diff --git a/rootfs/etc/nginx/template/nginx.tmpl b/rootfs/etc/nginx/template/nginx.tmpl
index a18922895..e6f516f73 100755
--- a/rootfs/etc/nginx/template/nginx.tmpl
+++ b/rootfs/etc/nginx/template/nginx.tmpl
@@ -149,14 +149,16 @@ http {
     {{ if $all.Cfg.EnableModsecurity }}
     modsecurity on;
 
+    {{ if (not (empty $all.Cfg.ModsecuritySnippet)) }}
+    modsecurity_rules '
+      {{ $all.Cfg.ModsecuritySnippet }}
+    ';
+    {{ end }}
+
     modsecurity_rules_file /etc/nginx/modsecurity/modsecurity.conf;
 
     {{ if $all.Cfg.EnableOWASPCoreRules }}
     modsecurity_rules_file /etc/nginx/owasp-modsecurity-crs/nginx-modsecurity.conf;
-    {{ else if (not (empty $all.Cfg.ModsecuritySnippet)) }}
-    modsecurity_rules '
-      {{ $all.Cfg.ModsecuritySnippet }}
-    ';
     {{ end }}
 
     {{ end }}
diff --git a/test/e2e/annotations/modsecurity.go b/test/e2e/annotations/modsecurity.go
index 1f5a2f607..d83803c93 100644
--- a/test/e2e/annotations/modsecurity.go
+++ b/test/e2e/annotations/modsecurity.go
@@ -216,4 +216,80 @@ var _ = framework.DescribeAnnotation("modsecurity owasp", func() {
 			Expect().
 			Status(http.StatusForbidden)
 	})
+
+	ginkgo.It("should enable modsecurity when enable-owasp-modsecurity-crs is set to true", func() {
+		host := "modsecurity.foo.com"
+		nameSpace := f.Namespace
+
+		snippet := `SecRuleEngine On
+		SecRequestBodyAccess On
+		SecAuditEngine RelevantOnly
+		SecAuditLogParts ABIJDEFHZ
+		SecAuditLog /dev/stdout
+		SecAuditLogType Serial
+		SecRule REQUEST_HEADERS:User-Agent \"block-ua\" \"log,deny,id:107,status:403,msg:\'UA blocked\'\"`
+
+		annotations := map[string]string{
+			"nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/modsecurity-snippet": snippet,
+		}
+
+		ing := framework.NewSingleIngress(host, "/", host, nameSpace, framework.EchoService, 80, annotations)
+		f.EnsureIngress(ing)
+
+		f.SetNginxConfigMapData(map[string]string{
+			"enable-modsecurity":           "true",
+			"enable-owasp-modsecurity-crs": "true",
+		})
+
+		f.WaitForNginxServer(host,
+			func(server string) bool {
+				return strings.Contains(server, "SecRuleEngine On")
+			})
+
+		f.HTTPTestClient().
+			GET("/").
+			WithHeader("Host", host).
+			WithHeader("User-Agent", "block-ua").
+			Expect().
+			Status(http.StatusForbidden)
+	})
+
+	ginkgo.It("should enable modsecurity through the config map", func() {
+		host := "modsecurity.foo.com"
+		nameSpace := f.Namespace
+
+		snippet := `SecRequestBodyAccess On
+		SecAuditEngine RelevantOnly
+		SecAuditLogParts ABIJDEFHZ
+		SecAuditLog /dev/stdout
+		SecAuditLogType Serial
+		SecRule REQUEST_HEADERS:User-Agent \"block-ua\" \"log,deny,id:107,status:403,msg:\'UA blocked\'\"`
+
+		annotations := map[string]string{
+			"nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/modsecurity-snippet": snippet,
+		}
+
+		ing := framework.NewSingleIngress(host, "/", host, nameSpace, framework.EchoService, 80, annotations)
+		f.EnsureIngress(ing)
+
+		expectedComment := "SecRuleEngine On"
+
+		f.SetNginxConfigMapData(map[string]string{
+			"enable-modsecurity":           "true",
+			"enable-owasp-modsecurity-crs": "true",
+			"modsecurity-snippet":          expectedComment,
+		})
+
+		f.WaitForNginxServer(host,
+			func(server string) bool {
+				return true
+			})
+
+		f.HTTPTestClient().
+			GET("/").
+			WithHeader("Host", host).
+			WithHeader("User-Agent", "block-ua").
+			Expect().
+			Status(http.StatusForbidden)
+	})
 })