diff --git a/src/MetaPackages/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore/WebHost.cs b/src/MetaPackages/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore/WebHost.cs
index fd9cadfcb8..c5573e80cd 100644
--- a/src/MetaPackages/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore/WebHost.cs
+++ b/src/MetaPackages/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore/WebHost.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright (c) .NET Foundation. All rights reserved.
+// Copyright (c) .NET Foundation. All rights reserved.
 // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
 
 using System;
@@ -222,6 +222,8 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore
                             new ConfigurationChangeTokenSource<HostFilteringOptions>(hostingContext.Configuration));
 
                 services.AddTransient<IStartupFilter, HostFilteringStartupFilter>();
+
+                services.AddRouting();
             })
             .UseIIS()
             .UseIISIntegration();
diff --git a/src/MetaPackages/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Tests/WebHostTests.cs b/src/MetaPackages/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Tests/WebHostTests.cs
index 4b040e0c03..70b1806a54 100644
--- a/src/MetaPackages/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Tests/WebHostTests.cs
+++ b/src/MetaPackages/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Tests/WebHostTests.cs
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ using System.Linq;
 using System.Threading;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.HostFiltering;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
@@ -54,6 +55,17 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Tests
             Assert.Contains("NewHost", options.AllowedHosts);
         }
 
+        [Fact]
+        public void CreateDefaultBuilder_RegistersRouting()
+        {
+            var host = WebHost.CreateDefaultBuilder()
+                .Configure(_ => { })
+                .Build();
+
+            var linkGenerator = host.Services.GetService(typeof(LinkGenerator));
+            Assert.NotNull(linkGenerator);
+        }
+
         [Fact]
         public void CreateDefaultBuilder_RegistersEventSourceLogger()
         {