diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b7d41e22c..7f8d02a99 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
+## Unreleased
+### Fixed
+* Allow providers without routes to be registered
+
 ## [3.1.0] - 2017-02-13
 ### Added
 * CRD API for datasets in cache at  `/datasets/:id`
diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index 7db4ff06b..e97a1fda4 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ function bindPluginOverrides (provider, controller, server, pluginRoutes) {
   })
 }
 
-function bindRouteSet (routes, controller, server) {
+function bindRouteSet (routes = [], controller, server) {
   routes.forEach(route => {
     route.methods.forEach(method => {
       server[method](route.path, controller[route.handler].bind(controller))