diff --git a/docs/toml.md b/docs/toml.md
index 3d1845a9c..c3aa5f4f0 100644
--- a/docs/toml.md
+++ b/docs/toml.md
@@ -619,7 +619,7 @@ Labels can be used on containers to override default behaviour:
 - `traefik.frontend.rule=Host:test.traefik.io`: override the default frontend rule (Default: `Host:{containerName}.{domain}`).
 - `traefik.frontend.passHostHeader=true`: forward client `Host` header to the backend.
 - `traefik.frontend.entryPoints=http,https`: assign this frontend to entry points `http` and `https`. Overrides `defaultEntryPoints`.
-* `traefik.domain=traefik.localhost`: override the default domain
+- `traefik.domain=traefik.localhost`: override the default domain
 
 
 ## Kubernetes Ingress backend
@@ -651,6 +651,10 @@ Træfɪk can be configured to use Kubernetes Ingress as a backend configuration:
 # namespaces = ["default","production"]
 ```
 
+Annotations can be used on containers to override default behaviour for the whole Ingress resource:
+
+- `traefik.frontend.rule.type: PathPrefixStrip`: override the default frontend rule (Default: `Host:{containerName}.{domain}`).
+
 You can find here an example [ingress](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/containous/traefik/master/examples/k8s.ingress.yaml) and [replication controller](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/containous/traefik/master/examples/k8s.rc.yaml).
 
 ## Consul backend
diff --git a/examples/k8s.ingress.yaml b/examples/k8s.ingress.yaml
index aac7798e4..e340406bf 100644
--- a/examples/k8s.ingress.yaml
+++ b/examples/k8s.ingress.yaml
@@ -91,3 +91,21 @@ spec:
       - backend:
           serviceName: service3
           servicePort: 80
+
+---
+# Another Ingress with PathPrefixStrip
+apiVersion: extensions/v1beta1
+kind: Ingress
+metadata:
+  name: whoami-ingress-stripped
+  annotations:
+    traefik.frontend.rule.type: "PathPrefixStrip"
+spec:
+  rules:
+  - host: foo.localhost
+    http:
+      paths:
+      - path: /prefixWillBeStripped
+        backend:
+          serviceName: service1
+          servicePort: 80
diff --git a/provider/kubernetes.go b/provider/kubernetes.go
index 01fac2317..a039e0523 100644
--- a/provider/kubernetes.go
+++ b/provider/kubernetes.go
@@ -165,8 +165,24 @@ func (provider *Kubernetes) loadIngresses(k8sClient k8s.Client) (*types.Configur
 					}
 				}
 				if len(pa.Path) > 0 {
+					ruleType := i.Annotations["traefik.frontend.rule.type"]
+
+					switch strings.ToLower(ruleType) {
+					case "pathprefixstrip":
+						ruleType = "PathPrefixStrip"
+					case "pathstrip":
+						ruleType = "PathStrip"
+					case "path":
+						ruleType = "Path"
+					case "pathprefix":
+						ruleType = "PathPrefix"
+					default:
+						log.Warnf("Unknown RuleType `%s`, falling back to `PathPrefix", ruleType)
+						ruleType = "PathPrefix"
+					}
+
 					templateObjects.Frontends[r.Host+pa.Path].Routes[pa.Path] = types.Route{
-						Rule: "PathPrefix:" + pa.Path,
+						Rule: ruleType + ":" + pa.Path,
 					}
 				}
 				services, err := k8sClient.GetServices(func(service k8s.Service) bool {
diff --git a/provider/kubernetes_test.go b/provider/kubernetes_test.go
index e7e86e30c..95c4d8178 100644
--- a/provider/kubernetes_test.go
+++ b/provider/kubernetes_test.go
@@ -169,6 +169,229 @@ func TestLoadIngresses(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestRuleType(t *testing.T) {
+	ingresses := []k8s.Ingress{
+		{
+			ObjectMeta: k8s.ObjectMeta{
+				Annotations: map[string]string{"traefik.frontend.rule.type": "PathPrefixStrip"}, //camel case
+			},
+			Spec: k8s.IngressSpec{
+				Rules: []k8s.IngressRule{
+					{
+						Host: "foo1",
+						IngressRuleValue: k8s.IngressRuleValue{
+							HTTP: &k8s.HTTPIngressRuleValue{
+								Paths: []k8s.HTTPIngressPath{
+									{
+										Path: "/bar1",
+										Backend: k8s.IngressBackend{
+											ServiceName: "service1",
+											ServicePort: k8s.FromInt(801),
+										},
+									},
+								},
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			ObjectMeta: k8s.ObjectMeta{
+				Annotations: map[string]string{"traefik.frontend.rule.type": "path"}, //lower case
+			},
+			Spec: k8s.IngressSpec{
+				Rules: []k8s.IngressRule{
+					{
+						Host: "foo1",
+						IngressRuleValue: k8s.IngressRuleValue{
+							HTTP: &k8s.HTTPIngressRuleValue{
+								Paths: []k8s.HTTPIngressPath{
+									{
+										Path: "/bar2",
+										Backend: k8s.IngressBackend{
+											ServiceName: "service1",
+											ServicePort: k8s.FromInt(801),
+										},
+									},
+								},
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			ObjectMeta: k8s.ObjectMeta{
+				Annotations: map[string]string{"traefik.frontend.rule.type": "PathPrefix"}, //path prefix
+			},
+			Spec: k8s.IngressSpec{
+				Rules: []k8s.IngressRule{
+					{
+						Host: "foo2",
+						IngressRuleValue: k8s.IngressRuleValue{
+							HTTP: &k8s.HTTPIngressRuleValue{
+								Paths: []k8s.HTTPIngressPath{
+									{
+										Path: "/bar1",
+										Backend: k8s.IngressBackend{
+											ServiceName: "service1",
+											ServicePort: k8s.FromInt(801),
+										},
+									},
+								},
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			ObjectMeta: k8s.ObjectMeta{
+				Annotations: map[string]string{"traefik.frontend.rule.type": "PathStrip"}, //path strip
+			},
+			Spec: k8s.IngressSpec{
+				Rules: []k8s.IngressRule{
+					{
+						Host: "foo2",
+						IngressRuleValue: k8s.IngressRuleValue{
+							HTTP: &k8s.HTTPIngressRuleValue{
+								Paths: []k8s.HTTPIngressPath{
+									{
+										Path: "/bar2",
+										Backend: k8s.IngressBackend{
+											ServiceName: "service1",
+											ServicePort: k8s.FromInt(801),
+										},
+									},
+								},
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			ObjectMeta: k8s.ObjectMeta{
+				Annotations: map[string]string{"traefik.frontend.rule.type": "PathXXStrip"}, //wrong rule
+			},
+			Spec: k8s.IngressSpec{
+				Rules: []k8s.IngressRule{
+					{
+						Host: "foo1",
+						IngressRuleValue: k8s.IngressRuleValue{
+							HTTP: &k8s.HTTPIngressRuleValue{
+								Paths: []k8s.HTTPIngressPath{
+									{
+										Path: "/bar3",
+										Backend: k8s.IngressBackend{
+											ServiceName: "service1",
+											ServicePort: k8s.FromInt(801),
+										},
+									},
+								},
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+	services := []k8s.Service{
+		{
+			ObjectMeta: k8s.ObjectMeta{
+				Name: "service1",
+				UID:  "1",
+			},
+			Spec: k8s.ServiceSpec{
+				ClusterIP: "10.0.0.1",
+				Ports: []k8s.ServicePort{
+					{
+						Name: "http",
+						Port: 801,
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+	watchChan := make(chan interface{})
+	client := clientMock{
+		ingresses: ingresses,
+		services:  services,
+		watchChan: watchChan,
+	}
+	provider := Kubernetes{disablePassHostHeaders: true}
+	actualConfig, err := provider.loadIngresses(client)
+	actual := actualConfig.Frontends
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("error %+v", err)
+	}
+
+	expected := map[string]*types.Frontend{
+		"foo1/bar1": {
+			Backend: "foo1/bar1",
+			Routes: map[string]types.Route{
+				"/bar1": {
+					Rule: "PathPrefixStrip:/bar1",
+				},
+				"foo1": {
+					Rule: "Host:foo1",
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		"foo1/bar2": {
+			Backend: "foo1/bar2",
+			Routes: map[string]types.Route{
+				"/bar2": {
+					Rule: "Path:/bar2",
+				},
+				"foo1": {
+					Rule: "Host:foo1",
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		"foo2/bar1": {
+			Backend: "foo2/bar1",
+			Routes: map[string]types.Route{
+				"/bar1": {
+					Rule: "PathPrefix:/bar1",
+				},
+				"foo2": {
+					Rule: "Host:foo2",
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		"foo2/bar2": {
+			Backend: "foo2/bar2",
+			Routes: map[string]types.Route{
+				"/bar2": {
+					Rule: "PathStrip:/bar2",
+				},
+				"foo2": {
+					Rule: "Host:foo2",
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		"foo1/bar3": {
+			Backend: "foo1/bar3",
+			Routes: map[string]types.Route{
+				"/bar3": {
+					Rule: "PathPrefix:/bar3",
+				},
+				"foo1": {
+					Rule: "Host:foo1",
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+	actualJSON, _ := json.Marshal(actual)
+	expectedJSON, _ := json.Marshal(expected)
+
+	if !reflect.DeepEqual(actual, expected) {
+		t.Fatalf("expected %+v, got %+v", string(expectedJSON), string(actualJSON))
+	}
+}
+
 func TestGetPassHostHeader(t *testing.T) {
 	ingresses := []k8s.Ingress{{
 		Spec: k8s.IngressSpec{