diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 562090a30..2314eb193 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -25,3 +25,10 @@ Session.vim
 # coverage artifacts
 .coverprofile
 /gover.coverprofile
+
+# skip go tests
+*/**/*.test
+
+# skip e2e binaries
+minikube
+kubectl
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 0b5767d5b..941f42ecb 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ notifications:
   email: true
 
 go:
-  - 1.8.3
+  - 1.9
 
 go_import_path: k8s.io/ingress
 
@@ -18,9 +18,10 @@ env:
     # to add additional secure variables:
     # docker run --rm caktux/travis-cli encrypt key=value -r kubernetes/ingress
     - RELEASE="ci-${TRAVIS_BUILD_ID}"
+    - DOCKER=docker
 
 before_script:
-  - export PATH=$PATH:$PWD/hack/e2e-internal/
+  - export PATH=$PATH:$PWD/controllers/nginx/e2e/e2e-internal
 
 jobs:
   include:
@@ -34,4 +35,6 @@ jobs:
         - go get github.com/modocache/gover
         - if ! go get github.com/golang/tools/cmd/cover; then go get golang.org/x/tools/cmd/cover; fi
         - make cover
-#- make test-e2e
+    - stage: e2e
+      script: 
+        - make test-e2e
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 2c1188922..13d4f72a4 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -2,15 +2,6 @@ all: fmt lint vet
 
 BUILDTAGS=
 
-# building inside travis generates a custom version of the
-# backends in order to run e2e tests agains the build.
-ifdef TRAVIS_BUILD_ID
-  RELEASE := ci-build-${TRAVIS_BUILD_ID}
-endif
-
-# 0.0 shouldn't clobber any release builds
-RELEASE?=0.0
-
 # by default build a linux version
 GOOS?=linux
 
@@ -23,7 +14,7 @@ endif
 # base package. It contains the common and backends code
 PKG := "k8s.io/ingress"
 
-GO_LIST_FILES=$(shell go list ${PKG}/... | grep -v vendor | grep -v -e "test/e2e")
+GO_LIST_FILES=$(shell go list ${PKG}/... | grep -v vendor | grep -v -e "e2e")
 
 .PHONY: fmt
 fmt:
@@ -38,8 +29,8 @@ test:
 	@go test -v -race -tags "$(BUILDTAGS) cgo" ${GO_LIST_FILES}
 
 .PHONY: test-e2e
-test-e2e: ginkgo
-	@go run hack/e2e.go -v --up --test --down
+test-e2e:
+	make -C controllers/nginx test-e2e
 
 .PHONY: cover
 cover:
@@ -70,7 +61,3 @@ docker-push:
 .PHONE: release
 release:
 	make -C controllers/nginx release
-
-.PHONY: ginkgo
-ginkgo:
-	go get github.com/onsi/ginkgo/ginkgo
diff --git a/controllers/nginx/Makefile b/controllers/nginx/Makefile
index 3293c1be9..4c8676ae1 100644
--- a/controllers/nginx/Makefile
+++ b/controllers/nginx/Makefile
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ DOCKER?=gcloud docker --
 SED_I?=sed -i
 GOHOSTOS ?= $(shell go env GOHOSTOS)
 
+SKIP_TESTS?=
+
 ifeq ($(GOHOSTOS),darwin)
   SED_I=sed -i ''
 endif
@@ -120,11 +122,14 @@ lint:
 
 test: fmt lint vet
 	@echo "+ $@"
-	@go test -v -race -tags "$(BUILDTAGS) cgo" $(shell go list ${PKG}/... | grep -v vendor)
+	@go test -v -race -tags "$(BUILDTAGS) cgo" $(shell go list ${PKG}/... | grep -v vendor |grep -v e2e)
+
+test-e2e: sub-container-amd64
+	@TAG=${TAG} IMAGE=$(MULTI_ARCH_IMG) go run e2e/e2e.go --files=e2e/nginx-ingress-controller.yaml,e2e/default-backend.yaml --verbose --up --test --down
 
 cover:
 	@echo "+ $@"
-	@go list -f '{{if len .TestGoFiles}}"go test -coverprofile={{.Dir}}/.coverprofile {{.ImportPath}}"{{end}}' $(shell go list ${PKG}/... | grep -v vendor) | xargs -L 1 sh -c
+	@go list -f '{{if len .TestGoFiles}}"go test -skipTest "${SKIP_TESTS}"  -coverprofile={{.Dir}}/.coverprofile {{.ImportPath}}"{{end}}' $(shell go list ${PKG}/... | grep -v vendor) | xargs -L 1 sh -c
 	gover
 	goveralls -coverprofile=gover.coverprofile -service travis-ci -repotoken ${COVERALLS_TOKEN}
 
diff --git a/controllers/nginx/e2e/default-backend.yaml b/controllers/nginx/e2e/default-backend.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3c40989a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/controllers/nginx/e2e/default-backend.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+apiVersion: extensions/v1beta1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name: default-http-backend
+  labels:
+    k8s-app: default-http-backend
+  namespace: kube-system
+spec:
+  replicas: 1
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        k8s-app: default-http-backend
+    spec:
+      terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 60
+      containers:
+      - name: default-http-backend
+        # Any image is permissable as long as:
+        # 1. It serves a 404 page at /
+        # 2. It serves 200 on a /healthz endpoint
+        image: gcr.io/google_containers/defaultbackend:1.0
+        livenessProbe:
+          httpGet:
+            path: /healthz
+            port: 8080
+            scheme: HTTP
+          initialDelaySeconds: 30
+          timeoutSeconds: 5
+        ports:
+        - containerPort: 8080
+        resources:
+          limits:
+            cpu: 10m
+            memory: 20Mi
+          requests:
+            cpu: 10m
+            memory: 20Mi
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Service
+metadata:
+  name: default-http-backend
+  namespace: kube-system
+  labels:
+    k8s-app: default-http-backend
+spec:
+  ports:
+  - port: 80
+    targetPort: 8080
+  selector:
+    k8s-app: default-http-backend
diff --git a/controllers/nginx/e2e/e2e-internal/e2e-down.sh b/controllers/nginx/e2e/e2e-internal/e2e-down.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..0df5401d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/controllers/nginx/e2e/e2e-internal/e2e-down.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+. ./e2e/e2e-internal/e2e-env.sh
+
+echo "Destroying running e2e cluster..."
+${MINIKUBE} --profile ${MINIKUBE_PROFILE} delete || echo "Cluster already destroyed"
diff --git a/controllers/nginx/e2e/e2e-internal/e2e-env.sh b/controllers/nginx/e2e/e2e-internal/e2e-env.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..adc0c7e98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/controllers/nginx/e2e/e2e-internal/e2e-env.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+export MINIKUBE_VERSION=0.22.0
+export K8S_VERSION=v1.7.5
+
+export PWD=`pwd`
+export BASEDIR="$(dirname ${BASH_SOURCE})"
+export KUBECTL="${BASEDIR}/kubectl"
+export MINIKUBE="${BASEDIR}/minikube"
+export GOOS="${GOOS:-linux}"
+
+export MINIKUBE_WANTUPDATENOTIFICATION=false
+export MINIKUBE_WANTREPORTERRORPROMPT=false
+export MINIKUBE_HOME=$HOME
+export CHANGE_MINIKUBE_NONE_USER=true
+
+export KUBECONFIG=$HOME/.kube/config
+
+export MINIKUBE_PROFILE="ingress-e2e"
+
+export PATH=$PATH:$BASEDIR
+
+if [ ! -e ${KUBECTL} ]; then
+  echo "kubectl binary is missing. downloading..."
+  curl -sSL http://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/${K8S_VERSION}/bin/${GOOS}/amd64/kubectl -o ${KUBECTL}
+  chmod u+x ${KUBECTL}
+fi
+
+if [ ! -e ${MINIKUBE} ]; then
+  echo "minikube binary is missing. downloading..."
+  curl -sSLo ${MINIKUBE} https://storage.googleapis.com/minikube/releases/v${MINIKUBE_VERSION}/minikube-linux-amd64
+  chmod +x ${MINIKUBE}
+fi
diff --git a/controllers/nginx/e2e/e2e-internal/e2e-status.sh b/controllers/nginx/e2e/e2e-internal/e2e-status.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..933fc5ce3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/controllers/nginx/e2e/e2e-internal/e2e-status.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -eof pipefail
+
+. ./e2e/e2e-internal/e2e-env.sh
+
+${MINIKUBE} --profile ${MINIKUBE_PROFILE} status
diff --git a/controllers/nginx/e2e/e2e-internal/e2e-up.sh b/controllers/nginx/e2e/e2e-internal/e2e-up.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..00275e86c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/controllers/nginx/e2e/e2e-internal/e2e-up.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -eof pipefail
+
+. ./e2e/e2e-internal/e2e-env.sh
+
+mkdir -p $HOME/.kube
+touch $KUBECONFIG
+
+if [ "$TRAVIS" = true ] ; then
+  sudo -E ${MINIKUBE} --profile ${MINIKUBE_PROFILE} start --vm-driver=none
+else
+  ${MINIKUBE} --profile ${MINIKUBE_PROFILE} start
+fi
+
+# this for loop waits until kubectl can access the api server that minikube has created
+for i in {1..150} # timeout for 5 minutes
+do
+  $KUBECTL get po &> /dev/null
+  if [ $? -ne 1 ]; then
+    break
+  fi
+  sleep 10
+done
+
+sleep 60
+
+echo "Kubernetes started"
diff --git a/controllers/nginx/e2e/e2e-internal/run-e2e.sh b/controllers/nginx/e2e/e2e-internal/run-e2e.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..8678a468b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/controllers/nginx/e2e/e2e-internal/run-e2e.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -eof pipefail
+
+. ./e2e/e2e-internal/e2e-env.sh
+
+echo "Creating test tag for image $IMAGE:$TAG"
+docker tag $IMAGE:$TAG $IMAGE:test
+
+echo "Uploading test image to minikube"
+dockerenv=$(${MINIKUBE} --profile ${MINIKUBE_PROFILE} docker-env | sed 's/export//g' | sed 's/^#.*$//g' | sed 's/"//g')
+docker save $IMAGE:test | env -i $dockerenv docker load
+
+echo "Running tests..."
+go test -v k8s.io/ingress/controllers/nginx/e2e/... -run ^TestIngressSuite$ --args --alsologtostderr --v=10
diff --git a/hack/e2e.go b/controllers/nginx/e2e/e2e.go
similarity index 77%
rename from hack/e2e.go
rename to controllers/nginx/e2e/e2e.go
index be9f2aa28..ccce1d0ea 100644
--- a/hack/e2e.go
+++ b/controllers/nginx/e2e/e2e.go
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-Copyright 2014 The Kubernetes Authors.
+Copyright 2017 The Kubernetes Authors.
 
 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -31,14 +31,14 @@ import (
 )
 
 var (
-	build      = flag.Bool("build", true, "Build the backends images indicated by the env var BACKENDS required to run e2e tests.")
 	up         = flag.Bool("up", true, "Creates a kubernetes cluster using hyperkube (containerized kubelet).")
 	down       = flag.Bool("down", true, "destroys the created cluster.")
-	test       = flag.Bool("test", true, "Run Ginkgo tests.")
+	test       = flag.Bool("test", true, "Run tests.")
 	dump       = flag.String("dump", "", "If set, dump cluster logs to this location on test or cluster-up failure")
-	testArgs   = flag.String("test-args", "", "Space-separated list of arguments to pass to Ginkgo test runner.")
+	testArgs   = flag.String("test-args", "", "Space-separated list of arguments to pass to the test runner.")
 	deployment = flag.String("deployment", "bash", "up/down mechanism")
-	verbose    = flag.Bool("v", false, "If true, print all command output.")
+	verbose    = flag.Bool("verbose", false, "If true, print all command output.")
+	files      = flag.String("files", "", "Path to a file/S descriptor that will create an Ingress controller")
 )
 
 func appendError(errs []error, err error) []error {
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ func validWorkingDirectory() error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to convert %s to an absolute path: %v", cwd, err)
 	}
-	if !strings.Contains(filepath.Base(acwd), "ingress") {
+	if !strings.Contains(filepath.Base(acwd), "nginx") {
 		return fmt.Errorf("must run from git root directory: %v", acwd)
 	}
 	return nil
@@ -139,14 +139,12 @@ func main() {
 }
 
 func run(deploy deployer) error {
-	if *dump != "" {
-		defer writeXML(time.Now())
+	if *files == "" {
+		return fmt.Errorf("missing required flag --files")
 	}
 
-	if *build {
-		if err := xmlWrap("Build", Build); err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("error building: %s", err)
-		}
+	if *dump != "" {
+		defer writeXML(time.Now())
 	}
 
 	if *up {
@@ -172,7 +170,7 @@ func run(deploy deployer) error {
 			return fmt.Errorf("starting e2e cluster: %s", err)
 		}
 		if *dump != "" {
-			cmd := exec.Command("./cluster/kubectl.sh", "--match-server-version=false", "get", "nodes", "-oyaml")
+			cmd := kubectlCmd("get", "nodes", "-oyaml")
 			b, err := cmd.CombinedOutput()
 			if *verbose {
 				log.Printf("kubectl get nodes:\n%s", string(b))
@@ -187,17 +185,22 @@ func run(deploy deployer) error {
 		}
 	}
 
+	log.Printf("deploying ingress controller")
+	if err := deploy.SetupController(*files); err != nil {
+		errs = appendError(errs, err)
+	}
+
 	if *test {
 		if err := xmlWrap("IsUp", deploy.IsUp); err != nil {
 			errs = appendError(errs, err)
 		} else {
-			errs = appendError(errs, Test())
+			errs = appendError(errs, runTests())
 		}
 	}
 
 	if len(errs) > 0 && *dump != "" {
 		errs = appendError(errs, xmlWrap("DumpClusterLogs", func() error {
-			return DumpClusterLogs(*dump)
+			return dumpClusterLogs(*dump)
 		}))
 	}
 
@@ -208,24 +211,14 @@ func run(deploy deployer) error {
 	if len(errs) != 0 {
 		return fmt.Errorf("encountered %d errors: %v", len(errs), errs)
 	}
-	return nil
-}
 
-func Build() error {
-	// The build-release script needs stdin to ask the user whether
-	// it's OK to download the docker image.
-	cmd := exec.Command("make", "docker-build")
-	cmd.Stdin = os.Stdin
-	if err := finishRunning("build-release", cmd); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("error building: %v", err)
-	}
 	return nil
 }
 
 type deployer interface {
 	Up() error
 	IsUp() error
-	SetupKubecfg() error
+	SetupController(p string) error
 	Down() error
 }
 
@@ -241,31 +234,36 @@ func getDeployer() (deployer, error) {
 type bash struct{}
 
 func (b bash) Up() error {
-	return finishRunning("up", exec.Command("./hack/e2e-internal/e2e-up.sh"))
+	return finishRunning("up", exec.Command("./e2e/e2e-internal/e2e-up.sh"))
 }
 
 func (b bash) IsUp() error {
-	return finishRunning("get status", exec.Command("./hack/e2e-internal/e2e-status.sh"))
+	return finishRunning("get status", exec.Command("./e2e/e2e-internal/e2e-status.sh"))
 }
 
-func (b bash) SetupKubecfg() error {
+func (b bash) SetupController(p string) error {
+	files := strings.Split(p, ",")
+	for _, f := range files {
+		err := finishRunning("setup controller", kubectlCmd("create", "-f", f))
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+
 	return nil
 }
 
 func (b bash) Down() error {
-	return finishRunning("teardown", exec.Command("./hack/e2e-internal/e2e-down.sh"))
+	return finishRunning("teardown", exec.Command("./e2e/e2e-internal/e2e-down.sh"))
 }
 
-func DumpClusterLogs(location string) error {
+func dumpClusterLogs(location string) error {
 	log.Printf("Dumping cluster logs to: %v", location)
-	return finishRunning("dump cluster logs", exec.Command("./hack/e2e-internal/log-dump.sh", location))
+	return finishRunning("dump cluster logs", exec.Command("./e2e/e2e-internal/log-dump.sh", location))
 }
 
-func Test() error {
-	if *testArgs == "" {
-		*testArgs = "--ginkgo.focus=\\[Feature:Ingress\\]"
-	}
-	return finishRunning("Ginkgo tests", exec.Command("./hack/e2e-internal/ginkgo-e2e.sh", strings.Fields(*testArgs)...))
+func runTests() error {
+	return finishRunning("Ingress tests", exec.Command("./e2e/e2e-internal/run-e2e.sh", strings.Fields(*testArgs)...))
 }
 
 func finishRunning(stepName string, cmd *exec.Cmd) error {
@@ -283,3 +281,15 @@ func finishRunning(stepName string, cmd *exec.Cmd) error {
 	}
 	return nil
 }
+
+func kubectlCmd(arg ...string) *exec.Cmd {
+	args := []string{"--context", "ingress-e2e"}
+	args = append(args, arg...)
+
+	kb := os.Getenv("KUBECTL")
+	if kb == "" {
+		kb = "./e2e/e2e-internal/kubectl"
+	}
+
+	return exec.Command(kb, args...)
+}
diff --git a/controllers/nginx/e2e/e2e_types.go b/controllers/nginx/e2e/e2e_types.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3d2ea636b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/controllers/nginx/e2e/e2e_types.go
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2017 The Kubernetes 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
+*/
+
+package main
+
+import (
+	"time"
+
+	apiv1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
+	extensions "k8s.io/api/extensions/v1beta1"
+)
+
+// IngressTestCase defines a test case for Ingress
+type IngressTestCase struct {
+	Name                  string                       `json:"name"`
+	Description           string                       `json:"description"`
+	Ingress               *extensions.Ingress          `json:"ingress"`
+	ReplicationController *apiv1.ReplicationController `json:"replicationController,omitempty"`
+	Deployment            *extensions.Deployment       `json:"deployment,omitempty"`
+	Service               *apiv1.Service               `json:"service"`
+	Assert                []*Assert                    `json:"tests"`
+}
+
+// Assert defines a verification over the
+type Assert struct {
+	Name    string        `json:"name"`
+	Request Request       `json:"request"`
+	Expect  []*Expect     `json:"expect"`
+	Timeout time.Duration `json:"timeout"`
+}
+
+// Request defines a HTTP/s request to be executed against an Ingress
+type Request struct {
+	Method  string                 `json:"method"`
+	URL     string                 `json:"url"`
+	Query   map[string]interface{} `json:"query"`
+	Form    map[string]interface{} `json:"form"`
+	Body    interface{}            `json:"body"`
+	Headers map[string]string      `json:"headers"`
+}
+
+// Expect defines the required conditions that must be true from a request response
+type Expect struct {
+	Body           []byte            `json:"body"`
+	ContentType    string            `json:"contentType"`
+	Header         []string          `json:"header"`
+	HeaderAndValue map[string]string `json:"headerAndValue"`
+	Statuscode     int               `json:"statusCode"`
+}
diff --git a/controllers/nginx/e2e/e2e_types_test.go b/controllers/nginx/e2e/e2e_types_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f6c512743
--- /dev/null
+++ b/controllers/nginx/e2e/e2e_types_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2017 The Kubernetes 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
+*/
+
+package main
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestReadYamlCase(t *testing.T) {
+	itc, err := parseTestCase("suite/0001.yaml")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected error reading test case 0001: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	if itc == nil {
+		t.Fatal("unexpected decoding of test case 0001")
+	}
+
+	if itc.ReplicationController != nil {
+		t.Fatal("unexpected replication controller in test case 0001")
+	}
+
+	if len(itc.Assert) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected 1 tests but %v returned", len(itc.Assert))
+	}
+}
diff --git a/controllers/nginx/e2e/ingress_test.go b/controllers/nginx/e2e/ingress_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bb2253244
--- /dev/null
+++ b/controllers/nginx/e2e/ingress_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,161 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2017 The Kubernetes 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
+*/
+
+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"os"
+	"path"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/ghodss/yaml"
+
+	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
+
+	"k8s.io/ingress/controllers/nginx/e2e/util"
+)
+
+func TestIngressSuite(t *testing.T) {
+	client, err := util.GetClient()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected error creating k8s client: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	pwd, _ := os.Getwd()
+	filepath.Walk(path.Join(pwd, "/suite"),
+		func(path string, info os.FileInfo, err error) error {
+			if strings.HasSuffix(path, ".yaml") {
+				t.Log(path)
+				runTestCase(path, client, t)
+			}
+			return nil
+		})
+}
+
+func runTestCase(rawtc string, client kubernetes.Interface, t *testing.T) {
+	tc, err := parseTestCase(rawtc)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected error reading Ingress test case file %v: %v", rawtc, err)
+	}
+
+	t.Run(tc.Name, func(t *testing.T) {
+		if len(tc.Assert) == 0 {
+			t.Fatal("test case does not contains tests")
+		}
+
+		if tc.Ingress == nil {
+			t.Fatal("the test case does not contains an Ingress rule")
+		}
+
+		t.Logf("starting deploy of requirements for test case '%v'", tc.Name)
+		err := tc.deploy(client)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("unexpected error in test case deploy process: %v", err)
+		}
+
+		for _, assert := range tc.Assert {
+			t.Logf("running assert %v", assert.Name)
+		}
+
+		err = tc.undeploy(client)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("unexpected error in test case deploy process: %v", err)
+		}
+	})
+}
+
+// parseTestCase parses a test case from a yaml file
+func parseTestCase(p string) (*IngressTestCase, error) {
+	file, err := ioutil.ReadFile(p)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	var itc IngressTestCase
+	err = yaml.Unmarshal(file, &itc)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return &itc, nil
+}
+
+// deploy creates the kubernetes object specified in the test case
+func (tc IngressTestCase) deploy(client kubernetes.Interface) error {
+	_, err := client.Extensions().Ingresses(getNamespace(tc.Ingress.Namespace)).Create(tc.Ingress)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	if tc.Service != nil {
+		_, err := client.CoreV1().Services(getNamespace(tc.Service.Namespace)).Create(tc.Service)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+
+	if tc.ReplicationController != nil {
+		_, err := client.CoreV1().ReplicationControllers(getNamespace(tc.ReplicationController.Namespace)).Create(tc.ReplicationController)
+		return err
+	} else if tc.Deployment != nil {
+		_, err := client.Extensions().Deployments(getNamespace(tc.Deployment.Namespace)).Create(tc.Deployment)
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return fmt.Errorf("invalid deployment option. Please check the test case")
+}
+
+// undeploy removes the kubernetes object created by the test case
+func (tc IngressTestCase) undeploy(client kubernetes.Interface) error {
+	err := client.Extensions().Ingresses(getNamespace(tc.Ingress.Namespace)).Delete(tc.Ingress.Name, &metav1.DeleteOptions{})
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	if tc.Service != nil {
+		err := client.CoreV1().Services(getNamespace(tc.Service.Namespace)).Delete(tc.Service.Name, &metav1.DeleteOptions{})
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+
+	if tc.ReplicationController != nil {
+		err := client.CoreV1().ReplicationControllers(getNamespace(tc.ReplicationController.Namespace)).Delete(tc.ReplicationController.Name, &metav1.DeleteOptions{})
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	} else if tc.Deployment != nil {
+		err := client.Extensions().Deployments(getNamespace(tc.Deployment.Namespace)).Delete(tc.Deployment.Name, &metav1.DeleteOptions{})
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func getNamespace(ns string) string {
+	if ns == "" {
+		return "default"
+	}
+
+	return ns
+}
diff --git a/controllers/nginx/e2e/nginx-ingress-controller.yaml b/controllers/nginx/e2e/nginx-ingress-controller.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e04351e0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/controllers/nginx/e2e/nginx-ingress-controller.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+apiVersion: extensions/v1beta1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name: nginx-ingress-controller
+  labels:
+    k8s-app: nginx-ingress-controller
+  namespace: kube-system
+spec:
+  replicas: 1
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        k8s-app: nginx-ingress-controller
+    spec:
+      terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 60
+      containers:
+      - image: gcr.io/google_containers/nginx-ingress-controller-amd64:test
+        name: nginx-ingress-controller
+        readinessProbe:
+          httpGet:
+            path: /healthz
+            port: 10254
+            scheme: HTTP
+        livenessProbe:
+          httpGet:
+            path: /healthz
+            port: 10254
+            scheme: HTTP
+          initialDelaySeconds: 10
+          timeoutSeconds: 1
+        ports:
+        - containerPort: 80
+          hostPort: 80
+        - containerPort: 443
+          hostPort: 443
+        env:
+          - name: POD_NAME
+            valueFrom:
+              fieldRef:
+                fieldPath: metadata.name
+          - name: POD_NAMESPACE
+            valueFrom:
+              fieldRef:
+                fieldPath: metadata.namespace
+        args:
+        - /nginx-ingress-controller
+        - --default-backend-service=$(POD_NAMESPACE)/default-http-backend
diff --git a/controllers/nginx/e2e/suite/0001.yaml b/controllers/nginx/e2e/suite/0001.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..645612209
--- /dev/null
+++ b/controllers/nginx/e2e/suite/0001.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+name: "001"
+description: "simple test"
+ingress:
+  apiVersion: extensions/v1beta1
+  kind: Ingress
+  metadata:
+    name: echomap
+  spec:
+    rules:
+    - host: foo.bar.com
+      http:
+        paths:
+        - path: /
+          backend:
+            serviceName: echoheaders
+            servicePort: 80
+deployment:
+  apiVersion: extensions/v1beta1
+  kind: Deployment
+  metadata:
+    name: http-svc
+    labels:
+      k8s-app: http-svc
+  spec:
+    replicas: 1
+    template:
+      metadata:
+        labels:
+          k8s-app: http-svc
+      spec:
+        containers:
+        - name: http-svc
+          image: gcr.io/google_containers/echoserver:1.8
+          livenessProbe:
+            httpGet:
+              path: /healthz
+              port: 8080
+              scheme: HTTP
+            initialDelaySeconds: 30
+            timeoutSeconds: 5
+          ports:
+          - containerPort: 8080
+service:
+  apiVersion: v1
+  kind: Service
+  metadata:
+    name: http-svc
+    labels:
+      k8s-app: http-svc
+  spec:
+    ports:
+    - port: 80
+      targetPort: 8080
+    selector:
+      k8s-app: http-svc
+tests:
+  - name: "get /"
+    expect:
+      - statusCode: 200
+    request:
+      method: GET
+      url: /
diff --git a/controllers/nginx/e2e/util/util.go b/controllers/nginx/e2e/util/util.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..eccf7d5f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/controllers/nginx/e2e/util/util.go
@@ -0,0 +1,223 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2017 The Kubernetes Authors All rights reserved.
+
+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 util
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+
+	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/fields"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/labels"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/watch"
+
+	"k8s.io/api/core/v1"
+	apierrs "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
+	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
+
+	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/cache"
+	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/clientcmd"
+)
+
+type PodStore struct {
+	cache.Store
+	stopCh    chan struct{}
+	Reflector *cache.Reflector
+}
+
+func (s *PodStore) List() []*v1.Pod {
+	objects := s.Store.List()
+	pods := make([]*v1.Pod, 0)
+	for _, o := range objects {
+		pods = append(pods, o.(*v1.Pod))
+	}
+	return pods
+}
+
+func (s *PodStore) Stop() {
+	close(s.stopCh)
+}
+
+func GetClient() (kubernetes.Interface, error) {
+	profile := os.Getenv("MINIKUBE_PROFILE")
+
+	loadingRules := clientcmd.NewDefaultClientConfigLoadingRules()
+	configOverrides := &clientcmd.ConfigOverrides{}
+	configOverrides.CurrentContext = profile
+	kubeConfig := clientcmd.NewNonInteractiveDeferredLoadingClientConfig(loadingRules, configOverrides)
+	config, err := kubeConfig.ClientConfig()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Error creating kubeConfig: %s", err)
+	}
+	client, err := kubernetes.NewForConfig(config)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "Error creating new client from kubeConfig.ClientConfig()")
+	}
+	return client, nil
+}
+
+func NewPodStore(c kubernetes.Interface, namespace string, label labels.Selector, field fields.Selector) *PodStore {
+	lw := &cache.ListWatch{
+		ListFunc: func(options metav1.ListOptions) (runtime.Object, error) {
+			options.LabelSelector = label.String()
+			options.FieldSelector = field.String()
+			obj, err := c.Core().Pods(namespace).List(options)
+			return runtime.Object(obj), err
+		},
+		WatchFunc: func(options metav1.ListOptions) (watch.Interface, error) {
+			options.LabelSelector = label.String()
+			options.FieldSelector = field.String()
+			return c.Core().Pods(namespace).Watch(options)
+		},
+	}
+	store := cache.NewStore(cache.MetaNamespaceKeyFunc)
+	stopCh := make(chan struct{})
+	reflector := cache.NewReflector(lw, &v1.Pod{}, store, 0)
+	reflector.Run(stopCh)
+	return &PodStore{Store: store, stopCh: stopCh, Reflector: reflector}
+}
+
+func StartPods(c kubernetes.Interface, namespace string, pod v1.Pod, waitForRunning bool) error {
+	pod.ObjectMeta.Labels["name"] = pod.Name
+	if waitForRunning {
+		label := labels.SelectorFromSet(labels.Set(map[string]string{"name": pod.Name}))
+		err := WaitForPodsWithLabelRunning(c, namespace, label)
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("Error waiting for pod %s to be running: %v", pod.Name, err)
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// Wait up to 10 minutes for all matching pods to become Running and at least one
+// matching pod exists.
+func WaitForPodsWithLabelRunning(c kubernetes.Interface, ns string, label labels.Selector) error {
+	running := false
+	PodStore := NewPodStore(c, ns, label, fields.Everything())
+	defer PodStore.Stop()
+waitLoop:
+	for start := time.Now(); time.Since(start) < 10*time.Minute; time.Sleep(250 * time.Millisecond) {
+		pods := PodStore.List()
+		if len(pods) == 0 {
+			continue waitLoop
+		}
+		for _, p := range pods {
+			if p.Status.Phase != v1.PodRunning {
+				continue waitLoop
+			}
+		}
+		running = true
+		break
+	}
+	if !running {
+		return fmt.Errorf("Timeout while waiting for pods with labels %q to be running", label.String())
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// WaitForRCToStabilize waits till the RC has a matching generation/replica count between spec and status.
+func WaitForRCToStabilize(t *testing.T, c kubernetes.Interface, ns, name string, timeout time.Duration) error {
+	options := metav1.ListOptions{FieldSelector: fields.Set{
+		"metadata.name":      name,
+		"metadata.namespace": ns,
+	}.AsSelector().String()}
+	w, err := c.Core().ReplicationControllers(ns).Watch(options)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	_, err = watch.Until(timeout, w, func(event watch.Event) (bool, error) {
+		switch event.Type {
+		case watch.Deleted:
+			return false, apierrs.NewNotFound(schema.GroupResource{Resource: "replicationcontrollers"}, "")
+		}
+		switch rc := event.Object.(type) {
+		case *v1.ReplicationController:
+			if rc.Name == name && rc.Namespace == ns &&
+				rc.Generation <= rc.Status.ObservedGeneration &&
+				*(rc.Spec.Replicas) == rc.Status.Replicas {
+				return true, nil
+			}
+			t.Logf("Waiting for rc %s to stabilize, generation %v observed generation %v spec.replicas %d status.replicas %d",
+				name, rc.Generation, rc.Status.ObservedGeneration, *(rc.Spec.Replicas), rc.Status.Replicas)
+		}
+		return false, nil
+	})
+	return err
+}
+
+// WaitForService waits until the service appears (exist == true), or disappears (exist == false)
+func WaitForService(t *testing.T, c kubernetes.Interface, namespace, name string, exist bool, interval, timeout time.Duration) error {
+	err := wait.PollImmediate(interval, timeout, func() (bool, error) {
+		_, err := c.Core().Services(namespace).Get(name, metav1.GetOptions{})
+		switch {
+		case err == nil:
+			t.Logf("Service %s in namespace %s found.", name, namespace)
+			return exist, nil
+		case apierrs.IsNotFound(err):
+			t.Logf("Service %s in namespace %s disappeared.", name, namespace)
+			return !exist, nil
+		case !IsRetryableAPIError(err):
+			t.Logf("Non-retryable failure while getting service.")
+			return false, err
+		default:
+			t.Logf("Get service %s in namespace %s failed: %v", name, namespace, err)
+			return false, nil
+		}
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		stateMsg := map[bool]string{true: "to appear", false: "to disappear"}
+		return fmt.Errorf("error waiting for service %s/%s %s: %v", namespace, name, stateMsg[exist], err)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+//WaitForServiceEndpointsNum waits until the amount of endpoints that implement service to expectNum.
+func WaitForServiceEndpointsNum(t *testing.T, c kubernetes.Interface, namespace, serviceName string, expectNum int, interval, timeout time.Duration) error {
+	return wait.Poll(interval, timeout, func() (bool, error) {
+		t.Logf("Waiting for amount of service:%s endpoints to be %d", serviceName, expectNum)
+		list, err := c.Core().Endpoints(namespace).List(metav1.ListOptions{})
+		if err != nil {
+			return false, err
+		}
+
+		for _, e := range list.Items {
+			if e.Name == serviceName && countEndpointsNum(&e) == expectNum {
+				return true, nil
+			}
+		}
+		return false, nil
+	})
+}
+
+func countEndpointsNum(e *v1.Endpoints) int {
+	num := 0
+	for _, sub := range e.Subsets {
+		num += len(sub.Addresses)
+	}
+	return num
+}
+
+func IsRetryableAPIError(err error) bool {
+	return apierrs.IsTimeout(err) || apierrs.IsServerTimeout(err) || apierrs.IsTooManyRequests(err) || apierrs.IsInternalError(err)
+}
diff --git a/core/pkg/ingress/controller/annotations.go b/core/pkg/ingress/controller/annotations.go
index af2037dc7..11ef016fc 100644
--- a/core/pkg/ingress/controller/annotations.go
+++ b/core/pkg/ingress/controller/annotations.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package controller
 import (
 	"github.com/golang/glog"
 	extensions "k8s.io/api/extensions/v1beta1"
+
 	"k8s.io/ingress/core/pkg/ingress/annotations/alias"
 	"k8s.io/ingress/core/pkg/ingress/annotations/auth"
 	"k8s.io/ingress/core/pkg/ingress/annotations/authreq"
diff --git a/hack/e2e-internal/e2e-down.sh b/hack/e2e-internal/e2e-down.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 62ee7aec2..000000000
--- a/hack/e2e-internal/e2e-down.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-[[ $DEBUG ]] && set -x
-
-set -eof pipefail
-
-# include env
-. hack/e2e-internal/e2e-env.sh
-
-echo "Destroying running docker containers..."
-# do not failt if the container is not running
-docker rm -f kubelet    || true
-docker rm -f apiserver  || true
-docker rm -f etcd       || true
diff --git a/hack/e2e-internal/e2e-env.sh b/hack/e2e-internal/e2e-env.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index d0747bb6e..000000000
--- a/hack/e2e-internal/e2e-env.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-[[ $DEBUG ]] && set -x
-
-export ETCD_VERSION=3.0.14
-export K8S_VERSION=1.4.5
-
-export PWD=`pwd`
-export BASEDIR="$(dirname ${BASH_SOURCE})"
-export KUBECTL="${BASEDIR}/kubectl"
-export GOOS="${GOOS:-linux}"
-
-if [ ! -e ${KUBECTL} ]; then
-  echo "kubectl binary is missing. downloading..."
-  curl -sSL http://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/v${K8S_VERSION}/bin/${GOOS}/amd64/kubectl -o ${KUBECTL}
-  chmod u+x ${KUBECTL}
-fi
-
-${KUBECTL} config set-cluster travis --server=http://0.0.0.0:8080
-${KUBECTL} config set-context travis --cluster=travis
-${KUBECTL} config use-context travis
diff --git a/hack/e2e-internal/e2e-status.sh b/hack/e2e-internal/e2e-status.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 21a4e9b29..000000000
--- a/hack/e2e-internal/e2e-status.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-[[ $DEBUG ]] && set -x
-
-set -eof pipefail
-
-# include env
-. hack/e2e-internal/e2e-env.sh
-
-echo "Kubernetes information:"
-${KUBECTL} version
diff --git a/hack/e2e-internal/e2e-up.sh b/hack/e2e-internal/e2e-up.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 15b2d4631..000000000
--- a/hack/e2e-internal/e2e-up.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,55 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-[[ $DEBUG ]] && set -x
-
-set -eof pipefail
-
-# include env
-. hack/e2e-internal/e2e-env.sh
-
-echo "Starting etcd..."
-docker run -d \
-    --net=host \
-    --name=etcd \
-    quay.io/coreos/etcd:v$ETCD_VERSION
-
-echo "Starting kubernetes..."
-
-docker run -d --name=apiserver \
-    --net=host \
-    --pid=host \
-    --privileged=true \
-    gcr.io/google_containers/hyperkube:v${K8S_VERSION} \
-    /hyperkube apiserver \
-    --insecure-bind-address=0.0.0.0 \
-    --service-cluster-ip-range=10.0.0.1/24 \
-    --etcd_servers=http://127.0.0.1:4001 \
-    --v=2
-
-docker run -d --name=kubelet \
-    --volume=/:/rootfs:ro \
-    --volume=/sys:/sys:ro \
-    --volume=/dev:/dev \
-    --volume=/var/lib/docker/:/var/lib/docker:rw \
-    --volume=/var/lib/kubelet/:/var/lib/kubelet:rw \
-    --volume=/var/run:/var/run:rw \
-    --net=host \
-    --pid=host \
-    --privileged=true \
-    gcr.io/google_containers/hyperkube:v${K8S_VERSION} \
-    /hyperkube kubelet \
-    --containerized \
-    --hostname-override="0.0.0.0" \
-    --address="0.0.0.0" \
-    --cluster_dns=10.0.0.10 --cluster_domain=cluster.local \
-    --api-servers=http://localhost:8080 \
-    --config=/etc/kubernetes/manifests-multi
-
-echo "waiting until api server is available..."
-until curl -o /dev/null -sIf http://0.0.0.0:8080; do \
-  sleep 10;
-done;
-
-echo "Kubernetes started"
-echo "Kubernetes information:"
-${KUBECTL} version
diff --git a/hack/e2e-internal/ginkgo-e2e.sh b/hack/e2e-internal/ginkgo-e2e.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index aa3c61ce6..000000000
--- a/hack/e2e-internal/ginkgo-e2e.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-echo "running ginkgo"
\ No newline at end of file