diff --git a/cluster.yml b/cluster.yml
index 6f8e63505..cf7efb4bb 100644
--- a/cluster.yml
+++ b/cluster.yml
@@ -41,6 +41,11 @@
     - { role: kubernetes-apps/lib, tags: apps }
     - { role: kubernetes-apps/network_plugin, tags: network }
 
+- hosts: calico-rr
+  any_errors_fatal: true
+  roles:
+    - { role: network_plugin/calico/rr, tags: network }
+
 - hosts: k8s-cluster
   any_errors_fatal: true
   roles:
diff --git a/docs/calico.md b/docs/calico.md
index 81bf4c5b4..954cce0c6 100644
--- a/docs/calico.md
+++ b/docs/calico.md
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ or for versions prior *v1.0.0*:
 calicoctl endpoint show --detail
 ```
 
-##### Optionnal : Define network backend
+##### Optional : Define network backend
 
 In some cases you may want to define Calico network backend. Allowed values are 'bird', 'gobgp' or 'none'. Bird is a default value.
 
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ To re-define you need to edit the inventory and add a group variable `calico_net
 calico_network_backend: none
 ```
 
-##### Optionnal : BGP Peering with border routers
+##### Optional : BGP Peering with border routers
 
 In some cases you may want to route the pods subnet and so NAT is not needed on the nodes.
 For instance if you have a cluster spread on different locations and you want your pods to talk each other no matter where they are located.
@@ -72,6 +72,81 @@ you'll need to edit the inventory and add a and a hostvar `local_as` by node.
 node1 ansible_ssh_host=95.54.0.12 local_as=xxxxxx
 ```
 
+##### Optional : Define global AS number
+
+Optional parameter `global_as_num` defines Calico global AS number (`/calico/bgp/v1/global/as_num` etcd key).
+It defaults to "64512".
+
+##### Optional : BGP Peering with route reflectors
+
+At large scale you may want to disable full node-to-node mesh in order to
+optimize your BGP topology and improve `calico-node` containers' start times.
+
+To do so you can deploy BGP route reflectors and peer `calico-node` with them as
+recommended here:
+
+* https://hub.docker.com/r/calico/routereflector/
+* http://docs.projectcalico.org/v2.0/reference/private-cloud/l3-interconnect-fabric
+
+You need to edit your inventory and add:
+
+* `calico-rr` group with nodes in it. At the moment it's incompatible with
+  `kube-node` due to BGP port conflict with `calico-node` container. So you
+  should not have nodes in both `calico-rr` and `kube-node` groups.
+* `cluster_id` by route reflector node/group (see details
+[here](https://hub.docker.com/r/calico/routereflector/))
+
+Here's an example of Kargo inventory with route reflectors:
+
+```
+[all]
+rr0 ansible_ssh_host=10.210.1.10 ip=10.210.1.10
+rr1 ansible_ssh_host=10.210.1.11 ip=10.210.1.11
+node2 ansible_ssh_host=10.210.1.12 ip=10.210.1.12
+node3 ansible_ssh_host=10.210.1.13 ip=10.210.1.13
+node4 ansible_ssh_host=10.210.1.14 ip=10.210.1.14
+node5 ansible_ssh_host=10.210.1.15 ip=10.210.1.15
+
+[kube-master]
+node2
+node3
+
+[etcd]
+node2
+node3
+node4
+
+[kube-node]
+node2
+node3
+node4
+node5
+
+[k8s-cluster:children]
+kube-node
+kube-master
+
+[calico-rr]
+rr0
+rr1
+
+[rack0]
+rr0
+rr1
+node2
+node3
+node4
+node5
+
+[rack0:vars]
+cluster_id="1.0.0.1"
+```
+
+The inventory above will deploy the following topology assuming that calico's
+`global_as_num` is set to `65400`:
+
+![Image](figures/kargo-calico-rr.png?raw=true)
+
 Cloud providers configuration
 =============================
 
diff --git a/docs/figures/kargo-calico-rr.png b/docs/figures/kargo-calico-rr.png
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2dacdb515
Binary files /dev/null and b/docs/figures/kargo-calico-rr.png differ
diff --git a/roles/download/defaults/main.yml b/roles/download/defaults/main.yml
index 0fdb97897..3e3d42d08 100644
--- a/roles/download/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/download/defaults/main.yml
@@ -42,13 +42,17 @@ flannel_image_tag: "{{ flannel_version }}"
 calicoctl_image_repo: "calico/ctl"
 # TODO(apanchenko): v1.0.0-beta can't execute `node run` from Docker container
 # for details see https://github.com/projectcalico/calico-containers/issues/1291
-calicoctl_image_tag: "v1.0.0-beta-18-gf72bc1d"
+calicoctl_image_tag: "v1.0.0-rc3"
 calico_node_image_repo: "calico/node"
 calico_node_image_tag: "{{ calico_version }}"
 calico_cni_image_repo: "calico/cni"
 calico_cni_image_tag: "{{ calico_cni_version }}"
 calico_policy_image_repo: "calico/kube-policy-controller"
 calico_policy_image_tag: latest
+# TODO(adidenko): switch to "calico/routereflector" when
+# https://github.com/projectcalico/calico-bird/pull/27 is merged
+calico_rr_image_repo: "quay.io/l23network/routereflector"
+calico_rr_image_tag: "v0.1"
 exechealthz_version: 1.1
 exechealthz_image_repo: "gcr.io/google_containers/exechealthz-amd64"
 exechealthz_image_tag: "{{ exechealthz_version }}"
@@ -142,6 +146,11 @@ downloads:
     repo: "{{ calico_policy_image_repo }}"
     tag: "{{ calico_policy_image_tag }}"
     enabled: "{{ kube_network_plugin == 'canal' }}"
+  calico_rr:
+    container: true
+    repo: "{{ calico_rr_image_repo }}"
+    tag: "{{ calico_rr_image_tag }}"
+    enabled: "{{ peer_with_calico_rr }} and kube_network_plugin == 'calico'"
   pod_infra:
     container: true
     repo: "{{ pod_infra_image_repo }}"
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes/preinstall/tasks/set_facts.yml b/roles/kubernetes/preinstall/tasks/set_facts.yml
index cbe4d9203..f57cd702e 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes/preinstall/tasks/set_facts.yml
+++ b/roles/kubernetes/preinstall/tasks/set_facts.yml
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@
     etcd_after_v3: etcd_version | version_compare("v3.0.0", ">=")
 - set_fact:
     etcd_container_bin_dir: "{% if etcd_after_v3 %}/usr/local/bin/{% else %}/{% endif %}"
+- set_fact:
+    peer_with_calico_rr: "{{ 'calico-rr' in groups and groups['calico-rr']|length > 0 }}"
 
 - include: set_resolv_facts.yml
   tags: [bootstrap-os, resolvconf, facts]
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes/secrets/tasks/gen_certs.yml b/roles/kubernetes/secrets/tasks/gen_certs.yml
index ace2a3ba4..f951bb368 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes/secrets/tasks/gen_certs.yml
+++ b/roles/kubernetes/secrets/tasks/gen_certs.yml
@@ -51,8 +51,10 @@
 - name: Gen_certs | Copy certs on nodes
   shell: "echo '{{node_cert_data.stdout|quote}}' | base64 -d | tar xz -C {{ kube_cert_dir }}"
   changed_when: false
-  when: inventory_hostname in groups['kube-node'] and  sync_certs|default(false) and
-        inventory_hostname != groups['kube-master'][0]
+  when: (inventory_hostname in groups['kube-node'] or
+           (peer_with_calico_rr and inventory_hostname in groups['calico-rr'])) and
+         sync_certs|default(false) and
+         inventory_hostname != groups['kube-master'][0]
 
 - name: Gen_certs | check certificate permissions
   file:
diff --git a/roles/network_plugin/calico/defaults/main.yml b/roles/network_plugin/calico/defaults/main.yml
index f0f91d39e..391e7c53e 100644
--- a/roles/network_plugin/calico/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/network_plugin/calico/defaults/main.yml
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ overwrite_hyperkube_cni: true
 calico_cert_dir: /etc/calico/certs
 etcd_cert_dir: /etc/ssl/etcd/ssl
 
+# Global as_num (/calico/bgp/v1/global/as_num)
+global_as_num: "64512"
+
 # You can set MTU value here. If left undefined or empty, it will
 # not be specified in calico CNI config, so Calico will use built-in
 # defaults. The value should be a number, not a string.
diff --git a/roles/network_plugin/calico/rr/defaults/main.yml b/roles/network_plugin/calico/rr/defaults/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..116b9cc8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/network_plugin/calico/rr/defaults/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+# Global as_num (/calico/bgp/v1/global/as_num)
+# should be the same as in calico role
+global_as_num: "64512"
+
+calico_cert_dir: /etc/calico/certs
+etcd_cert_dir: /etc/ssl/etcd/ssl
diff --git a/roles/network_plugin/calico/rr/handlers/main.yml b/roles/network_plugin/calico/rr/handlers/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..edfb1ad71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/network_plugin/calico/rr/handlers/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+---
+- name: restart calico-rr
+  command: /bin/true
+  notify:
+    - Calico-rr | reload systemd
+    - Calico-rr | reload calico-rr
+
+- name : Calico-rr | reload systemd
+  shell: systemctl daemon-reload
+  when: ansible_service_mgr == "systemd"
+
+- name: Calico-rr | reload calico-rr
+  service:
+    name: calico-rr
+    state: restarted
diff --git a/roles/network_plugin/calico/rr/meta/main.yml b/roles/network_plugin/calico/rr/meta/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..38fc506cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/network_plugin/calico/rr/meta/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+dependencies:
+  - role: kubernetes/secrets
+  - role: docker
+    when: ansible_os_family != "CoreOS"
+  - role: download
+    file: "{{ downloads.calico_rr }}"
diff --git a/roles/network_plugin/calico/rr/tasks/main.yml b/roles/network_plugin/calico/rr/tasks/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c43851f84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/network_plugin/calico/rr/tasks/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+---
+# Required from inventory:
+#   calico_rr_ip - which specific IP to use for RR, defaults to
+#   "ip" from inventory or "ansible_default_ipv4.address"
+
+- name: Calico-rr | Set IP fact
+  set_fact:
+    rr_ip: "{{ calico_rr_ip | default(ip) | default(ansible_default_ipv4.address) }}"
+
+- name: Calico | Create calico certs directory
+  file:
+    dest: "{{ calico_cert_dir }}"
+    state: directory
+    mode: 0750
+    owner: root
+    group: root
+
+- name: Calico | Link etcd certificates for calico-node
+  file:
+    src: "{{ kube_cert_dir }}/{{ item.s }}"
+    dest: "{{ calico_cert_dir }}/{{ item.d }}"
+    state: hard
+    force: yes
+  with_items:
+    - {s: "ca.pem", d: "ca_cert.crt"}
+    - {s: "node.pem", d: "cert.crt"}
+    - {s: "node-key.pem", d: "key.pem"}
+
+- name: Calico-rr | Create dir for logs
+  file:
+    path: /var/log/calico-rr
+    state: directory
+    mode: 0755
+    owner: root
+    group: root
+
+- name: Calico-rr | Write calico-rr.env for systemd init file
+  template: src=calico-rr.env.j2 dest=/etc/calico/calico-rr.env
+  when: ansible_service_mgr == "systemd"
+  notify: restart calico-rr
+
+- name: Calico-rr | Write calico-rr systemd init file
+  template: src=calico-rr.service.j2 dest=/etc/systemd/system/calico-rr.service
+  when: ansible_service_mgr == "systemd"
+  notify: restart calico-rr
+
+- name: Calico-rr | Configure route reflector
+  command: |-
+    {{ bin_dir }}/etcdctl --peers={{ etcd_access_addresses }} \
+    set /calico/bgp/v1/rr_v4/{{ rr_ip }} \
+    '{
+       "ip": "{{ rr_ip }}",
+       "cluster_id": "{{ cluster_id }}"
+     }'
+  delegate_to: "{{groups['etcd'][0]}}"
+
+- meta: flush_handlers
+
+- name: Calico-rr | Enable calico-rr
+  service:
+    name: calico-rr
+    state: started
+    enabled: yes
diff --git a/roles/network_plugin/calico/rr/templates/calico-rr.env.j2 b/roles/network_plugin/calico/rr/templates/calico-rr.env.j2
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..201caecfe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/network_plugin/calico/rr/templates/calico-rr.env.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+ETCD_ENDPOINTS="{{ etcd_access_endpoint }}"
+ETCD_CA_CERT_FILE="{{ calico_cert_dir }}/ca_cert.crt"
+ETCD_CERT_FILE="{{ calico_cert_dir }}/cert.crt"
+ETCD_KEY_FILE="{{ calico_cert_dir }}/key.pem"
+IP="{{ rr_ip }}"
+IP6=""
diff --git a/roles/network_plugin/calico/rr/templates/calico-rr.service.j2 b/roles/network_plugin/calico/rr/templates/calico-rr.service.j2
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1a4b3e977
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/network_plugin/calico/rr/templates/calico-rr.service.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=calico-rr
+After=docker.service
+Requires=docker.service
+
+[Service]
+EnvironmentFile=/etc/calico/calico-rr.env
+ExecStartPre=-/usr/bin/docker rm -f calico-rr
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/docker run --net=host --privileged \
+ --name=calico-rr \
+ -e IP=${IP} \
+ -e IP6=${IP6} \
+ -e ETCD_ENDPOINTS=${ETCD_ENDPOINTS} \
+ -e ETCD_CA_CERT_FILE=${ETCD_CA_CERT_FILE} \
+ -e ETCD_CERT_FILE=${ETCD_CERT_FILE} \
+ -e ETCD_KEY_FILE=${ETCD_KEY_FILE} \
+ -v /var/log/calico-rr:/var/log/calico \
+ -v {{ calico_cert_dir }}:{{ calico_cert_dir }}:ro \
+ {{ calico_rr_image_repo }}:{{ calico_rr_image_tag }}
+
+Restart=always
+RestartSec=10s
+
+ExecStop=-/usr/bin/docker stop calico-rr
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/roles/network_plugin/calico/tasks/main.yml b/roles/network_plugin/calico/tasks/main.yml
index 0480354e8..19d74759c 100644
--- a/roles/network_plugin/calico/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/network_plugin/calico/tasks/main.yml
@@ -152,6 +152,16 @@
   run_once: true
   tags: facts
 
+- name: Calico | Set global as_num
+  command: "{{ bin_dir}}/calicoctl config set asNumber {{ global_as_num }}"
+  run_once: true
+  when: not legacy_calicoctl
+
+- name: Calico (old) | Set global as_num
+  command: "{{ bin_dir}}/calicoctl bgp default-node-as {{ global_as_num }}"
+  run_once: true
+  when: legacy_calicoctl
+
 - name: Calico | Write /etc/network-environment
   template: src=network-environment.j2 dest=/etc/network-environment
   when: ansible_service_mgr in ["sysvinit","upstart"]
@@ -191,8 +201,9 @@
 
 - name: Calico | Disable node mesh
   shell: "{{ bin_dir }}/calicoctl config set nodeToNodeMesh off"
-  when: (not legacy_calicoctl and
-         peer_with_router|default(false) and inventory_hostname in groups['kube-node'])
+  when: ((peer_with_router|default(false) or peer_with_calico_rr|default(false))
+          and inventory_hostname in groups['kube-node']
+          and not legacy_calicoctl)
   run_once: true
 
 - name: Calico | Configure peering with router(s)
@@ -208,10 +219,27 @@
   when: (not legacy_calicoctl and
          peer_with_router|default(false) and inventory_hostname in groups['kube-node'])
 
+- name: Calico | Configure peering with route reflectors
+  shell: >
+   echo '{
+   "kind": "bgpPeer",
+   "spec": {"asNumber": "{{ local_as | default(global_as_num)}}"},
+   "apiVersion": "v1",
+   "metadata": {"node": "{{ inventory_hostname }}",
+     "scope": "node",
+     "peerIP": "{{ hostvars[item]["calico_rr_ip"]|default(hostvars[item]["ip"]) }}"}
+   }'
+   | {{ bin_dir }}/calicoctl create --skip-exists -f -
+  with_items: "{{ groups['calico-rr'] | default([]) }}"
+  when: (not legacy_calicoctl and
+         peer_with_calico_rr|default(false) and inventory_hostname in groups['kube-node']
+         and hostvars[item]['cluster_id'] == cluster_id)
+
 - name: Calico (old) | Disable node mesh
   shell: "{{ bin_dir }}/calicoctl bgp node-mesh off"
-  when: (legacy_calicoctl and
-         peer_with_router|default(false) and inventory_hostname in groups['kube-node'])
+  when: ((peer_with_router|default(false) or peer_with_calico_rr|default(false))
+          and inventory_hostname in groups['kube-node']
+          and legacy_calicoctl)
   run_once: true
 
 - name: Calico (old) | Configure peering with router(s)
@@ -219,3 +247,10 @@
   with_items: "{{ peers|default([]) }}"
   when: (legacy_calicoctl and
          peer_with_router|default(false) and inventory_hostname in groups['kube-node'])
+
+- name: Calico (old) | Configure peering with route reflectors
+  shell: "{{ bin_dir }}/calicoctl node bgp peer add {{ hostvars[item]['calico_rr_ip']|default(hostvars[item]['ip']) }} as {{ local_as | default(global_as_num) }}"
+  with_items: "{{ groups['calico-rr'] | default([]) }}"
+  when: (legacy_calicoctl and
+         peer_with_calico_rr|default(false) and inventory_hostname in groups['kube-node']
+         and hostvars[item]['cluster_id'] == cluster_id)