diff --git a/controllers/nginx/rootfs/etc/nginx/template/nginx.tmpl b/controllers/nginx/rootfs/etc/nginx/template/nginx.tmpl
index 8ff59ae98..e6270da3d 100644
--- a/controllers/nginx/rootfs/etc/nginx/template/nginx.tmpl
+++ b/controllers/nginx/rootfs/etc/nginx/template/nginx.tmpl
@@ -602,6 +602,10 @@ stream {
         {{ end }}
         {{ end }}
 
+        {{ if not (empty $server.ServerSnippet) }}
+        {{ $server.ServerSnippet }}
+        {{ end }}
+        
         {{ range $location := $server.Locations }}
         {{ $path := buildLocation $location }}
         {{ $authPath := buildAuthLocation $location }}
diff --git a/core/pkg/ingress/annotations/serversnippet/main.go b/core/pkg/ingress/annotations/serversnippet/main.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0062bfdd5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/pkg/ingress/annotations/serversnippet/main.go
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+/*
+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 serversnippet
+
+import (
+	extensions "k8s.io/api/extensions/v1beta1"
+
+	"k8s.io/ingress/core/pkg/ingress/annotations/parser"
+)
+
+const (
+	annotation = "ingress.kubernetes.io/server-snippet"
+)
+
+type serverSnippet struct {
+}
+
+// NewParser creates a new server snippet annotation parser
+func NewParser() parser.IngressAnnotation {
+	return serverSnippet{}
+}
+
+// Parse parses the annotations contained in the ingress rule
+// used to indicate if the location/s contains a fragment of
+// configuration to be included inside the paths of the rules
+func (a serverSnippet) Parse(ing *extensions.Ingress) (interface{}, error) {
+	return parser.GetStringAnnotation(annotation, ing)
+}
diff --git a/core/pkg/ingress/annotations/serversnippet/main_test.go b/core/pkg/ingress/annotations/serversnippet/main_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1a4d51bed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/pkg/ingress/annotations/serversnippet/main_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2017 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 serversnippet
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	api "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
+	extensions "k8s.io/api/extensions/v1beta1"
+	meta_v1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+)
+
+func TestParse(t *testing.T) {
+	ap := NewParser()
+	if ap == nil {
+		t.Fatalf("expected a parser.IngressAnnotation but returned nil")
+	}
+
+	testCases := []struct {
+		annotations map[string]string
+		expected    string
+	}{
+		{map[string]string{annotation: "more_headers"}, "more_headers"},
+		{map[string]string{annotation: "false"}, "false"},
+		{map[string]string{}, ""},
+		{nil, ""},
+	}
+
+	ing := &extensions.Ingress{
+		ObjectMeta: meta_v1.ObjectMeta{
+			Name:      "foo",
+			Namespace: api.NamespaceDefault,
+		},
+		Spec: extensions.IngressSpec{},
+	}
+
+	for _, testCase := range testCases {
+		ing.SetAnnotations(testCase.annotations)
+		result, _ := ap.Parse(ing)
+		if result != testCase.expected {
+			t.Errorf("expected %v but returned %v, annotations: %s", testCase.expected, result, testCase.annotations)
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/core/pkg/ingress/controller/annotations.go b/core/pkg/ingress/controller/annotations.go
index 4ae3ea163..40f623bcf 100644
--- a/core/pkg/ingress/controller/annotations.go
+++ b/core/pkg/ingress/controller/annotations.go
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/ingress/core/pkg/ingress/annotations/redirect"
 	"k8s.io/ingress/core/pkg/ingress/annotations/rewrite"
 	"k8s.io/ingress/core/pkg/ingress/annotations/secureupstream"
+	"k8s.io/ingress/core/pkg/ingress/annotations/serversnippet"
 	"k8s.io/ingress/core/pkg/ingress/annotations/serviceupstream"
 	"k8s.io/ingress/core/pkg/ingress/annotations/sessionaffinity"
 	"k8s.io/ingress/core/pkg/ingress/annotations/snippet"
@@ -83,6 +84,7 @@ func newAnnotationExtractor(cfg extractorConfig) annotationExtractor {
 			"DefaultBackend":       defaultbackend.NewParser(cfg),
 			"UpstreamVhost":        upstreamvhost.NewParser(),
 			"VtsFilterKey":         vtsfilterkey.NewParser(),
+			"ServerSnippet":        serversnippet.NewParser(),
 		},
 	}
 }
@@ -128,6 +130,7 @@ const (
 	serverAlias          = "Alias"
 	clientBodyBufferSize = "ClientBodyBufferSize"
 	certificateAuth      = "CertificateAuth"
+	serverSnippet        = "ServerSnippet"
 )
 
 func (e *annotationExtractor) ServiceUpstream(ing *extensions.Ingress) bool {
@@ -181,3 +184,8 @@ func (e *annotationExtractor) CertificateAuth(ing *extensions.Ingress) *authtls.
 	secure := val.(*authtls.AuthSSLConfig)
 	return secure
 }
+
+func (e *annotationExtractor) ServerSnippet(ing *extensions.Ingress) string {
+	val, _ := e.annotations[serverSnippet].Parse(ing)
+	return val.(string)
+}
diff --git a/core/pkg/ingress/controller/controller.go b/core/pkg/ingress/controller/controller.go
index 337e79d69..5d3a7bb9c 100644
--- a/core/pkg/ingress/controller/controller.go
+++ b/core/pkg/ingress/controller/controller.go
@@ -988,6 +988,7 @@ func (ic *GenericController) createServers(data []*extensions.Ingress,
 	for _, ing := range data {
 		// setup server-alias based on annotations
 		aliasAnnotation := ic.annotations.Alias(ing)
+		srvsnippet := ic.annotations.ServerSnippet(ing)
 
 		for _, rule := range ing.Spec.Rules {
 			host := rule.Host
@@ -1003,6 +1004,17 @@ func (ic *GenericController) createServers(data []*extensions.Ingress,
 				}
 			}
 
+			//notifying the user that it has already been configured.
+			if servers[host].ServerSnippet != "" && srvsnippet != "" {
+				glog.Warningf("ingress %v/%v for host %v contains a Server Snippet section that it has already been configured.",
+					ing.Namespace, ing.Name, host)
+			}
+
+			// only add a server snippet if the server does not have one previously configured
+			if servers[host].ServerSnippet == "" && srvsnippet != "" {
+				servers[host].ServerSnippet = srvsnippet
+			}
+
 			// only add a certificate if the server does not have one previously configured
 			if servers[host].SSLCertificate != "" {
 				continue
@@ -1066,6 +1078,7 @@ func (ic *GenericController) createServers(data []*extensions.Ingress,
 			servers[host].Alias = ""
 		}
 	}
+
 	return servers
 }
 
diff --git a/core/pkg/ingress/types.go b/core/pkg/ingress/types.go
index 1a328d647..e3a7ab34d 100644
--- a/core/pkg/ingress/types.go
+++ b/core/pkg/ingress/types.go
@@ -236,6 +236,10 @@ type Server struct {
 	// CertificateAuth indicates the this server requires mutual authentication
 	// +optional
 	CertificateAuth authtls.AuthSSLConfig `json:"certificateAuth"`
+
+	// ServerSnippet returns the snippet of server
+	// +optional
+	ServerSnippet string `json:"serverSnippet"`
 }
 
 // Location describes an URI inside a server.