diff --git a/controllers/nginx/rootfs/etc/nginx/template/nginx.tmpl b/controllers/nginx/rootfs/etc/nginx/template/nginx.tmpl
index cfa721acd..6c04716aa 100644
--- a/controllers/nginx/rootfs/etc/nginx/template/nginx.tmpl
+++ b/controllers/nginx/rootfs/etc/nginx/template/nginx.tmpl
@@ -589,6 +589,10 @@ 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..cdbce46fe
--- /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/client-go/pkg/apis/extensions/v1beta1"
+
+	"k8s.io/ingress/core/pkg/ingress/annotations/parser"
+)
+
+const (
+	annotation = "ingress.kubernetes.io/server-snippet"
+)
+
+type serverSnippet struct {
+}
+
+// NewParser creates a new CORS 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..89113cbc5
--- /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"
+
+	meta_v1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+	api "k8s.io/client-go/pkg/api/v1"
+	extensions "k8s.io/client-go/pkg/apis/extensions/v1beta1"
+)
+
+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 8fc952580..45f170f8d 100644
--- a/core/pkg/ingress/controller/annotations.go
+++ b/core/pkg/ingress/controller/annotations.go
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ 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"
@@ -77,6 +78,7 @@ func newAnnotationExtractor(cfg extractorConfig) annotationExtractor {
 			"SessionAffinity":      sessionaffinity.NewParser(),
 			"SSLPassthrough":       sslpassthrough.NewParser(),
 			"ConfigurationSnippet": snippet.NewParser(),
+			"ServerSnippet":        serversnippet.NewParser(),
 			"Alias":                alias.NewParser(),
 			"ClientBodyBufferSize": clientbodybuffersize.NewParser(),
 			"DefaultBackend":       defaultbackend.NewParser(cfg),
@@ -127,6 +129,7 @@ const (
 	serverAlias          = "Alias"
 	clientBodyBufferSize = "ClientBodyBufferSize"
 	certificateAuth      = "CertificateAuth"
+  serverSnippet   = "ServerSnippet"
 )
 
 func (e *annotationExtractor) ServiceUpstream(ing *extensions.Ingress) bool {
@@ -168,6 +171,14 @@ func (e *annotationExtractor) SessionAffinity(ing *extensions.Ingress) *sessiona
 	return val.(*sessionaffinity.AffinityConfig)
 }
 
+func (e *annotationExtractor) ServerSnippet(ing *extensions.Ingress) string {
+	val, err := e.annotations[serverSnippet].Parse(ing)
+	if err != nil {
+		glog.Errorf("error parsing server snippet: %v", err)
+	}
+	return val.(string)
+}
+
 func (e *annotationExtractor) CertificateAuth(ing *extensions.Ingress) *authtls.AuthSSLConfig {
 	val, err := e.annotations[certificateAuth].Parse(ing)
 	if errors.IsMissingAnnotations(err) {
diff --git a/core/pkg/ingress/controller/controller.go b/core/pkg/ingress/controller/controller.go
index b08469a17..0c1afc47c 100644
--- a/core/pkg/ingress/controller/controller.go
+++ b/core/pkg/ingress/controller/controller.go
@@ -1234,6 +1234,28 @@ func (ic *GenericController) createServers(data []interface{},
 		}
 	}
 
+	// configure server snippet
+	for _, ingIf := range data {
+		ing := ingIf.(*extensions.Ingress)
+		if !class.IsValid(ing, ic.cfg.IngressClass, ic.cfg.DefaultIngressClass) {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		for _, rule := range ing.Spec.Rules {
+			host := rule.Host
+			if host == "" {
+				host = defServerName
+			}
+
+			srvsnippet := ic.annotations.ServerSnippet(ing)
+			// only add a server snippet if the server does not have one previously configured
+
+			if servers[host].ServerSnippet == "" && srvsnippet != "" {
+				servers[host].ServerSnippet = srvsnippet
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
 	return servers
 }
 
diff --git a/core/pkg/ingress/types.go b/core/pkg/ingress/types.go
index f2e57524f..98991932b 100644
--- a/core/pkg/ingress/types.go
+++ b/core/pkg/ingress/types.go
@@ -227,6 +227,9 @@ type Server struct {
 	// used to  determine if the secret changed without the use of file
 	// system notifications
 	SSLPemChecksum string `json:"sslPemChecksum"`
+
+	// ServerSnippet returns the snippet of server
+	ServerSnippet string `json:"serverSnippet"`
 	// Locations list of URIs configured in the server.
 	Locations []*Location `json:"locations,omitempty"`
 	// Alias return the alias of the server name