diff --git a/docs/user-guide/nginx-configuration/annotations.md b/docs/user-guide/nginx-configuration/annotations.md
index 4709eb7a5..d7671a79e 100755
--- a/docs/user-guide/nginx-configuration/annotations.md
+++ b/docs/user-guide/nginx-configuration/annotations.md
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ There is a special mode of upstream hashing called subset. In this mode, upstrea
 
 To enable consistent hashing for a backend:
 
-`nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/upstream-hash-by`: the nginx variable, text value or any combination thereof to use for consistent hashing. For example `nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/upstream-hash-by: "$request_uri"` to consistently hash upstream requests by the current request URI.
+`nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/upstream-hash-by`: the nginx variable, text value or any combination thereof to use for consistent hashing. For example: `nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/upstream-hash-by: "$request_uri"` or `nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/upstream-hash-by: "$request_uri$host"` or `nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/upstream-hash-by: "${request_uri}-text-value"` to consistently hash upstream requests by the current request URI.
 
 "subset" hashing can be enabled setting `nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/upstream-hash-by-subset`: "true". This maps requests to subset of nodes instead of a single one. `upstream-hash-by-subset-size` determines the size of each subset (default 3).
 
diff --git a/internal/ingress/annotations/upstreamhashby/main_test.go b/internal/ingress/annotations/upstreamhashby/main_test.go
index e67803e51..5a71be56f 100644
--- a/internal/ingress/annotations/upstreamhashby/main_test.go
+++ b/internal/ingress/annotations/upstreamhashby/main_test.go
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ func TestParse(t *testing.T) {
 		expected    string
 	}{
 		{map[string]string{annotation: "$request_uri"}, "$request_uri"},
+		{map[string]string{annotation: "$request_uri$scheme"}, "$request_uri$scheme"},
 		{map[string]string{annotation: "false"}, "false"},
 		{map[string]string{}, ""},
 		{nil, ""},
diff --git a/rootfs/etc/nginx/lua/balancer/chash.lua b/rootfs/etc/nginx/lua/balancer/chash.lua
index 3eddab9e5..c845e6715 100644
--- a/rootfs/etc/nginx/lua/balancer/chash.lua
+++ b/rootfs/etc/nginx/lua/balancer/chash.lua
@@ -1,14 +1,21 @@
 local balancer_resty = require("balancer.resty")
 local resty_chash = require("resty.chash")
 local util = require("util")
+local ngx_log = ngx.log
+local ngx_ERR = ngx.ERR
 
 local _M = balancer_resty:new({ factory = resty_chash, name = "chash" })
 
 function _M.new(self, backend)
   local nodes = util.get_nodes(backend.endpoints)
+  local complex_val, err = util.parse_complex_value(backend["upstreamHashByConfig"]["upstream-hash-by"])
+  if err ~= nil then
+    ngx_log(ngx_ERR, "could not parse the value of the upstream-hash-by: ", err)
+  end
+
   local o = {
     instance = self.factory:new(nodes),
-    hash_by = backend["upstreamHashByConfig"]["upstream-hash-by"],
+    hash_by = complex_val,
     traffic_shaping_policy = backend.trafficShapingPolicy,
     alternative_backends = backend.alternativeBackends,
   }
@@ -18,7 +25,7 @@ function _M.new(self, backend)
 end
 
 function _M.balance(self)
-  local key = util.lua_ngx_var(self.hash_by)
+  local key = util.generate_var_value(self.hash_by)
   return self.instance:find(key)
 end
 
diff --git a/rootfs/etc/nginx/lua/balancer/chashsubset.lua b/rootfs/etc/nginx/lua/balancer/chashsubset.lua
index 9599378d6..c098f5b4d 100644
--- a/rootfs/etc/nginx/lua/balancer/chashsubset.lua
+++ b/rootfs/etc/nginx/lua/balancer/chashsubset.lua
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 
 local resty_chash = require("resty.chash")
 local util = require("util")
+local ngx_log = ngx.log
+local ngx_ERR = ngx.ERR
 
 local _M = { name = "chashsubset" }
 
@@ -44,10 +46,14 @@ end
 
 function _M.new(self, backend)
   local subset_map, subsets = build_subset_map(backend)
+  local complex_val, err = util.parse_complex_value(backend["upstreamHashByConfig"]["upstream-hash-by"])
+  if err ~= nil then
+    ngx_log(ngx_ERR, "could not parse the value of the upstream-hash-by: ", err)
+  end
 
   local o = {
     instance = resty_chash:new(subset_map),
-    hash_by = backend["upstreamHashByConfig"]["upstream-hash-by"],
+    hash_by = complex_val,
     subsets = subsets,
     current_endpoints = backend.endpoints
   }
@@ -57,7 +63,7 @@ function _M.new(self, backend)
 end
 
 function _M.balance(self)
-  local key = util.lua_ngx_var(self.hash_by)
+  local key = util.generate_var_value(self.hash_by)
   local subset_id = self.instance:find(key)
   local endpoints = self.subsets[subset_id]
   local endpoint = endpoints[math.random(#endpoints)]
diff --git a/rootfs/etc/nginx/lua/test/util_test.lua b/rootfs/etc/nginx/lua/test/util_test.lua
index 6da681662..1b7266953 100644
--- a/rootfs/etc/nginx/lua/test/util_test.lua
+++ b/rootfs/etc/nginx/lua/test/util_test.lua
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 local original_ngx = ngx
+local util = require("util")
+
 local function reset_ngx()
   _G.ngx = original_ngx
 end
@@ -9,28 +11,43 @@ local function mock_ngx(mock)
   _G.ngx = _ngx
 end
 
-describe("lua_ngx_var", function()
-  local util = require("util")
+describe("utility", function()
 
   after_each(function()
     reset_ngx()
   end)
 
-  describe("lua_ngx_var", function()
+  describe("ngx_complex_value", function()
     before_each(function()
       mock_ngx({ var = { remote_addr = "192.168.1.1", [1] = "nginx/regexp/1/group/capturing" } })
     end)
 
+    local ngx_complex_value = function(data)
+      local ret, err = util.parse_complex_value(data)
+      if err ~= nil then
+        return ""
+      end
+      return util.generate_var_value(ret)
+    end
+
     it("returns value of nginx var by key", function()
-      assert.equal("192.168.1.1", util.lua_ngx_var("$remote_addr"))
+      assert.equal("192.168.1.1", ngx_complex_value("$remote_addr"))
     end)
-
+ 
     it("returns value of nginx var when key is number", function()
-      assert.equal("nginx/regexp/1/group/capturing", util.lua_ngx_var("$1"))
+      assert.equal("nginx/regexp/1/group/capturing", ngx_complex_value("$1"))
     end)
 
-    it("returns nil when variable is not defined", function()
-      assert.equal(nil, util.lua_ngx_var("$foo_bar"))
+    it("returns value of nginx var by multiple variables", function()
+      assert.equal("192.168.1.1nginx/regexp/1/group/capturing", ngx_complex_value("$remote_addr$1"))
+    end)
+
+    it("returns value by the combination of variable and text value", function()
+      assert.equal("192.168.1.1-text-value", ngx_complex_value("${remote_addr}-text-value"))
+    end)
+
+    it("returns empty when variable is not defined", function()
+      assert.equal("", ngx_complex_value("$foo_bar"))
     end)
   end)
 
diff --git a/rootfs/etc/nginx/lua/util.lua b/rootfs/etc/nginx/lua/util.lua
index 79e88bd2f..c8020dbd3 100644
--- a/rootfs/etc/nginx/lua/util.lua
+++ b/rootfs/etc/nginx/lua/util.lua
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 local string        = string
 local string_len    = string.len
-local string_sub    = string.sub
 local string_format = string.format
 local pairs         = pairs
+local ipairs        = ipairs
 local tonumber      = tonumber
 local getmetatable  = getmetatable
 local type          = type
 local next          = next
 local table         = table
-
+local re_gmatch     = ngx.re.gmatch
 
 local _M = {}
 
@@ -24,15 +24,57 @@ function _M.get_nodes(endpoints)
   return nodes
 end
 
--- given an Nginx variable i.e $request_uri
--- it returns value of ngx.var[request_uri]
-function _M.lua_ngx_var(ngx_var)
-  local var_name = string_sub(ngx_var, 2)
-  if var_name:match("^%d+$") then
-    var_name = tonumber(var_name)
+-- parse the compound variables, then call generate_var_value function
+-- to parse into a string value.
+function _M.parse_complex_value(complex_value)
+    local reg = [[ (\\\$[0-9a-zA-Z_]+) | ]]     -- \$var
+            .. [[ \$\{([0-9a-zA-Z_]+)\} | ]]    -- ${var}
+            .. [[ \$([0-9a-zA-Z_]+) | ]]        -- $var
+            .. [[ (\$|[^$\\]+) ]]               -- $ or text value
+    local iterator, err = re_gmatch(complex_value, reg, "jiox")
+    if not iterator then
+        return nil, err
+    end
+
+    local v
+    local t = {}
+    while true do
+        v, err = iterator()
+        if err then
+            return nil, err
+        end
+
+        if not v then
+            break
+        end
+
+        table.insert(t, v)
+    end
+
+    return t
+end
+
+-- Parse the return value of function parse_complex_value
+-- into a string value
+function _M.generate_var_value(data)
+  if data == nil then
+    return ""
   end
 
-  return ngx.var[var_name]
+  local t = {}
+  for _, value in ipairs(data) do
+    local var_name = value[2] or value[3]
+    if var_name then
+      if var_name:match("^%d+$") then
+        var_name = tonumber(var_name)
+      end
+      table.insert(t, ngx.var[var_name])
+    else
+      table.insert(t, value[1] or value[4])
+    end
+  end
+
+  return table.concat(t, "")
 end
 
 -- normalize_endpoints takes endpoints as an array of endpoint objects