diff --git a/pkg/router/template/fake.go b/pkg/router/template/fake.go
index a34f5f019b29..1d68532a581b 100644
--- a/pkg/router/template/fake.go
+++ b/pkg/router/template/fake.go
@@ -5,11 +5,10 @@ package templaterouter
 func NewFakeTemplateRouter() *templateRouter {
 	fakeCertManager, _ := newSimpleCertificateManager(newFakeCertificateManagerConfig(), &fakeCertWriter{})
 	return &templateRouter{
-		state:                        map[string]ServiceAliasConfig{},
-		serviceUnits:                 make(map[string]ServiceUnit),
-		certManager:                  fakeCertManager,
-		rateLimitedCommitFunction:    nil,
-		rateLimitedCommitStopChannel: make(chan struct{}),
+		state:                     map[string]ServiceAliasConfig{},
+		serviceUnits:              make(map[string]ServiceUnit),
+		certManager:               fakeCertManager,
+		rateLimitedCommitFunction: nil,
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/router/template/limiter/limiter.go b/pkg/router/template/limiter/limiter.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..93bc140a5a00
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/router/template/limiter/limiter.go
@@ -0,0 +1,144 @@
+package limiter
+
+import (
+	"sync"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/golang/glog"
+	utilruntime "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/runtime"
+)
+
+// HandlerFunc defines function signature for a CoalescingSerializingRateLimiter.
+type HandlerFunc func() error
+
+// CoalescingSerializingRateLimiter guarantees that calls will not happen to the given function
+// more frequently than the given interval, and it guarantees that only one call will happen at a time.
+// The calls are not queued, i.e. if you make 5 calls to RegisterChange(), it does not guarantee that the
+// handler will be invoked 5 times, it merely guarantees it will be invoked once, and no more often than
+// the rate.
+// The calls to the handler will happen in the background and are expected to do their own locking if needed.
+type CoalescingSerializingRateLimiter struct {
+	// handlerFunc is the function to rate limit and seriaize calls to.
+	handlerFunc HandlerFunc
+
+	// callInterval is the minimum time between the starts of handler calls.
+	callInterval time.Duration
+
+	// lastStart is the time the last run of the handler started.
+	lastStart time.Time
+
+	// changeReqTime is nil if no change has been registered since the last handler run completed, otherwise it is the
+	// time last change was registered.
+	changeReqTime *time.Time
+
+	// handlerRunning indicates whether the Handler is actively running.
+	handlerRunning bool
+
+	// lock protects the CoalescingSerializingRateLimiter structure from multiple threads manipulating it at once.
+	lock sync.Mutex
+
+	// callbackTimer is the timer we use to make callbacks to re-run the function to decide if we need to do work.
+	callbackTimer *time.Timer
+}
+
+func NewCoalescingSerializingRateLimiter(interval time.Duration, handlerFunc HandlerFunc) *CoalescingSerializingRateLimiter {
+	limiter := &CoalescingSerializingRateLimiter{
+		handlerFunc:    handlerFunc,
+		callInterval:   interval,
+		lastStart:      time.Time{},
+		changeReqTime:  nil,
+		handlerRunning: false,
+	}
+
+	return limiter
+}
+
+// RegisterChange() indicates that the rate limited function should be called. It may not immediately run it, but it will cause it to run within
+// the ReloadInterval.  It will always immediately return, the function will be run in the background.  Not every call to RegisterChange() will
+// result in the function getting called.  If it is called repeatedly while it is still within the ReloadInterval since the last run, it will
+// only run once when the time allows it.
+func (csrl *CoalescingSerializingRateLimiter) RegisterChange() {
+	glog.V(8).Infof("RegisterChange called")
+
+	csrl.changeWorker(true)
+}
+
+func (csrl *CoalescingSerializingRateLimiter) changeWorker(userChanged bool) {
+	csrl.lock.Lock()
+	defer csrl.lock.Unlock()
+
+	glog.V(8).Infof("changeWorker called")
+
+	if userChanged && csrl.changeReqTime == nil {
+		// They just registered a change manually (and we aren't in the middle of a change)
+		now := time.Now()
+		csrl.changeReqTime = &now
+	}
+
+	if csrl.handlerRunning {
+		// We don't need to do anything else... there's a run in progress, and when it is done it will re-call this function at which point the work will then happen
+		glog.V(8).Infof("The handler was already running (%v) started at %s, returning from the worker", csrl.handlerRunning, csrl.lastStart.String())
+		return
+	}
+
+	if csrl.changeReqTime == nil {
+		// There's no work queued so we have nothing to do.  We should only get here when
+		// the function is re-called after a reload
+		glog.V(8).Infof("No invoke requested time, so there's no queued work.  Nothing to do.")
+		return
+	}
+
+	// There is no handler running, let's see if we should run yet, or schedule a callback
+	now := time.Now()
+	sinceLastRun := now.Sub(csrl.lastStart)
+	untilNextCallback := csrl.callInterval - sinceLastRun
+	glog.V(8).Infof("Checking reload; now: %v, lastStart: %v, sinceLast %v, limit %v, remaining %v", now, csrl.lastStart, sinceLastRun, csrl.callInterval, untilNextCallback)
+
+	if untilNextCallback > 0 {
+		// We want to reload... but can't yet because some window is not satisfied
+		if csrl.callbackTimer == nil {
+			csrl.callbackTimer = time.AfterFunc(untilNextCallback, func() { csrl.changeWorker(false) })
+		} else {
+			// While we are resetting the timer, it should have fired and be stopped.
+			// The first time the worker is called it will know the precise duration
+			// until when a run would be valid and has scheduled a timer for that point
+			csrl.callbackTimer.Reset(untilNextCallback)
+		}
+
+		glog.V(8).Infof("Can't invoke the handler yet, need to delay %s, callback scheduled", untilNextCallback.String())
+
+		return
+	}
+
+	// Otherwise we can reload immediately... let's do it!
+	glog.V(8).Infof("Calling the handler function (for invoke time %v)", csrl.changeReqTime)
+	csrl.handlerRunning = true
+	csrl.changeReqTime = nil
+	csrl.lastStart = now
+
+	// Go run the handler so we don't block the caller
+	go csrl.runHandler()
+
+	return
+}
+
+func (csrl *CoalescingSerializingRateLimiter) runHandler() {
+	// Call the handler, but do it in its own function so we can cleanup in case the handler panics
+	runHandler := func() error {
+		defer func() {
+			csrl.lock.Lock()
+			csrl.handlerRunning = false
+			csrl.lock.Unlock()
+		}()
+
+		return csrl.handlerFunc()
+	}
+	if err := runHandler(); err != nil {
+		utilruntime.HandleError(err)
+	}
+
+	// Re-call the commit in case there is work waiting that came in while we were working
+	// we want to call the top level commit in case the state has not changed
+	glog.V(8).Infof("Re-Calling the worker after a reload in case work came in")
+	csrl.changeWorker(false)
+}
diff --git a/pkg/router/template/limiter/limiter_test.go b/pkg/router/template/limiter/limiter_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3bc9b15da25d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/router/template/limiter/limiter_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+package limiter
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"sync"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+)
+
+type handler struct {
+	count int
+	sync.Mutex
+}
+
+func (h *handler) handle() error {
+	h.Lock()
+	defer h.Unlock()
+	h.count += 1
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (h *handler) counter() int {
+	h.Lock()
+	defer h.Unlock()
+	return h.count
+}
+
+func TestCoalescingSerializingRateLimiter(t *testing.T) {
+
+	fmt.Println("start")
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		Name     string
+		Interval time.Duration
+		Times    int
+	}{
+		{
+			Name:     "3PO",
+			Interval: 3 * time.Second,
+			Times:    10,
+		},
+		{
+			Name:     "five-fer",
+			Interval: 5 * time.Second,
+			Times:    20,
+		},
+		{
+			Name:     "longjob",
+			Interval: 2 * time.Second,
+			Times:    20,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range tests {
+		h := &handler{}
+		rlf := NewCoalescingSerializingRateLimiter(tc.Interval, h.handle)
+
+		for i := 0; i < tc.Times; i++ {
+			fmt.Println("start")
+			rlf.RegisterChange()
+			fmt.Println("end")
+		}
+
+		select {
+		case <-time.After(tc.Interval + 2*time.Second):
+			fmt.Println("after")
+
+			counter := h.counter()
+			if tc.Interval > 0 && counter >= tc.Times/2 {
+				t.Errorf("For coalesced calls, expected number of invocations to be at least half. Expected: < %v  Got: %v",
+					tc.Times/2, counter)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/pkg/router/template/router.go b/pkg/router/template/router.go
index 6256c4878af6..47b2b06fba7c 100644
--- a/pkg/router/template/router.go
+++ b/pkg/router/template/router.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import (
 	cmdutil "github.com/openshift/origin/pkg/cmd/util"
 	routeapi "github.com/openshift/origin/pkg/route/apis/route"
 	"github.com/openshift/origin/pkg/router/controller"
-	"github.com/openshift/origin/pkg/util/ratelimiter"
+	"github.com/openshift/origin/pkg/router/template/limiter"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -88,9 +88,7 @@ type templateRouter struct {
 	allowWildcardRoutes bool
 	// rateLimitedCommitFunction is a rate limited commit (persist state + refresh the backend)
 	// function that coalesces and controls how often the router is reloaded.
-	rateLimitedCommitFunction *ratelimiter.RateLimitedFunction
-	// rateLimitedCommitStopChannel is the stop/terminate channel.
-	rateLimitedCommitStopChannel chan struct{}
+	rateLimitedCommitFunction *limiter.CoalescingSerializingRateLimiter
 	// lock is a mutex used to prevent concurrent router reloads.
 	lock sync.Mutex
 	// If true, haproxy should only bind ports when it has route and endpoint state
@@ -206,12 +204,10 @@ func newTemplateRouter(cfg templateRouterCfg) (*templateRouter, error) {
 		metricReload:      metricsReload,
 		metricWriteConfig: metricWriteConfig,
 
-		rateLimitedCommitFunction:    nil,
-		rateLimitedCommitStopChannel: make(chan struct{}),
+		rateLimitedCommitFunction: nil,
 	}
 
-	numSeconds := int(cfg.reloadInterval.Seconds())
-	router.EnableRateLimiter(numSeconds, router.commitAndReload)
+	router.EnableRateLimiter(cfg.reloadInterval, router.commitAndReload)
 
 	if err := router.writeDefaultCert(); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -227,14 +223,9 @@ func newTemplateRouter(cfg templateRouterCfg) (*templateRouter, error) {
 	return router, nil
 }
 
-func (r *templateRouter) EnableRateLimiter(interval int, handlerFunc ratelimiter.HandlerFunc) {
-	keyFunc := func(_ interface{}) (string, error) {
-		return "templaterouter", nil
-	}
-
-	r.rateLimitedCommitFunction = ratelimiter.NewRateLimitedFunction(keyFunc, interval, handlerFunc)
-	r.rateLimitedCommitFunction.RunUntil(r.rateLimitedCommitStopChannel)
-	glog.V(2).Infof("Template router will coalesce reloads within %v seconds of each other", interval)
+func (r *templateRouter) EnableRateLimiter(interval time.Duration, handlerFunc limiter.HandlerFunc) {
+	r.rateLimitedCommitFunction = limiter.NewCoalescingSerializingRateLimiter(interval, handlerFunc)
+	glog.V(2).Infof("Template router will coalesce reloads within %s of each other", interval.String())
 }
 
 // secretToPem composes a PEM file at the output directory from an input private key and crt file.
@@ -327,7 +318,7 @@ func (r *templateRouter) Commit() {
 	r.lock.Unlock()
 
 	if needsCommit {
-		r.rateLimitedCommitFunction.Invoke(r.rateLimitedCommitFunction)
+		r.rateLimitedCommitFunction.RegisterChange()
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/test/end-to-end/router_test.go b/test/end-to-end/router_test.go
index b669613de49e..975ff3417ada 100644
--- a/test/end-to-end/router_test.go
+++ b/test/end-to-end/router_test.go
@@ -1348,10 +1348,15 @@ func createAndStartRouterContainerExtended(dockerCli *dockerClient.Client, maste
 		hostVols = append(hostVols, fmt.Sprintf("%[1]s:/usr/bin/openshift", binary))
 	}
 
+	logLevel := os.Getenv("OPENSHIFT_LOG_LEVEL")
+	if len(logLevel) == 0 {
+		logLevel = "4"
+	}
+
 	containerOpts := dockerClient.CreateContainerOptions{
 		Config: &dockerClient.Config{
 			Image:        getRouterImage(),
-			Cmd:          []string{"--master=" + masterIp, "--loglevel=4"},
+			Cmd:          []string{"--master=" + masterIp, "--loglevel=" + logLevel},
 			Env:          env,
 			ExposedPorts: exposedPorts,
 			VolumesFrom:  vols,
@@ -1414,8 +1419,10 @@ func validateServer(server *tr.TestHttpService, t *testing.T) {
 
 // cleanUp stops and removes the deployed router
 func cleanUp(t *testing.T, dockerCli *dockerClient.Client, routerId string) {
+	getAllLogs, _ := strconv.ParseBool(os.Getenv("OPENSHIFT_GET_ALL_DOCKER_LOGS"))
+
 	dockerCli.StopContainer(routerId, 5)
-	if t.Failed() {
+	if t.Failed() || getAllLogs {
 		dockerCli.Logs(dockerClient.LogsOptions{
 			Container:    routerId,
 			OutputStream: os.Stdout,
diff --git a/test/integration/router_without_haproxy_test.go b/test/integration/router_without_haproxy_test.go
index 841c560cba19..9bc4822f063e 100644
--- a/test/integration/router_without_haproxy_test.go
+++ b/test/integration/router_without_haproxy_test.go
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ func stressRouter(t *testing.T, namespaceCount, routesPerNamespace, routerCount,
 	plugins := []*templateplugin.TemplatePlugin{}
 
 	// Don't coalesce reloads to validate reload suppression during sync.
-	reloadInterval := 0
+	reloadInterval := 0 * time.Second
 
 	// Track reload counts indexed by router name.
 	reloadedMap := make(map[string]int)
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ func (p *DelayPlugin) Commit() error {
 
 // launchRateLimitedRouter launches a rate-limited template router
 // that communicates with the api via the provided clients.
-func launchRateLimitedRouter(t *testing.T, routeclient routeinternalclientset.Interface, projectclient projectinternalclientset.Interface, kc kclientset.Interface, name string, maxDelay int32, reloadInterval int, reloadedMap map[string]int) *templateplugin.TemplatePlugin {
+func launchRateLimitedRouter(t *testing.T, routeclient routeinternalclientset.Interface, projectclient projectinternalclientset.Interface, kc kclientset.Interface, name string, maxDelay int32, reloadInterval time.Duration, reloadedMap map[string]int) *templateplugin.TemplatePlugin {
 	reloadedMap[name] = 0
 	rateLimitingFunc := func() error {
 		reloadedMap[name] += 1
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ func launchRateLimitedRouter(t *testing.T, routeclient routeinternalclientset.In
 	return templatePlugin
 }
 
-func initializeRouterPlugins(routeclient routeinternalclientset.Interface, projectclient projectinternalclientset.Interface, name string, reloadInterval int, rateLimitingFunc ratelimiter.HandlerFunc) (*templateplugin.TemplatePlugin, router.Plugin) {
+func initializeRouterPlugins(routeclient routeinternalclientset.Interface, projectclient projectinternalclientset.Interface, name string, reloadInterval time.Duration, rateLimitingFunc ratelimiter.HandlerFunc) (*templateplugin.TemplatePlugin, router.Plugin) {
 	r := templateplugin.NewFakeTemplateRouter()
 
 	r.EnableRateLimiter(reloadInterval, func() error {