diff --git a/infra/conf/router.go b/infra/conf/router.go
index 5184702da..9cc9d5281 100644
--- a/infra/conf/router.go
+++ b/infra/conf/router.go
@@ -17,9 +17,16 @@ type RouterRulesConfig struct {
 	DomainStrategy string            `json:"domainStrategy"`
 }
 
+// StrategyConfig represents a strategy config
+type StrategyConfig struct {
+	Type     string           `json:"type"`
+	Settings *json.RawMessage `json:"settings"`
+}
+
 type BalancingRule struct {
-	Tag       string     `json:"tag"`
-	Selectors StringList `json:"selector"`
+	Tag       string         `json:"tag"`
+	Selectors StringList     `json:"selector"`
+	Strategy  StrategyConfig `json:"strategy"`
 }
 
 func (r *BalancingRule) Build() (*router.BalancingRule, error) {
@@ -30,9 +37,20 @@ func (r *BalancingRule) Build() (*router.BalancingRule, error) {
 		return nil, newError("empty selector list")
 	}
 
+	var strategy string
+	switch strings.ToLower(r.Strategy.Type) {
+	case strategyRandom, "":
+		strategy = strategyRandom
+	case strategyLeastPing:
+		strategy = "leastPing"
+	default:
+		return nil, newError("unknown balancing strategy: " + r.Strategy.Type)
+	}
+
 	return &router.BalancingRule{
 		Tag:              r.Tag,
 		OutboundSelector: []string(r.Selectors),
+		Strategy:         strategy,
 	}, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/infra/conf/router_strategy.go b/infra/conf/router_strategy.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b8536330c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/infra/conf/router_strategy.go
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+package conf
+
+const (
+	strategyRandom    string = "random"
+	strategyLeastPing string = "leastping"
+)