diff --git a/agent/consul/leader_connect.go b/agent/consul/leader_connect.go
index 79162603a..42bdd4313 100644
--- a/agent/consul/leader_connect.go
+++ b/agent/consul/leader_connect.go
@@ -5,11 +5,15 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"time"
 
+	"golang.org/x/sync/errgroup"
+
 	"golang.org/x/time/rate"
 
+	"github.com/hashicorp/go-version"
+
+	"github.com/hashicorp/consul/agent/consul/gateways"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/consul/agent/structs"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/consul/logging"
-	"github.com/hashicorp/go-version"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -51,6 +55,7 @@ func (s *Server) startConnectLeader(ctx context.Context) error {
 	s.leaderRoutineManager.Start(ctx, caRootMetricRoutineName, rootCAExpiryMonitor(s).Monitor)
 	s.leaderRoutineManager.Start(ctx, caSigningMetricRoutineName, signingCAExpiryMonitor(s).Monitor)
 	s.leaderRoutineManager.Start(ctx, virtualIPCheckRoutineName, s.runVirtualIPVersionCheck)
+	s.leaderRoutineManager.Start(ctx, configEntryControllersRoutineName, s.runConfigEntryControllers)
 
 	return s.startIntentionConfigEntryMigration(ctx)
 }
@@ -63,6 +68,28 @@ func (s *Server) stopConnectLeader() {
 	s.leaderRoutineManager.Stop(caRootMetricRoutineName)
 	s.leaderRoutineManager.Stop(caSigningMetricRoutineName)
 	s.leaderRoutineManager.Stop(virtualIPCheckRoutineName)
+	s.leaderRoutineManager.Stop(configEntryControllersRoutineName)
+}
+
+func (s *Server) runConfigEntryControllers(ctx context.Context) error {
+	group, ctx := errgroup.WithContext(ctx)
+
+	group.Go(func() error {
+		logger := s.logger.Named(logging.APIGatewayController)
+		return gateways.NewAPIGatewayController(s.fsm, s.publisher, logger).Run(ctx)
+	})
+
+	group.Go(func() error {
+		logger := s.logger.Named(logging.HTTPRouteController)
+		return gateways.NewHTTPRouteController(s.fsm, s.publisher, logger).Run(ctx)
+	})
+
+	group.Go(func() error {
+		logger := s.logger.Named(logging.TCPRouteController)
+		return gateways.NewTCPRouteController(s.fsm, s.publisher, logger).Run(ctx)
+	})
+
+	return group.Wait()
 }
 
 func (s *Server) runCARootPruning(ctx context.Context) error {
diff --git a/agent/consul/server.go b/agent/consul/server.go
index 89210f5f0..a12038be5 100644
--- a/agent/consul/server.go
+++ b/agent/consul/server.go
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ const (
 	caRootPruningRoutineName              = "CA root pruning"
 	caRootMetricRoutineName               = "CA root expiration metric"
 	caSigningMetricRoutineName            = "CA signing expiration metric"
+	configEntryControllersRoutineName     = "config entry controllers"
 	configReplicationRoutineName          = "config entry replication"
 	federationStateReplicationRoutineName = "federation state replication"
 	federationStateAntiEntropyRoutineName = "federation state anti-entropy"
diff --git a/logging/names.go b/logging/names.go
index 5d1f60c9b..003bb3e86 100644
--- a/logging/names.go
+++ b/logging/names.go
@@ -22,8 +22,10 @@ const (
 	Envoy                 string = "envoy"
 	FederationState       string = "federation_state"
 	FSM                   string = "fsm"
+	APIGatewayController  string = "api_gateway_controller"
 	GatewayLocator        string = "gateway_locator"
 	HTTP                  string = "http"
+	HTTPRouteController   string = "http_route_controller"
 	IngressGateway        string = "ingress_gateway"
 	Intentions            string = "intentions"
 	Internal              string = "internal"
@@ -52,6 +54,7 @@ const (
 	Partition             string = "partition"
 	Peering               string = "peering"
 	PeeringMetrics        string = "peering_metrics"
+	TCPRouteController    string = "tcp_route_controller"
 	TerminatingGateway    string = "terminating_gateway"
 	TLSUtil               string = "tlsutil"
 	Transaction           string = "txn"