP = "rebalance/mastership";
+
+    private NodeId localId;
+
+    private AtomicBoolean isLeader = new AtomicBoolean(false);
+
+    private AtomicReference<Future> nextTask = new AtomicReference<>();
+
+    @Reference(cardinality = ReferenceCardinality.MANDATORY_UNARY)
+    protected MastershipService mastershipService;
+
+    @Reference(cardinality = ReferenceCardinality.MANDATORY_UNARY)
+    protected MastershipAdminService mastershipAdminService;
+
+    @Reference(cardinality = ReferenceCardinality.MANDATORY_UNARY)
+    protected LeadershipService leadershipService;
+
+    @Reference(cardinality = ReferenceCardinality.MANDATORY_UNARY)
+    protected ClusterService clusterService;
+
+    private InnerLeadershipListener leadershipListener = new InnerLeadershipListener();
+
+    /* This listener is used to trigger balancing for any mastership event which will include switches changing state
+    between active and inactive states as well as the same variety of event occurring with ONOS nodes. Must
+    use a listenable executor to ensure events are triggered with no frequency greater than once every 30 seconds.
+     */
+    private InnerMastershipListener mastershipListener = new InnerMastershipListener();
+
+    //Ensures that all executions do not interfere with one another (single thread)
+    private ListeningScheduledExecutorService executorService = MoreExecutors.
+            listeningDecorator(Executors.newSingleThreadScheduledExecutor());
+
+    @Activate
+    public void activate() {
+        mastershipService.addListener(mastershipListener);
+        localId = clusterService.getLocalNode().id();
+        leadershipService.addListener(leadershipListener);
+        leadershipService.runForLeadership(REBALANCE_MASTERSHIP);
+        log.info("Started");
+    }
+
+    @Deactivate
+    public void deactivate() {
+        mastershipService.removeListener(mastershipListener);
+        leadershipService.withdraw(REBALANCE_MASTERSHIP);
+        leadershipService.removeListener(leadershipListener);
+        cancelBalance();
+        executorService.shutdown();
+        log.info("Stopped");
+    }
+
+    private synchronized void processLeadershipChange(NodeId newLeader) {
+        if (newLeader == null) {
+            return;
+        }
+        boolean currLeader = newLeader.equals(localId);
+        if (isLeader.getAndSet(currLeader) != currLeader) {
+            if (currLeader) {
+                scheduleBalance();
+            } else {
+                cancelBalance();
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void scheduleBalance() {
+        if (isLeader.get() && nextTask.get() == null) {
+
+            ListenableScheduledFuture task = executorService.schedule(mastershipAdminService::balanceRoles, 30,
+                    TimeUnit.SECONDS);
+            task.addListener(() -> {
+                        log.info("Completed balance roles");
+                        nextTask.set(null);
+                    }, MoreExecutors.directExecutor()
+            );
+            if (!nextTask.compareAndSet(null, task)) {
+                task.cancel(false);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void cancelBalance() {
+        Future task = nextTask.getAndSet(null);
+        if (task != null) {
+            task.cancel(false);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private class InnerMastershipListener implements MastershipListener {
+
+        @Override
+        public void event(MastershipEvent event) {
+            //Sets flag at execution to indicate there is currently a scheduled rebalancing, reverts upon completion
+            scheduleBalance();
+        }
+    }
+
+    private class InnerLeadershipListener implements LeadershipEventListener {
+        @Override
+        public boolean isRelevant(LeadershipEvent event) {
+            return REBALANCE_MASTERSHIP.equals(event.subject().topic());
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void event(LeadershipEvent event) {
+            processLeadershipChange(event.subject().leader());
+        }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/apps/pom.xml b/apps/pom.xml
index b955130..9821073 100644
--- a/apps/pom.xml
+++ b/apps/pom.xml
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@
         <module>mfwd</module>
         <module>igmp</module>
         <module>pim</module>
+        <module>mlb</module>
   </modules>
 
     <properties>