diff --git a/test/e2e-image/namespace-overlays/custom-health-check-path/deployment-patch.yaml b/test/e2e-image/namespace-overlays/custom-health-check-path/deployment-patch.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..79df7fdb4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/e2e-image/namespace-overlays/custom-health-check-path/deployment-patch.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+- op: replace
+  path: /spec/template/spec/containers/0/livenessProbe/httpGet/path
+  value: /not-healthz
+- op: replace
+  path: /spec/template/spec/containers/0/livenessProbe/httpGet/port
+  value: 9090
+- op: replace
+  path: /spec/template/spec/containers/0/readinessProbe/httpGet/path
+  value: /not-healthz
+- op: replace
+  path: /spec/template/spec/containers/0/readinessProbe/httpGet/port
+  value: 9090
+- op: add
+  path: /spec/template/spec/containers/0/args/-
+  value: --health-check-path=/not-healthz
+- op: add
+  path: /spec/template/spec/containers/0/args/-
+  value: --healthz-port=9090
diff --git a/test/e2e-image/namespace-overlays/custom-health-check-path/kustomization.yaml b/test/e2e-image/namespace-overlays/custom-health-check-path/kustomization.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..afc13557d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/e2e-image/namespace-overlays/custom-health-check-path/kustomization.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
+kind: Kustomization
+patchesJson6902:
+  - target:
+      group: apps
+      version: v1
+      kind: Deployment
+      name: nginx-ingress-controller
+    path: deployment-patch.yaml
+bases:
+- ../../overlay
diff --git a/test/e2e/settings/customize_health_check_path.go b/test/e2e/settings/customize_health_check_path.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1d787200b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/e2e/settings/customize_health_check_path.go
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+/*
+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 settings
+
+import (
+	"strings"
+
+	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
+	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
+
+	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+	"k8s.io/ingress-nginx/test/e2e/framework"
+)
+
+var _ = framework.IngressNginxDescribe("Customize health check path", func() {
+	f := framework.NewDefaultFramework("custom-health-check-path")
+
+	Context("with a plain HTTP ingress", func() {
+		It("should return HTTP/1.1 200 OK on custom health check path and port", func() {
+
+			f.WaitForNginxConfiguration(func(server string) bool {
+				return strings.Contains(server, "location /not-healthz")
+			})
+
+			err := framework.WaitForPodsReady(f.KubeClientSet, framework.DefaultTimeout, 1, f.Namespace, metav1.ListOptions{
+				LabelSelector: "app.kubernetes.io/name=ingress-nginx",
+			})
+
+			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+		})
+	})
+})