diff --git a/tools/openshift/nginx.deployment.yaml b/tools/openshift/nginx.deployment.yaml
index a560ac0f..bd0aa8c0 100644
--- a/tools/openshift/nginx.deployment.yaml
+++ b/tools/openshift/nginx.deployment.yaml
@@ -165,6 +165,9 @@ parameters:
 - name: APP_ENVIRONMENT
   description: The environment being created ('dev', 'qa', 'uat', 'prod')
   required: true
+- name: HOST_ROUTE
+  description: The internal route for routing nginx traffic
+  required: true
 - name: NGINX_IMAGE
   description: The nginx docker image to use
   required: true