diff --git a/test/e2e/annotations/sslciphers.go b/test/e2e/annotations/sslciphers.go
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+/*
+Copyright 2018 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 annotations
+
+import (
+	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
+	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
+
+	v1beta1 "k8s.io/api/extensions/v1beta1"
+	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/intstr"
+
+	"k8s.io/ingress-nginx/test/e2e/framework"
+)
+
+var _ = framework.IngressNginxDescribe("Annotations - SSL CIPHERS", func() {
+	f := framework.NewDefaultFramework("sslciphers")
+
+	BeforeEach(func() {
+		err := f.NewEchoDeploymentWithReplicas(2)
+		Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+	})
+
+	AfterEach(func() {
+	})
+
+	It("should change ssl ciphers", func() {
+		host := "ciphers.foo.com"
+
+		ing, err := f.EnsureIngress(&v1beta1.Ingress{
+			ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+				Name:      host,
+				Namespace: f.IngressController.Namespace,
+				Annotations: map[string]string{
+					"nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/ssl-ciphers": "ALL:!aNULL:!EXPORT56:RC4+RSA:+HIGH:+MEDIUM:+LOW:+SSLv2:+EXP",
+				},
+			},
+			Spec: v1beta1.IngressSpec{
+				Rules: []v1beta1.IngressRule{
+					{
+						Host: host,
+						IngressRuleValue: v1beta1.IngressRuleValue{
+							HTTP: &v1beta1.HTTPIngressRuleValue{
+								Paths: []v1beta1.HTTPIngressPath{
+									{
+										Path: "/",
+										Backend: v1beta1.IngressBackend{
+											ServiceName: "http-svc",
+											ServicePort: intstr.FromInt(80),
+										},
+									},
+								},
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		})
+		Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+		Expect(ing).NotTo(BeNil())
+
+		err = f.WaitForNginxServer(host,
+			func(server string) bool {
+				return Expect(server).Should(ContainSubstring("ssl_ciphers ALL:!aNULL:!EXPORT56:RC4+RSA:+HIGH:+MEDIUM:+LOW:+SSLv2:+EXP;"))
+			})
+		Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+	})
+})