diff --git a/controllers/nginx/controller.go b/controllers/nginx/controller.go
index e93185bd2..c449949c7 100644
--- a/controllers/nginx/controller.go
+++ b/controllers/nginx/controller.go
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/contrib/ingress/controllers/nginx/nginx/auth"
 	"k8s.io/contrib/ingress/controllers/nginx/nginx/config"
 	"k8s.io/contrib/ingress/controllers/nginx/nginx/healthcheck"
+	"k8s.io/contrib/ingress/controllers/nginx/nginx/ipwhitelist"
 	"k8s.io/contrib/ingress/controllers/nginx/nginx/ratelimit"
 	"k8s.io/contrib/ingress/controllers/nginx/nginx/rewrite"
 	"k8s.io/contrib/ingress/controllers/nginx/nginx/secureupstream"
@@ -697,6 +698,12 @@ func (lbc *loadBalancerController) getUpstreamServers(ngxCfg config.Configuratio
 				glog.V(3).Infof("error parsing rewrite annotations for Ingress rule %v/%v: %v", ing.GetNamespace(), ing.GetName(), err)
 			}
 
+			wl, err := ipwhitelist.ParseAnnotations(ngxCfg.WhiteList, ing)
+			glog.V(3).Infof("nginx white list %v", wl)
+			if err != nil {
+				glog.V(3).Infof("error reading white list annotation in Ingress %v/%v: %v", ing.GetNamespace(), ing.GetName(), err)
+			}
+
 			host := rule.Host
 			if host == "" {
 				host = defServerName
@@ -728,6 +735,7 @@ func (lbc *loadBalancerController) getUpstreamServers(ngxCfg config.Configuratio
 						loc.RateLimit = *rl
 						loc.Redirect = *locRew
 						loc.SecureUpstream = secUpstream
+						loc.Whitelist = *wl
 
 						addLoc = false
 						continue
@@ -750,6 +758,7 @@ func (lbc *loadBalancerController) getUpstreamServers(ngxCfg config.Configuratio
 						RateLimit:      *rl,
 						Redirect:       *locRew,
 						SecureUpstream: secUpstream,
+						Whitelist:      *wl,
 					})
 				}
 			}
diff --git a/controllers/nginx/nginx.tmpl b/controllers/nginx/nginx.tmpl
index 8edc3d9be..013c090ab 100644
--- a/controllers/nginx/nginx.tmpl
+++ b/controllers/nginx/nginx.tmpl
@@ -180,6 +180,12 @@ http {
         {{- range $location := $server.Locations }}
         {{ $path := buildLocation $location }}
         location {{ $path }} {
+            {{ if gt (len $location.Whitelist.CIDR) 0 }}
+            {{- range $ip := $location.Whitelist.CIDR }}
+            allow {{ $ip }};{{ end }}
+            deny all;
+            {{ end -}}
+
             {{ if (and $server.SSL $location.Redirect.SSLRedirect) -}}
             # enforce ssl on server side
             if ($scheme = http) {
diff --git a/controllers/nginx/nginx/config/config.go b/controllers/nginx/nginx/config/config.go
index 83bfc9f6a..b629e85b1 100644
--- a/controllers/nginx/nginx/config/config.go
+++ b/controllers/nginx/nginx/config/config.go
@@ -233,6 +233,10 @@ type Configuration struct {
 	// Responses with the “text/html” type are always compressed if UseGzip is enabled
 	GzipTypes string `structs:"gzip-types,omitempty"`
 
+	// WhiteList allows limiting access to certain client addresses.
+	// http://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_access_module.html
+	WhiteList []string `structs:"whitelist,omitempty"`
+
 	// Defines the number of worker processes. By default auto means number of available CPU cores
 	// http://nginx.org/en/docs/ngx_core_module.html#worker_processes
 	WorkerProcesses string `structs:"worker-processes,omitempty"`
@@ -270,6 +274,7 @@ func NewDefault() Configuration {
 		VtsStatusZoneSize:        "10m",
 		UseHTTP2:                 true,
 		CustomHTTPErrors:         make([]int, 0),
+		WhiteList:                make([]string, 0),
 	}
 
 	if glog.V(5) {
diff --git a/controllers/nginx/nginx/ipwhitelist/main.go b/controllers/nginx/nginx/ipwhitelist/main.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ea97765d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/controllers/nginx/nginx/ipwhitelist/main.go
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2016 The Kubernetes Authors All rights reserved.
+
+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 ipwhitelist
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/extensions"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/net/sets"
+)
+
+const (
+	whitelist = "ingress.kubernetes.io/whitelist"
+)
+
+var (
+	// ErrMissingWhitelist returned error when the ingress does not contains the
+	// whitelist annotation
+	ErrMissingWhitelist = errors.New("whitelist annotation is missing")
+
+	// ErrInvalidCIDR returned error when the whitelist annotation does not
+	// contains a valid IP or network address
+	ErrInvalidCIDR = errors.New("the annotation does not contains a valid IP address or network")
+)
+
+// Whitelist returns the CIDR
+type Whitelist struct {
+	CIDR []string
+}
+
+type ingAnnotations map[string]string
+
+func (a ingAnnotations) whitelist() ([]string, error) {
+	val, ok := a[whitelist]
+	if !ok {
+		return nil, ErrMissingWhitelist
+	}
+
+	ipnet, err := sets.ParseIPNets(val)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, ErrInvalidCIDR
+	}
+
+	nets := make([]string, 0)
+	for k := range ipnet {
+		nets = append(nets, k)
+	}
+
+	return nets, nil
+}
+
+// ParseAnnotations parses the annotations contained in the ingress
+// rule used to configure upstream check parameters
+func ParseAnnotations(whiteList []string, ing *extensions.Ingress) (*Whitelist, error) {
+	if ing.GetAnnotations() == nil {
+		return &Whitelist{whiteList}, ErrMissingWhitelist
+	}
+
+	wl, err := ingAnnotations(ing.GetAnnotations()).whitelist()
+	if err != nil {
+		wl = whiteList
+	}
+
+	return &Whitelist{wl}, err
+}
diff --git a/controllers/nginx/nginx/ipwhitelist/main_test.go b/controllers/nginx/nginx/ipwhitelist/main_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..29d6d456b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/controllers/nginx/nginx/ipwhitelist/main_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2016 The Kubernetes Authors All rights reserved.
+
+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 ipwhitelist
+
+import (
+	"reflect"
+	"testing"
+
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/extensions"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/intstr"
+)
+
+func buildIngress() *extensions.Ingress {
+	defaultBackend := extensions.IngressBackend{
+		ServiceName: "default-backend",
+		ServicePort: intstr.FromInt(80),
+	}
+
+	return &extensions.Ingress{
+		ObjectMeta: api.ObjectMeta{
+			Name:      "foo",
+			Namespace: api.NamespaceDefault,
+		},
+		Spec: extensions.IngressSpec{
+			Backend: &extensions.IngressBackend{
+				ServiceName: "default-backend",
+				ServicePort: intstr.FromInt(80),
+			},
+			Rules: []extensions.IngressRule{
+				{
+					Host: "foo.bar.com",
+					IngressRuleValue: extensions.IngressRuleValue{
+						HTTP: &extensions.HTTPIngressRuleValue{
+							Paths: []extensions.HTTPIngressPath{
+								{
+									Path:    "/foo",
+									Backend: defaultBackend,
+								},
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+}
+
+func TestAnnotations(t *testing.T) {
+	ing := buildIngress()
+
+	_, err := ingAnnotations(ing.GetAnnotations()).whitelist()
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Error("Expected a validation error")
+	}
+
+	testNet := "10.0.0.0/24"
+	enet := []string{testNet}
+
+	data := map[string]string{}
+	data[whitelist] = testNet
+	ing.SetAnnotations(data)
+
+	wl, err := ingAnnotations(ing.GetAnnotations()).whitelist()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("Unexpected error: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	if !reflect.DeepEqual(wl, enet) {
+		t.Errorf("Expected %v but returned %s", enet, wl)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/controllers/nginx/nginx/nginx.go b/controllers/nginx/nginx/nginx.go
index b39a245bc..7270dc211 100644
--- a/controllers/nginx/nginx/nginx.go
+++ b/controllers/nginx/nginx/nginx.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package nginx
 
 import (
 	"k8s.io/contrib/ingress/controllers/nginx/nginx/auth"
+	"k8s.io/contrib/ingress/controllers/nginx/nginx/ipwhitelist"
 	"k8s.io/contrib/ingress/controllers/nginx/nginx/ratelimit"
 	"k8s.io/contrib/ingress/controllers/nginx/nginx/rewrite"
 )
@@ -99,6 +100,7 @@ type Location struct {
 	RateLimit      ratelimit.RateLimit
 	Redirect       rewrite.Redirect
 	SecureUpstream bool
+	Whitelist      ipwhitelist.Whitelist
 }
 
 // LocationByPath sorts location by path