diff --git a/core/pkg/ingress/annotations/stickysession/main.go b/core/pkg/ingress/annotations/stickysession/main.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..be4dd2f0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/pkg/ingress/annotations/stickysession/main.go
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2016 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 under the License.
+*/
+
+package stickysession
+
+import (
+	"regexp"
+
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/extensions"
+
+	"k8s.io/ingress/core/pkg/ingress/annotations/parser"
+	ing_errors "k8s.io/ingress/core/pkg/ingress/errors"
+)
+
+const (
+	stickyEnabled     = "ingress.kubernetes.io/sticky-enabled"
+	stickyName        = "ingress.kubernetes.io/sticky-name"
+	stickyHash        = "ingress.kubernetes.io/sticky-hash"
+	defaultStickyHash = "md5"
+	defaultStickyName = "route"
+)
+
+var (
+	stickyHashRegex = regexp.MustCompile(`index|md5|sha1`)
+)
+
+// StickyConfig describes the per ingress sticky session config
+type StickyConfig struct {
+	// The name of the cookie that will be used as stickness router.
+	Name string `json:"name"`
+	// If sticky must or must not be enabled
+	Enabled bool `json:"enabled"`
+	// The hash that will be used to encode the cookie
+	Hash string `json:"hash"`
+}
+
+type sticky struct {
+}
+
+// NewParser creates a new Sticky annotation parser
+func NewParser() parser.IngressAnnotation {
+	return sticky{}
+}
+
+// ParseAnnotations parses the annotations contained in the ingress
+// rule used to configure the sticky directives
+func (a sticky) Parse(ing *extensions.Ingress) (interface{}, error) {
+	// Check if the sticky is enabled
+	se, err := parser.GetBoolAnnotation(stickyEnabled, ing)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	// Get the Sticky Cookie Name
+	sn, err := parser.GetStringAnnotation(stickyName, ing)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	if sn == "" {
+		sn = defaultStickyName
+	}
+
+	sh, err := parser.GetStringAnnotation(stickyHash, ing)
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	if sh == "" {
+		sh = defaultStickyHash
+	}
+
+	if !stickyHashRegex.MatchString(sh) {
+		return nil, ing_errors.NewInvalidAnnotationContent(stickyHash, sh)
+	}
+
+	return &StickyConfig{
+		Name:    sn,
+		Enabled: se,
+		Hash:    sh,
+	}, nil
+}
diff --git a/core/pkg/ingress/annotations/stickysession/main_test.go b/core/pkg/ingress/annotations/stickysession/main_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a8a98f3c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/pkg/ingress/annotations/stickysession/main_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2016 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 under the License.
+*/
+
+package stickysession
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/extensions"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/intstr"
+)
+
+func buildIngress() *extensions.Ingress {
+	defaultBackend := extensions.IngressBackend{
+		ServiceName: "default-backend",
+		ServicePort: intstr.FromInt(80),
+	}
+
+	return &extensions.Ingress{
+		ObjectMeta: api.ObjectMeta{
+			Name:      "foo",
+			Namespace: api.NamespaceDefault,
+		},
+		Spec: extensions.IngressSpec{
+			Backend: &extensions.IngressBackend{
+				ServiceName: "default-backend",
+				ServicePort: intstr.FromInt(80),
+			},
+			Rules: []extensions.IngressRule{
+				{
+					Host: "foo.bar.com",
+					IngressRuleValue: extensions.IngressRuleValue{
+						HTTP: &extensions.HTTPIngressRuleValue{
+							Paths: []extensions.HTTPIngressPath{
+								{
+									Path:    "/foo",
+									Backend: defaultBackend,
+								},
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+}
+
+func TestIngressHealthCheck(t *testing.T) {
+	ing := buildIngress()
+
+	data := map[string]string{}
+	data[stickyEnabled] = "true"
+	data[stickyHash] = "md5"
+	data[stickyName] = "route1"
+	ing.SetAnnotations(data)
+
+	sti, _ := NewParser().Parse(ing)
+	nginxSti, ok := sti.(*StickyConfig)
+	if !ok {
+		t.Errorf("expected a StickyConfig type")
+	}
+
+	if nginxSti.Hash != "md5" {
+		t.Errorf("expected md5 as sticky-hash but returned %v", nginxSti.Hash)
+	}
+
+	if nginxSti.Hash != "md5" {
+		t.Errorf("expected md5 as sticky-hash but returned %v", nginxSti.Hash)
+	}
+
+	if !nginxSti.Enabled {
+		t.Errorf("expected sticky-enabled  but returned %v", nginxSti.Enabled)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/core/pkg/ingress/controller/annotations.go b/core/pkg/ingress/controller/annotations.go
index c1eb09fbd..400776866 100644
--- a/core/pkg/ingress/controller/annotations.go
+++ b/core/pkg/ingress/controller/annotations.go
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/ingress/core/pkg/ingress/annotations/rewrite"
 	"k8s.io/ingress/core/pkg/ingress/annotations/secureupstream"
 	"k8s.io/ingress/core/pkg/ingress/annotations/sslpassthrough"
+	"k8s.io/ingress/core/pkg/ingress/annotations/stickysession"
 	"k8s.io/ingress/core/pkg/ingress/errors"
 	"k8s.io/ingress/core/pkg/ingress/resolver"
 )
@@ -63,6 +64,7 @@ func newAnnotationExtractor(cfg extractorConfig) annotationExtractor {
 			"Redirect":           rewrite.NewParser(cfg),
 			"SecureUpstream":     secureupstream.NewParser(),
 			"SSLPassthrough":     sslpassthrough.NewParser(),
+			"StickySession":      stickysession.NewParser(),
 		},
 	}
 }
@@ -99,6 +101,7 @@ const (
 	secureUpstream = "SecureUpstream"
 	healthCheck    = "HealthCheck"
 	sslPassthrough = "SSLPassthrough"
+	stickySession  = "StickySession"
 )
 
 func (e *annotationExtractor) SecureUpstream(ing *extensions.Ingress) bool {
@@ -115,3 +118,8 @@ func (e *annotationExtractor) SSLPassthrough(ing *extensions.Ingress) bool {
 	val, _ := e.annotations[sslPassthrough].Parse(ing)
 	return val.(bool)
 }
+
+func (e *annotationExtractor) StickySession(ing *extensions.Ingress) *stickysession.StickyConfig {
+	val, _ := e.annotations[stickySession].Parse(ing)
+	return val.(*stickysession.StickyConfig)
+}
diff --git a/core/pkg/ingress/controller/annotations_test.go b/core/pkg/ingress/controller/annotations_test.go
index 58b0d8093..942508bab 100644
--- a/core/pkg/ingress/controller/annotations_test.go
+++ b/core/pkg/ingress/controller/annotations_test.go
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ const (
 	annotationUpsMaxFails    = "ingress.kubernetes.io/upstream-max-fails"
 	annotationUpsFailTimeout = "ingress.kubernetes.io/upstream-fail-timeout"
 	annotationPassthrough    = "ingress.kubernetes.io/ssl-passthrough"
+	annotationStickyEnabled  = "ingress.kubernetes.io/sticky-enabled"
+	annotationStickyName     = "ingress.kubernetes.io/sticky-name"
+	annotationStickyHash     = "ingress.kubernetes.io/sticky-hash"
 )
 
 type mockCfg struct {
@@ -179,3 +182,37 @@ func TestSSLPassthrough(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+func TestStickySession(t *testing.T) {
+	ec := newAnnotationExtractor(mockCfg{})
+	ing := buildIngress()
+
+	fooAnns := []struct {
+		annotations map[string]string
+		enabled     bool
+		hash        string
+		name        string
+	}{
+		{map[string]string{annotationStickyEnabled: "true", annotationStickyHash: "md5", annotationStickyName: "route"}, true, "md5", "route"},
+		{map[string]string{annotationStickyEnabled: "true", annotationStickyHash: "", annotationStickyName: "xpto"}, true, "md5", "xpto"},
+		{map[string]string{annotationStickyEnabled: "true", annotationStickyHash: "", annotationStickyName: ""}, true, "md5", "route"},
+	}
+
+	for _, foo := range fooAnns {
+		ing.SetAnnotations(foo.annotations)
+		r := ec.StickySession(ing)
+
+		if r == nil {
+			t.Errorf("Returned nil but expected a StickySesion.StickyConfig")
+			continue
+		}
+
+		if r.Hash != foo.hash {
+			t.Errorf("Returned %v but expected %v for Hash", r.Hash, foo.hash)
+		}
+
+		if r.Name != foo.name {
+			t.Errorf("Returned %v but expected %v for Name", r.Name, foo.name)
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/core/pkg/ingress/controller/controller.go b/core/pkg/ingress/controller/controller.go
index 5c979dcce..ace3049b1 100644
--- a/core/pkg/ingress/controller/controller.go
+++ b/core/pkg/ingress/controller/controller.go
@@ -700,6 +700,7 @@ func (ic *GenericController) createUpstreams(data []interface{}) map[string]*ing
 
 		secUpstream := ic.annotations.SecureUpstream(ing)
 		hz := ic.annotations.HealthCheck(ing)
+		sticky := ic.annotations.StickySession(ing)
 
 		var defBackend string
 		if ing.Spec.Backend != nil {
@@ -739,6 +740,12 @@ func (ic *GenericController) createUpstreams(data []interface{}) map[string]*ing
 				if !upstreams[name].Secure {
 					upstreams[name].Secure = secUpstream
 				}
+				if !upstreams[name].StickySession.Enabled || upstreams[name].StickySession.Name == "" || upstreams[name].StickySession.Hash == "" {
+					upstreams[name].StickySession.Enabled = sticky.Enabled
+					upstreams[name].StickySession.Name = sticky.Name
+					upstreams[name].StickySession.Hash = sticky.Hash
+				}
+
 				svcKey := fmt.Sprintf("%v/%v", ing.GetNamespace(), path.Backend.ServiceName)
 				endp, err := ic.serviceEndpoints(svcKey, path.Backend.ServicePort.String(), hz)
 				if err != nil {
diff --git a/core/pkg/ingress/types.go b/core/pkg/ingress/types.go
index 49f849a57..89f426a89 100644
--- a/core/pkg/ingress/types.go
+++ b/core/pkg/ingress/types.go
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/ingress/core/pkg/ingress/annotations/proxy"
 	"k8s.io/ingress/core/pkg/ingress/annotations/ratelimit"
 	"k8s.io/ingress/core/pkg/ingress/annotations/rewrite"
+	"k8s.io/ingress/core/pkg/ingress/annotations/stickysession"
 	"k8s.io/ingress/core/pkg/ingress/defaults"
 	"k8s.io/ingress/core/pkg/ingress/resolver"
 )
@@ -134,6 +135,8 @@ type Backend struct {
 	Secure bool `json:"secure"`
 	// Endpoints contains the list of endpoints currently running
 	Endpoints []Endpoint `json:"endpoints"`
+	// StickySession contains the StickyConfig object with stickness configuration
+	StickySession *stickysession.StickyConfig `json:"stickysession"`
 }
 
 // Endpoint describes a kubernetes endpoint in an backend