diff --git a/controllers/nginx/README.md b/controllers/nginx/README.md
index fbdd9ae65..2a4bb2c68 100644
--- a/controllers/nginx/README.md
+++ b/controllers/nginx/README.md
@@ -314,8 +314,8 @@ version to fully support Kube-Lego is nginx Ingress controller 0.8.
 
 ## Exposing TCP services
 
-Ingress does not support TCP services (yet). For this reason this Ingress controller uses the flag `--tcp-services-configmap` to point to an existing config map where the key is the external port to use and the value is `<namespace/service name>:<service port>`
-It is possible to use a number or the name of the port.
+Ingress does not support TCP services (yet). For this reason this Ingress controller uses the flag `--tcp-services-configmap` to point to an existing config map where the key is the external port to use and the value is `<namespace/service name>:<service port>:[PROXY]`
+It is possible to use a number or the name of the port. The last field is optional. Adding `PROXY` in the last field we can enable Proxy Protocol in a TCP service.
 
 The next example shows how to expose the service `example-go` running in the namespace `default` in the port `8080` using the port `9000`
 ```
diff --git a/controllers/nginx/rootfs/etc/nginx/template/nginx.tmpl b/controllers/nginx/rootfs/etc/nginx/template/nginx.tmpl
index 3817e3f5c..e95f2d53c 100644
--- a/controllers/nginx/rootfs/etc/nginx/template/nginx.tmpl
+++ b/controllers/nginx/rootfs/etc/nginx/template/nginx.tmpl
@@ -562,22 +562,22 @@ stream {
 
     # TCP services
     {{ range $i, $tcpServer := .TCPBackends }}
-    upstream tcp-{{ $tcpServer.Backend.Namespace }}-{{ $tcpServer.Backend.Name }}-{{ $tcpServer.Backend.Port }} {
+    upstream tcp-{{ $tcpServer.Port }}-{{ $tcpServer.Backend.Namespace }}-{{ $tcpServer.Backend.Name }}-{{ $tcpServer.Backend.Port }} {
     {{ range $j, $endpoint := $tcpServer.Endpoints }}
         server                  {{ $endpoint.Address }}:{{ $endpoint.Port }};
     {{ end }}
     }
-
     server {
-        listen                  {{ $tcpServer.Port }};
-        {{ if $IsIPV6Enabled }}listen                  [::]:{{ $tcpServer.Port }};{{ end }}
-        proxy_pass              tcp-{{ $tcpServer.Backend.Namespace }}-{{ $tcpServer.Backend.Name }}-{{ $tcpServer.Backend.Port }};
+        listen                  {{ $tcpServer.Port }}{{ if $tcpServer.Backend.UseProxyProtocol }} proxy_protocol{{ end }};
+        {{ if $IsIPV6Enabled }}listen                  [::]:{{ $tcpServer.Port }}{{ if $tcpServer.Backend.UseProxyProtocol }} proxy_protocol{{ end }};{{ end }}
+        proxy_pass              tcp-{{ $tcpServer.Port }}-{{ $tcpServer.Backend.Namespace }}-{{ $tcpServer.Backend.Name }}-{{ $tcpServer.Backend.Port }};
     }
+
     {{ end }}
 
     # UDP services
     {{ range $i, $udpServer := .UDPBackends }}
-    upstream udp-{{ $udpServer.Backend.Namespace }}-{{ $udpServer.Backend.Name }}-{{ $udpServer.Backend.Port }} {
+    upstream udp-{{ $udpServer.Port }}-{{ $udpServer.Backend.Namespace }}-{{ $udpServer.Backend.Name }}-{{ $udpServer.Backend.Port }} {
     {{ range $j, $endpoint := $udpServer.Endpoints }}
         server                  {{ $endpoint.Address }}:{{ $endpoint.Port }};
     {{ end }}
@@ -587,7 +587,7 @@ stream {
         listen                  {{ $udpServer.Port }} udp;
         {{ if $IsIPV6Enabled }}listen                  [::]:{{ $udpServer.Port }} udp;{{ end }}
         proxy_responses         1;
-        proxy_pass              udp-{{ $udpServer.Backend.Namespace }}-{{ $udpServer.Backend.Name }}-{{ $udpServer.Backend.Port }};
+        proxy_pass              udp-{{ $udpServer.Port }}-{{ $udpServer.Backend.Namespace }}-{{ $udpServer.Backend.Name }}-{{ $udpServer.Backend.Port }};
     }
     {{ end }}
 }
diff --git a/core/pkg/ingress/controller/controller.go b/core/pkg/ingress/controller/controller.go
index 68eca2046..ff9e0ba0a 100644
--- a/core/pkg/ingress/controller/controller.go
+++ b/core/pkg/ingress/controller/controller.go
@@ -479,13 +479,21 @@ func (ic *GenericController) getStreamServices(configmapName string, proto api.P
 		}
 
 		nsSvcPort := strings.Split(v, ":")
-		if len(nsSvcPort) != 2 {
-			glog.Warningf("invalid format (namespace/name:port) '%v'", k)
+		if len(nsSvcPort) < 2 {
+			glog.Warningf("invalid format (namespace/name:port:[PROXY]) '%v'", k)
 			continue
 		}
 
 		nsName := nsSvcPort[0]
 		svcPort := nsSvcPort[1]
+		useProxyProtocol := false
+
+		// Proxy protocol is possible if the service is TCP
+		if len(nsSvcPort) == 3 && proto == api.ProtocolTCP {
+			if strings.ToUpper(nsSvcPort[2]) == "PROXY" {
+				useProxyProtocol = true
+			}
+		}
 
 		svcNs, svcName, err := k8s.ParseNameNS(nsName)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -537,10 +545,11 @@ func (ic *GenericController) getStreamServices(configmapName string, proto api.P
 		svcs = append(svcs, ingress.L4Service{
 			Port: externalPort,
 			Backend: ingress.L4Backend{
-				Name:      svcName,
-				Namespace: svcNs,
-				Port:      intstr.FromString(svcPort),
-				Protocol:  proto,
+				Name:             svcName,
+				Namespace:        svcNs,
+				Port:             intstr.FromString(svcPort),
+				Protocol:         proto,
+				UseProxyProtocol: useProxyProtocol,
 			},
 			Endpoints: endps,
 		})
diff --git a/core/pkg/ingress/types.go b/core/pkg/ingress/types.go
index 789c6c824..163286003 100644
--- a/core/pkg/ingress/types.go
+++ b/core/pkg/ingress/types.go
@@ -319,4 +319,6 @@ type L4Backend struct {
 	Name      string             `json:"name"`
 	Namespace string             `json:"namespace"`
 	Protocol  api.Protocol       `json:"protocol"`
+	// +optional
+	UseProxyProtocol bool `json:"useProxyProtocol"`
 }