diff --git a/provider/marathon.go b/provider/marathon.go
index ecf736c78..2dc7c27bc 100644
--- a/provider/marathon.go
+++ b/provider/marathon.go
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ func (provider *Marathon) loadMarathonConfig() *types.Configuration {
 		"getMaxConnAmount":            provider.getMaxConnAmount,
 		"getLoadBalancerMethod":       provider.getLoadBalancerMethod,
 		"getCircuitBreakerExpression": provider.getCircuitBreakerExpression,
+		"getSticky":                   provider.getSticky,
 	}
 
 	applications, err := provider.marathonClient.Applications(nil)
@@ -347,6 +348,13 @@ func (provider *Marathon) getProtocol(task marathon.Task, applications []maratho
 	return "http"
 }
 
+func (provider *Marathon) getSticky(application marathon.Application) string {
+	if sticky, err := provider.getLabel(application, "traefik.backend.sticky"); err == nil {
+		return sticky
+	}
+	return "false"
+}
+
 func (provider *Marathon) getPassHostHeader(application marathon.Application) string {
 	if passHostHeader, err := provider.getLabel(application, "traefik.frontend.passHostHeader"); err == nil {
 		return passHostHeader
diff --git a/provider/marathon_test.go b/provider/marathon_test.go
index cb4edea27..4211f1d26 100644
--- a/provider/marathon_test.go
+++ b/provider/marathon_test.go
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ func TestMarathonLoadConfig(t *testing.T) {
 						},
 					},
 					CircuitBreaker: nil,
-					LoadBalancer:   nil,
+					LoadBalancer:   &types.LoadBalancer{Sticky: false},
 				},
 			},
 		},
diff --git a/server.go b/server.go
index 0d6cf7fb6..ab51614c5 100644
--- a/server.go
+++ b/server.go
@@ -537,12 +537,16 @@ func (server *Server) loadConfig(configurations configs, globalConfiguration Glo
 							log.Errorf("Skipping frontend %s...", frontendName)
 							continue frontend
 						}
+
 						lbMethod, err := types.NewLoadBalancerMethod(configuration.Backends[frontend.Backend].LoadBalancer)
 						if err != nil {
 							log.Errorf("Error loading load balancer method '%+v' for frontend %s: %v", configuration.Backends[frontend.Backend].LoadBalancer, frontendName, err)
 							log.Errorf("Skipping frontend %s...", frontendName)
 							continue frontend
 						}
+
+						stickysession := configuration.Backends[frontend.Backend].LoadBalancer.Sticky
+
 						switch lbMethod {
 						case types.Drr:
 							log.Debugf("Creating load-balancer drr")
@@ -565,6 +569,12 @@ func (server *Server) loadConfig(configurations configs, globalConfiguration Glo
 							}
 						case types.Wrr:
 							log.Debugf("Creating load-balancer wrr")
+							if stickysession {
+								cookiename := "_TRAEFIK_SERVERNAME"
+								log.Debugf("... setting to sticky session with cookie named %v", cookiename)
+								sticky := roundrobin.NewStickySession(cookiename)
+								rr, _ = roundrobin.New(saveBackend, roundrobin.EnableStickySession(sticky))
+							}
 							lb = rr
 							for serverName, server := range configuration.Backends[frontend.Backend].Servers {
 								url, err := url.Parse(server.URL)
diff --git a/templates/marathon.tmpl b/templates/marathon.tmpl
index fbd2bf801..04a6912c2 100644
--- a/templates/marathon.tmpl
+++ b/templates/marathon.tmpl
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 {{ if hasLoadBalancerLabels . }}
       [backends.backend{{getFrontendBackend . }}.loadbalancer]
         method = "{{getLoadBalancerMethod . }}"
+        sticky = {{getSticky .}}
 {{end}}
 {{ if hasCircuitBreakerLabels . }}
       [backends.backend{{getFrontendBackend . }}.circuitbreaker]
diff --git a/types/types.go b/types/types.go
index 8b4d2a264..d5a0f0ead 100644
--- a/types/types.go
+++ b/types/types.go
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ type MaxConn struct {
 // LoadBalancer holds load balancing configuration.
 type LoadBalancer struct {
 	Method string `json:"method,omitempty"`
+	Sticky bool   `json:"sticky,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // CircuitBreaker holds circuit breaker configuration.