diff --git a/operator/builtin/transformer/router/config_test.go b/operator/builtin/transformer/router/config_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..fd999ee4cd4d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/operator/builtin/transformer/router/config_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,171 @@
+// Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+package router
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"path"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-log-collection/operator/helper"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+	"gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
+)
+
+type testCase struct {
+	name      string
+	expectErr bool
+	expect    *RouterOperatorConfig
+}
+
+func TestRouterGoldenConfig(t *testing.T) {
+	cases := []testCase{
+		{
+			"default",
+			false,
+			defaultCfg(),
+		},
+		{
+			"routes_one",
+			false,
+			func() *RouterOperatorConfig {
+				cfg := defaultCfg()
+				newRoute := &RouterOperatorRouteConfig{
+					Expression: `$.format == "json"`,
+					OutputIDs:  []string{"my_json_parser"},
+				}
+				cfg.Routes = append(cfg.Routes, newRoute)
+				return cfg
+			}(),
+		},
+		{
+			"routes_multi",
+			false,
+			func() *RouterOperatorConfig {
+				cfg := defaultCfg()
+				newRoute := []*RouterOperatorRouteConfig{
+					{
+						Expression: `$.format == "json"`,
+						OutputIDs:  []string{"my_json_parser"},
+					},
+					{
+						Expression: `$.format == "json"2`,
+						OutputIDs:  []string{"my_json_parser2"},
+					},
+					{
+						Expression: `$.format == "json"3`,
+						OutputIDs:  []string{"my_json_parser3"},
+					},
+				}
+				cfg.Routes = newRoute
+				return cfg
+			}(),
+		},
+		{
+			"routes_attributes",
+			false,
+			func() *RouterOperatorConfig {
+				cfg := defaultCfg()
+
+				attVal := helper.NewAttributerConfig()
+				attVal.Attributes = map[string]helper.ExprStringConfig{
+					"key1": "val1",
+				}
+
+				cfg.Routes = []*RouterOperatorRouteConfig{
+					{
+						Expression:       `$.format == "json"`,
+						OutputIDs:        []string{"my_json_parser"},
+						AttributerConfig: attVal,
+					},
+				}
+				return cfg
+			}(),
+		},
+		{
+			"routes_default",
+			false,
+			func() *RouterOperatorConfig {
+				cfg := defaultCfg()
+				newRoute := &RouterOperatorRouteConfig{
+					Expression: `$.format == "json"`,
+					OutputIDs:  []string{"my_json_parser"},
+				}
+				cfg.Routes = append(cfg.Routes, newRoute)
+				cfg.Default = append(cfg.Default, "catchall")
+				return cfg
+			}(),
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range cases {
+		t.Run("yaml/"+tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			cfgFromYaml, yamlErr := configFromFileViaYaml(path.Join(".", "testdata", fmt.Sprintf("%s.yaml", tc.name)))
+			if tc.expectErr {
+				require.Error(t, yamlErr)
+			} else {
+				require.NoError(t, yamlErr)
+				require.Equal(t, tc.expect, cfgFromYaml)
+			}
+		})
+		t.Run("mapstructure/"+tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			cfgFromMapstructure := defaultCfg()
+			mapErr := configFromFileViaMapstructure(
+				path.Join(".", "testdata", fmt.Sprintf("%s.yaml", tc.name)),
+				cfgFromMapstructure,
+			)
+			if tc.expectErr {
+				require.Error(t, mapErr)
+			} else {
+				require.NoError(t, mapErr)
+				require.Equal(t, tc.expect, cfgFromMapstructure)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func configFromFileViaYaml(file string) (*RouterOperatorConfig, error) {
+	bytes, err := ioutil.ReadFile(file)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("could not find config file: %s", err)
+	}
+
+	config := defaultCfg()
+	if err := yaml.Unmarshal(bytes, config); err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to read config file as yaml: %s", err)
+	}
+
+	return config, nil
+}
+
+func configFromFileViaMapstructure(file string, result *RouterOperatorConfig) error {
+	bytes, err := ioutil.ReadFile(file)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("could not find config file: %s", err)
+	}
+
+	raw := map[string]interface{}{}
+
+	if err := yaml.Unmarshal(bytes, raw); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to read data from yaml: %s", err)
+	}
+
+	err = helper.UnmarshalMapstructure(raw, result)
+	return err
+}
+
+func defaultCfg() *RouterOperatorConfig {
+	return NewRouterOperatorConfig("router")
+}
diff --git a/operator/builtin/transformer/router/router.go b/operator/builtin/transformer/router/router.go
index 673af252db1a..d227c4559495 100644
--- a/operator/builtin/transformer/router/router.go
+++ b/operator/builtin/transformer/router/router.go
@@ -39,16 +39,16 @@ func NewRouterOperatorConfig(operatorID string) *RouterOperatorConfig {
 
 // RouterOperatorConfig is the configuration of a router operator
 type RouterOperatorConfig struct {
-	helper.BasicConfig `yaml:",inline"`
-	Routes             []*RouterOperatorRouteConfig `json:"routes" yaml:"routes"`
-	Default            helper.OutputIDs             `json:"default" yaml:"default"`
+	helper.BasicConfig `mapstructure:",squash" yaml:",inline"`
+	Routes             []*RouterOperatorRouteConfig `mapstructure:"routes" json:"routes" yaml:"routes"`
+	Default            helper.OutputIDs             `mapstructure:"default" json:"default" yaml:"default"`
 }
 
 // RouterOperatorRouteConfig is the configuration of a route on a router operator
 type RouterOperatorRouteConfig struct {
-	helper.AttributerConfig `yaml:",inline"`
-	Expression              string           `json:"expr"   yaml:"expr"`
-	OutputIDs               helper.OutputIDs `json:"output" yaml:"output"`
+	helper.AttributerConfig `mapstructure:",squash" yaml:",inline"`
+	Expression              string           `mapstructure:"expr" json:"expr"   yaml:"expr"`
+	OutputIDs               helper.OutputIDs `mapstructure:"output" json:"output" yaml:"output"`
 }
 
 // Build will build a router operator from the supplied configuration
diff --git a/operator/builtin/transformer/router/testdata/default.yaml b/operator/builtin/transformer/router/testdata/default.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..00bce5eef0f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/operator/builtin/transformer/router/testdata/default.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+type: router
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/operator/builtin/transformer/router/testdata/routes_attributes.yaml b/operator/builtin/transformer/router/testdata/routes_attributes.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8c2efa00036a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/operator/builtin/transformer/router/testdata/routes_attributes.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+type: router
+routes:
+  - output: my_json_parser
+    expr: '$.format == "json"'
+    attributes: 
+      key1: val1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/operator/builtin/transformer/router/testdata/routes_default.yaml b/operator/builtin/transformer/router/testdata/routes_default.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8c4433223ad5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/operator/builtin/transformer/router/testdata/routes_default.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+type: router
+routes:
+  - output: my_json_parser
+    expr: '$.format == "json"'
+default: catchall
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/operator/builtin/transformer/router/testdata/routes_multi.yaml b/operator/builtin/transformer/router/testdata/routes_multi.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ccc3155bc0d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/operator/builtin/transformer/router/testdata/routes_multi.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+type: router
+routes:
+  - output: my_json_parser
+    expr: '$.format == "json"'
+  - output: my_json_parser2
+    expr: '$.format == "json"2'
+  - output: my_json_parser3
+    expr: '$.format == "json"3'
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/operator/builtin/transformer/router/testdata/routes_one.yaml b/operator/builtin/transformer/router/testdata/routes_one.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7f8a7970ec1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/operator/builtin/transformer/router/testdata/routes_one.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+type: router
+routes:
+  - output: my_json_parser
+    expr: '$.format == "json"'