diff --git a/apps/route-service/app/src/main/java/org/onosproject/routeservice/store/LocalRouteStore.java b/apps/route-service/app/src/main/java/org/onosproject/routeservice/store/LocalRouteStore.java
index 7884783..04b0f38 100644
--- a/apps/route-service/app/src/main/java/org/onosproject/routeservice/store/LocalRouteStore.java
+++ b/apps/route-service/app/src/main/java/org/onosproject/routeservice/store/LocalRouteStore.java
@@ -87,6 +87,11 @@
     }
 
     @Override
+    public void replaceRoute(Route route) {
+        getDefaultRouteTable(route).replace(route);
+    }
+
+    @Override
     public Set<RouteTableId> getRouteTables() {
         return routeTables.keySet();
     }
@@ -175,6 +180,13 @@
         }
 
         /**
+         * Replace the route in the route table.
+         */
+        public void replace(Route route) {
+            update(route);
+        }
+
+        /**
          * Returns the routes pointing to a particular next hop.
          *
          * @param ip next hop IP address