diff --git a/internal/ingress/controller/template/template.go b/internal/ingress/controller/template/template.go
index ed052e4ec..5a6b75654 100644
--- a/internal/ingress/controller/template/template.go
+++ b/internal/ingress/controller/template/template.go
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ import (
 	text_template "text/template"
 
 	networkingv1 "k8s.io/api/networking/v1"
+	v1 "k8s.io/api/networking/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets"
 	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
 
@@ -1051,7 +1052,7 @@ func (info *ingressInformation) Equal(other *ingressInformation) bool {
 	return true
 }
 
-func getIngressInformation(i, h, p interface{}) *ingressInformation {
+func getIngressInformation(i, h, p, t interface{}) *ingressInformation {
 	ing, ok := i.(*ingress.Ingress)
 	if !ok {
 		klog.Errorf("expected an '*ingress.Ingress' type but %T was returned", i)
@@ -1070,6 +1071,11 @@ func getIngressInformation(i, h, p interface{}) *ingressInformation {
 		return &ingressInformation{}
 	}
 
+	ingressPathType, ok := t.(*v1.PathType)
+	if !ok {
+		klog.Errorf("expected a '*v1.PathType' type but %T was returned", t)
+	}
+
 	if ing == nil {
 		return &ingressInformation{}
 	}
@@ -1118,6 +1124,10 @@ func getIngressInformation(i, h, p interface{}) *ingressInformation {
 				continue
 			}
 
+			if *ingressPathType != *rPath.PathType {
+				continue
+			}
+
 			if rPath.Backend.Service == nil {
 				continue
 			}
diff --git a/internal/ingress/controller/template/template_test.go b/internal/ingress/controller/template/template_test.go
index 6553f5daf..3bf5ef0f8 100644
--- a/internal/ingress/controller/template/template_test.go
+++ b/internal/ingress/controller/template/template_test.go
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ func init() {
 
 var (
 	pathPrefix networking.PathType = networking.PathTypePrefix
+	pathExact  networking.PathType = networking.PathTypeExact
 
 	// TODO: add tests for SSLPassthrough
 	tmplFuncTestcases = map[string]struct {
@@ -1154,18 +1155,21 @@ func TestGetIngressInformation(t *testing.T) {
 		Ingress  interface{}
 		Host     string
 		Path     interface{}
+		PathType interface{}
 		Expected *ingressInformation
 	}{
 		"wrong ingress type": {
 			"wrongtype",
 			"host1",
 			"/ok",
+			"",
 			&ingressInformation{},
 		},
 		"wrong path type": {
 			&ingress.Ingress{},
 			"host1",
 			10,
+			"",
 			&ingressInformation{},
 		},
 		"valid ingress definition with name validIng in namespace default  using a service with name a-svc port number 8080": {
@@ -1192,6 +1196,7 @@ func TestGetIngressInformation(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			"host1",
 			"",
+			"",
 			&ingressInformation{
 				Namespace: "default",
 				Rule:      "validIng",
@@ -1227,6 +1232,7 @@ func TestGetIngressInformation(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			"host1",
 			"",
+			"",
 			&ingressInformation{
 				Namespace: "default",
 				Rule:      "validIng",
@@ -1259,6 +1265,7 @@ func TestGetIngressInformation(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			"host1",
 			"",
+			"",
 			&ingressInformation{
 				Namespace: "default",
 				Rule:      "validIng",
@@ -1309,6 +1316,7 @@ func TestGetIngressInformation(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			"foo.bar",
 			"/ok",
+			&pathPrefix,
 			&ingressInformation{
 				Namespace: "something",
 				Rule:      "demo",
@@ -1359,6 +1367,7 @@ func TestGetIngressInformation(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			"foo.bar",
 			"/ok",
+			&pathPrefix,
 			&ingressInformation{
 				Namespace: "something",
 				Rule:      "demo",
@@ -1404,6 +1413,7 @@ func TestGetIngressInformation(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			"foo.bar",
 			"/ok",
+			&pathPrefix,
 			&ingressInformation{
 				Namespace: "something",
 				Rule:      "demo",
@@ -1459,6 +1469,7 @@ func TestGetIngressInformation(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			"foo.bar",
 			"/oksvc",
+			&pathPrefix,
 			&ingressInformation{
 				Namespace: "something",
 				Rule:      "demo",
@@ -1469,10 +1480,66 @@ func TestGetIngressInformation(t *testing.T) {
 				ServicePort: "b-svc-80",
 			},
 		},
+		"valid ingress definition with name demo in namespace something and two path / with Prefix and Exact": {
+			&ingress.Ingress{
+				Ingress: networking.Ingress{
+					ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+						Name:      "demo",
+						Namespace: "something",
+						Annotations: map[string]string{
+							"ingress.annotation": "ok",
+						},
+					},
+					Spec: networking.IngressSpec{
+						Rules: []networking.IngressRule{
+							{
+								Host: "foo.bar",
+								IngressRuleValue: networking.IngressRuleValue{
+									HTTP: &networking.HTTPIngressRuleValue{
+										Paths: []networking.HTTPIngressPath{
+											{
+												Path:     "/",
+												PathType: &pathPrefix,
+												Backend: networking.IngressBackend{
+													Service: &networking.IngressServiceBackend{
+														Name: "a-svc",
+													},
+												},
+											},
+											{
+												Path:     "/",
+												PathType: &pathExact,
+												Backend: networking.IngressBackend{
+													Service: &networking.IngressServiceBackend{
+														Name: "b-svc",
+													},
+												},
+											},
+										},
+									},
+								},
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			"foo.bar",
+			"/",
+			&pathExact,
+			&ingressInformation{
+				Path:      "/",
+				Namespace: "something",
+				Rule:      "demo",
+				Annotations: map[string]string{
+					"ingress.annotation": "ok",
+				},
+				Service: "b-svc",
+			},
+		},
 	}
 
 	for title, testCase := range testcases {
-		info := getIngressInformation(testCase.Ingress, testCase.Host, testCase.Path)
+		info := getIngressInformation(testCase.Ingress, testCase.Host, testCase.Path, testCase.PathType)
 
 		if !info.Equal(testCase.Expected) {
 			t.Fatalf("%s: expected '%v' but returned %v", title, testCase.Expected, info)
diff --git a/rootfs/etc/nginx/template/nginx.tmpl b/rootfs/etc/nginx/template/nginx.tmpl
index 6b8e750b0..bdaf46d34 100644
--- a/rootfs/etc/nginx/template/nginx.tmpl
+++ b/rootfs/etc/nginx/template/nginx.tmpl
@@ -1110,7 +1110,7 @@ stream {
         {{ end }}
 
         location {{ $path }} {
-            {{ $ing := (getIngressInformation $location.Ingress $server.Hostname $location.IngressPath) }}
+            {{ $ing := (getIngressInformation $location.Ingress $server.Hostname $location.IngressPath $location.PathType) }}
             set $namespace      {{ $ing.Namespace | quote}};
             set $ingress_name   {{ $ing.Rule | quote }};
             set $service_name   {{ $ing.Service | quote }};