diff --git a/controllers/nginx/rootfs/etc/nginx/template/nginx.tmpl b/controllers/nginx/rootfs/etc/nginx/template/nginx.tmpl
index e51aedd36..c06554890 100644
--- a/controllers/nginx/rootfs/etc/nginx/template/nginx.tmpl
+++ b/controllers/nginx/rootfs/etc/nginx/template/nginx.tmpl
@@ -781,10 +781,15 @@ stream {
             proxy_set_header                        Accept-Encoding     "";
             {{ end }}
 
-            {{ if (and $all.Cfg.EnableVtsStatus $location.Service) }}
+            {{ if $all.Cfg.EnableVtsStatus }}
+            {{ if $location.Service }}
             vhost_traffic_status_filter_by_set_key  {{ $location.Service.ObjectMeta.Namespace }} kubernetes::namespace;
             vhost_traffic_status_filter_by_set_key  {{ $location.Service.ObjectMeta.Namespace }}.{{ $location.Service.ObjectMeta.Name }} kubernetes::service;
             {{ end }}
+            {{ if $location.Ingress }}
+            vhost_traffic_status_filter_by_set_key  {{ $location.Ingress.ObjectMeta.Namespace }}.{{ $location.Ingress.ObjectMeta.Name }} kubernetes::ingress;
+            {{ end }}
+            {{ end }}
 
             {{/* Add any additional configuration defined */}}
             {{ $location.ConfigurationSnippet }}
diff --git a/core/pkg/ingress/controller/controller.go b/core/pkg/ingress/controller/controller.go
index 37df71a03..666b62f88 100644
--- a/core/pkg/ingress/controller/controller.go
+++ b/core/pkg/ingress/controller/controller.go
@@ -979,6 +979,7 @@ func (ic *GenericController) createServers(data []*extensions.Ingress,
 						Backend:      un,
 						Proxy:        ngxProxy,
 						Service:      &apiv1.Service{},
+						Ingress:      ing,
 					},
 				},
 				SSLPassthrough: sslpt,