diff --git a/core/pkg/ingress/controller/launch.go b/core/pkg/ingress/controller/launch.go
index 43ca58a0a..e426c6f2c 100644
--- a/core/pkg/ingress/controller/launch.go
+++ b/core/pkg/ingress/controller/launch.go
@@ -126,13 +126,16 @@ func NewIngressController(backend ingress.Controller) *GenericController {
 		}
 
 		if len(svc.Status.LoadBalancer.Ingress) == 0 {
-			// We could poll here, but we instead just exit and rely on k8s to restart us
-			glog.Fatalf("service %s does not (yet) have ingress points", *publishSvc)
+			if len(svc.Spec.ExternalIPs) > 0 {
+				glog.Infof("service %v validated as assigned with externalIP", *publishSvc)
+			} else {
+				// We could poll here, but we instead just exit and rely on k8s to restart us
+				glog.Fatalf("service %s does not (yet) have ingress points", *publishSvc)
+			}
+		} else {
+			glog.Infof("service %v validated as source of Ingress status", *publishSvc)
 		}
-
-		glog.Infof("service %v validated as source of Ingress status", *publishSvc)
 	}
-
 	if *watchNamespace != "" {
 
 		_, err = k8s.IsValidNamespace(kubeClient, *watchNamespace)
diff --git a/core/pkg/ingress/status/status.go b/core/pkg/ingress/status/status.go
index aa20b4728..fe38070df 100644
--- a/core/pkg/ingress/status/status.go
+++ b/core/pkg/ingress/status/status.go
@@ -223,6 +223,9 @@ func (s *statusSync) runningAddresess() ([]string, error) {
 				addrs = append(addrs, ip.IP)
 			}
 		}
+		for _, ip := range svc.Spec.ExternalIPs {
+			addrs = append(addrs, ip)
+		}
 
 		return addrs, nil
 	}