diff --git a/app/router/package.json b/app/router/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..019442f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/router/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{
+  "name": "approuter",
+  "dependencies": {
+    "@sap/approuter": "^19.0.0"
+  },
+  "engines": {
+    "node": "^20"
+  },
+  "scripts": {
+    "start": "node node_modules/@sap/approuter/approuter.js"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/app/router/xs-app.json b/app/router/xs-app.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9b3772bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/router/xs-app.json
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{
+  "routes": [
+    {
+      "source": "^/(.*)$",
+      "target": "$1",
+      "destination": "srv-api",
+      "csrfProtection": true
+    }
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/mta.yaml b/mta.yaml
index 28f2ad5d..917b58d4 100644
--- a/mta.yaml
+++ b/mta.yaml
@@ -36,6 +36,26 @@ modules:
     requires:
       - name: samples-db
 
+  - name: samples
+    type: approuter.nodejs
+    path: app/router
+    parameters:
+      keep-existing-routes: true
+      disk-quota: 256M
+      memory: 256M
+    requires:
+      - name: srv-api
+        group: destinations
+        properties:
+          name: srv-api # must be used in xs-app.json as well
+          url: ~{srv-url}
+          forwardAuthToken: true
+    provides:
+      - name: app-api
+        properties:
+          app-protocol: ${protocol}
+          app-uri: ${default-uri}
+
 resources:
   - name: samples-db
     type: com.sap.xs.hdi-container