diff --git a/controllers/nginx/Changelog.md b/controllers/nginx/Changelog.md
index 0620d1179..8bc812153 100644
--- a/controllers/nginx/Changelog.md
+++ b/controllers/nginx/Changelog.md
@@ -1,10 +1,20 @@
 Changelog
 
-### next
+
+### 0.8
 
 - [X] [#1063](https://github.com/kubernetes/contrib/pull/1063) watches referenced tls secrets
 - [X] [#850](https://github.com/kubernetes/contrib/pull/850) adds configurable SSL redirect nginx controller
-- [ ] [#1136](https://github.com/kubernetes/contrib/pull/1136) Fix nginx rewrite rule order
+- [X] [#1136](https://github.com/kubernetes/contrib/pull/1136) Fix nginx rewrite rule order
+- [X] [#1144](https://github.com/kubernetes/contrib/pull/1144) Add cidr whitelist support
+- [X] [#1230](https://github.com/kubernetes/contrib/pull/1130) Improve docs and examples
+- [X] [#1258](https://github.com/kubernetes/contrib/pull/1258) Avoid sync without a reachable 
+- [X] [#1235](https://github.com/kubernetes/contrib/pull/1235) Fix stats by country in nginx status page
+- [X] [#1236](https://github.com/kubernetes/contrib/pull/1236) Update nginx to add dynamic TLS records and spdy
+- [X] [#1238](https://github.com/kubernetes/contrib/pull/1238) Add support for dynamic TLS records and spdy
+- [X] [#1239](https://github.com/kubernetes/contrib/pull/1239) Add support for conditional log of urls
+- [X] [#1253](https://github.com/kubernetes/contrib/pull/1253) Use delayed queue
+
 
 ### 0.7
 
diff --git a/controllers/nginx/Makefile b/controllers/nginx/Makefile
index 1ae30e9ef..ec707803d 100644
--- a/controllers/nginx/Makefile
+++ b/controllers/nginx/Makefile
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 all: push
 
 # 0.0 shouldn't clobber any release builds
-TAG = 0.7
+TAG = 0.8
 PREFIX = gcr.io/google_containers/nginx-ingress-controller
 
 REPO_INFO=$(shell git config --get remote.origin.url)
+UPX:=$(shell command -v upx 2> /dev/null)
 
 ifndef VERSION
   VERSION := git-$(shell git rev-parse --short HEAD)
@@ -14,6 +15,10 @@ controller: controller.go clean
 	CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=linux go build -a -installsuffix cgo -ldflags \
 		"-s -w -X main.version=${VERSION} -X main.gitRepo=${REPO_INFO}" \
 		-o nginx-ingress-controller
+ifdef UPX
+	# compressing the binary reduces the size at leat a 75%
+	upx nginx-ingress-controller
+endif
 
 container: controller
 	docker build -t $(PREFIX):$(TAG) .
diff --git a/controllers/nginx/examples/custom-configuration/rc-custom-configuration.yaml b/controllers/nginx/examples/custom-configuration/rc-custom-configuration.yaml
index c791a8577..77884ab2f 100644
--- a/controllers/nginx/examples/custom-configuration/rc-custom-configuration.yaml
+++ b/controllers/nginx/examples/custom-configuration/rc-custom-configuration.yaml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ spec:
     spec:
       terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 60      
       containers:
-      - image: gcr.io/google_containers/nginx-ingress-controller:0.7
+      - image: gcr.io/google_containers/nginx-ingress-controller:0.8
         name: nginx-ingress-lb
         imagePullPolicy: Always
         livenessProbe:
diff --git a/controllers/nginx/examples/custom-errors/rc-custom-errors.yaml b/controllers/nginx/examples/custom-errors/rc-custom-errors.yaml
index 3d74e9c35..d72fe3f17 100644
--- a/controllers/nginx/examples/custom-errors/rc-custom-errors.yaml
+++ b/controllers/nginx/examples/custom-errors/rc-custom-errors.yaml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ spec:
     spec:
       terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 60      
       containers:
-      - image: gcr.io/google_containers/nginx-ingress-controller:0.7
+      - image: gcr.io/google_containers/nginx-ingress-controller:0.8
         name: nginx-ingress-lb
         imagePullPolicy: Always
         livenessProbe:
diff --git a/controllers/nginx/examples/custom-template/custom-template.yaml b/controllers/nginx/examples/custom-template/custom-template.yaml
index d132221e8..306a7976d 100644
--- a/controllers/nginx/examples/custom-template/custom-template.yaml
+++ b/controllers/nginx/examples/custom-template/custom-template.yaml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ spec:
     spec:
       terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 60      
       containers:
-      - image: gcr.io/google_containers/nginx-ingress-controller:0.7
+      - image: gcr.io/google_containers/nginx-ingress-controller:0.8
         name: nginx-ingress-lb
         imagePullPolicy: Always
         livenessProbe:
diff --git a/controllers/nginx/examples/daemonset/as-daemonset.yaml b/controllers/nginx/examples/daemonset/as-daemonset.yaml
index 859e60cf9..53d4b7b4c 100644
--- a/controllers/nginx/examples/daemonset/as-daemonset.yaml
+++ b/controllers/nginx/examples/daemonset/as-daemonset.yaml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ spec:
     spec:
       terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 60      
       containers:
-      - image: gcr.io/google_containers/nginx-ingress-controller:0.7
+      - image: gcr.io/google_containers/nginx-ingress-controller:0.8
         name: nginx-ingress-lb
         imagePullPolicy: Always
         livenessProbe:
diff --git a/controllers/nginx/examples/default/rc-default.yaml b/controllers/nginx/examples/default/rc-default.yaml
index d2c2731c2..c52071da7 100644
--- a/controllers/nginx/examples/default/rc-default.yaml
+++ b/controllers/nginx/examples/default/rc-default.yaml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ spec:
     spec:
       terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 60      
       containers:
-      - image: gcr.io/google_containers/nginx-ingress-controller:0.7
+      - image: gcr.io/google_containers/nginx-ingress-controller:0.8
         name: nginx-ingress-lb
         imagePullPolicy: Always
         livenessProbe:
diff --git a/controllers/nginx/examples/full/rc-full.yaml b/controllers/nginx/examples/full/rc-full.yaml
index 859bc281d..ef23850b7 100644
--- a/controllers/nginx/examples/full/rc-full.yaml
+++ b/controllers/nginx/examples/full/rc-full.yaml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ spec:
         secret:
           secretName: dhparam-example
       containers:
-      - image: gcr.io/google_containers/nginx-ingress-controller:0.7
+      - image: gcr.io/google_containers/nginx-ingress-controller:0.8
         name: nginx-ingress-lb
         imagePullPolicy: Always
         livenessProbe:
diff --git a/controllers/nginx/examples/proxy-protocol/nginx-rc.yaml b/controllers/nginx/examples/proxy-protocol/nginx-rc.yaml
index 2bad5b8fd..3c9bd91df 100644
--- a/controllers/nginx/examples/proxy-protocol/nginx-rc.yaml
+++ b/controllers/nginx/examples/proxy-protocol/nginx-rc.yaml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ spec:
     spec:
       terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 60
       containers:
-      - image: gcr.io/google_containers/nginx-ingress-controller:0.7
+      - image: gcr.io/google_containers/nginx-ingress-controller:0.8
         name: nginx-ingress-lb
         imagePullPolicy: Always
         livenessProbe:
diff --git a/controllers/nginx/examples/tcp/rc-tcp.yaml b/controllers/nginx/examples/tcp/rc-tcp.yaml
index 1f0da3c00..1f9ed1be9 100644
--- a/controllers/nginx/examples/tcp/rc-tcp.yaml
+++ b/controllers/nginx/examples/tcp/rc-tcp.yaml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ spec:
     spec:
       terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 60      
       containers:
-      - image: gcr.io/google_containers/nginx-ingress-controller:0.7
+      - image: gcr.io/google_containers/nginx-ingress-controller:0.8
         name: nginx-ingress-lb
         imagePullPolicy: Always
         livenessProbe:
diff --git a/controllers/nginx/examples/tls/rc-ssl.yaml b/controllers/nginx/examples/tls/rc-ssl.yaml
index d2c2731c2..c52071da7 100644
--- a/controllers/nginx/examples/tls/rc-ssl.yaml
+++ b/controllers/nginx/examples/tls/rc-ssl.yaml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ spec:
     spec:
       terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 60      
       containers:
-      - image: gcr.io/google_containers/nginx-ingress-controller:0.7
+      - image: gcr.io/google_containers/nginx-ingress-controller:0.8
         name: nginx-ingress-lb
         imagePullPolicy: Always
         livenessProbe:
diff --git a/controllers/nginx/examples/udp/rc-udp.yaml b/controllers/nginx/examples/udp/rc-udp.yaml
index 5e156f690..7e68825d8 100644
--- a/controllers/nginx/examples/udp/rc-udp.yaml
+++ b/controllers/nginx/examples/udp/rc-udp.yaml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ spec:
     spec:
       terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 60      
       containers:
-      - image: gcr.io/google_containers/nginx-ingress-controller:0.7
+      - image: gcr.io/google_containers/nginx-ingress-controller:0.8
         name: nginx-ingress-lb
         imagePullPolicy: Always
         livenessProbe:
diff --git a/controllers/nginx/rc.yaml b/controllers/nginx/rc.yaml
index 3230bc1e8..88d56e78b 100644
--- a/controllers/nginx/rc.yaml
+++ b/controllers/nginx/rc.yaml
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ spec:
     spec:
       terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 60
       containers:
-      - image: gcr.io/google_containers/nginx-ingress-controller:0.7
+      - image: gcr.io/google_containers/nginx-ingress-controller:0.8
         name: nginx-ingress-lb
         imagePullPolicy: Always
         livenessProbe: