diff --git a/docs/examples/chashsubset/deployment.yaml b/docs/examples/chashsubset/deployment.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5db8d3b375
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/examples/chashsubset/deployment.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+---
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name: nginx-deployment
+  labels:
+    app: nginxhello
+spec:
+  replicas: 10
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app: nginxhello
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        app: nginxhello
+    spec:
+      containers:
+        - name: nginxhello
+          image: gcr.io/kubernetes-e2e-test-images/echoserver:2.2
+          ports:
+            - containerPort: 8080
+          env:
+            - name: NODE_NAME
+              valueFrom:
+                fieldRef:
+                  fieldPath: spec.nodeName
+            - name: POD_NAME
+              valueFrom:
+                fieldRef:
+                  fieldPath: metadata.name
+            - name: POD_NAMESPACE
+              valueFrom:
+                fieldRef:
+                  fieldPath: metadata.namespace
+            - name: POD_IP
+              valueFrom:
+                fieldRef:
+                  fieldPath: status.podIP
+
+---
+kind: Service
+apiVersion: v1
+metadata:
+  name: nginxhello
+  labels:
+    app: nginxhello
+spec:
+  selector:
+    app: nginxhello
+  ports:
+    - name: http
+      port: 80
+      targetPort: 8080
+
+---
+apiVersion: extensions/v1beta1
+kind: Ingress
+metadata:
+  annotations:
+    nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/upstream-hash-by: "$arg_predictorid"
+    nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/upstream-hash-by-subset: "true"
+    nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/upstream-hash-by-subset-size: "3"
+  name: nginxhello-ingress
+  namespace: default
+spec:
+  backend:
+    serviceName: nginxhello
+    servicePort: 80
+
diff --git a/docs/user-guide/nginx-configuration/annotations.md b/docs/user-guide/nginx-configuration/annotations.md
index 638cfed990..1cbddfcc7c 100644
--- a/docs/user-guide/nginx-configuration/annotations.md
+++ b/docs/user-guide/nginx-configuration/annotations.md
@@ -186,10 +186,16 @@ nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/auth-realm: "realm string"
 
 NGINX supports load balancing by client-server mapping based on [consistent hashing](http://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_upstream_module.html#hash) for a given key. The key can contain text, variables or any combination thereof. This feature allows for request stickiness other than client IP or cookies. The [ketama](http://www.last.fm/user/RJ/journal/2007/04/10/392555/) consistent hashing method will be used which ensures only a few keys would be remapped to different servers on upstream group changes.
 
+There is a special mode of upstream hashing called subset. In this mode, upstream servers are grouped into subsets, and stickiness works by mapping keys to a subset instead of individual upstream servers. Specific server is chosen uniformly at random from the selected sticky subset. It provides a balance between stickiness and load distribution.
+
 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.
 
+"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).
+
+Please check the [chashsubset](../../examples/chashsubset/deployment.yaml) example.
+
 ### Custom NGINX load balancing
 
 This is similar to [`load-balance` in ConfigMap](./configmap.md#load-balance), but configures load balancing algorithm per ingress.
diff --git a/internal/ingress/annotations/annotations.go b/internal/ingress/annotations/annotations.go
index 0ada5d6a6a..3c54e5a579 100644
--- a/internal/ingress/annotations/annotations.go
+++ b/internal/ingress/annotations/annotations.go
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ type Ingress struct {
 	SessionAffinity      sessionaffinity.Config
 	SSLPassthrough       bool
 	UsePortInRedirects   bool
-	UpstreamHashBy       string
+	UpstreamHashBy       upstreamhashby.Config
 	LoadBalancing        string
 	UpstreamVhost        string
 	Whitelist            ipwhitelist.SourceRange
diff --git a/internal/ingress/annotations/annotations_test.go b/internal/ingress/annotations/annotations_test.go
index 4f62c884de..37ca1dd1a5 100644
--- a/internal/ingress/annotations/annotations_test.go
+++ b/internal/ingress/annotations/annotations_test.go
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ func TestUpstreamHashBy(t *testing.T) {
 
 	for _, foo := range fooAnns {
 		ing.SetAnnotations(foo.annotations)
-		r := ec.Extract(ing).UpstreamHashBy
+		r := ec.Extract(ing).UpstreamHashBy.UpstreamHashBy
 		if r != foo.er {
 			t.Errorf("Returned %v but expected %v", r, foo.er)
 		}
diff --git a/internal/ingress/annotations/upstreamhashby/main.go b/internal/ingress/annotations/upstreamhashby/main.go
index bfeb5afa58..78f0a9370f 100644
--- a/internal/ingress/annotations/upstreamhashby/main.go
+++ b/internal/ingress/annotations/upstreamhashby/main.go
@@ -27,14 +27,27 @@ type upstreamhashby struct {
 	r resolver.Resolver
 }
 
-// NewParser creates a new CORS annotation parser
+// Config contains the Consistent hash configuration to be used in the Ingress
+type Config struct {
+	UpstreamHashBy           string `json:"upstream-hash-by,omitempty"`
+	UpstreamHashBySubset     bool   `json:"upstream-hash-by-subset,omitempty"`
+	UpstreamHashBySubsetSize int    `json:"upstream-hash-by-subset-size,omitempty"`
+}
+
+// NewParser creates a new UpstreamHashBy annotation parser
 func NewParser(r resolver.Resolver) parser.IngressAnnotation {
 	return upstreamhashby{r}
 }
 
 // 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 upstreamhashby) Parse(ing *extensions.Ingress) (interface{}, error) {
-	return parser.GetStringAnnotation("upstream-hash-by", ing)
+	upstreamHashBy, _ := parser.GetStringAnnotation("upstream-hash-by", ing)
+	upstreamHashBySubset, _ := parser.GetBoolAnnotation("upstream-hash-by-subset", ing)
+	upstreamHashbySubsetSize, _ := parser.GetIntAnnotation("upstream-hash-by-subset-size", ing)
+
+	if upstreamHashbySubsetSize == 0 {
+		upstreamHashbySubsetSize = 3
+	}
+
+	return &Config{upstreamHashBy, upstreamHashBySubset, upstreamHashbySubsetSize}, nil
 }
diff --git a/internal/ingress/annotations/upstreamhashby/main_test.go b/internal/ingress/annotations/upstreamhashby/main_test.go
index 0f4cee5186..b6c0804fb0 100644
--- a/internal/ingress/annotations/upstreamhashby/main_test.go
+++ b/internal/ingress/annotations/upstreamhashby/main_test.go
@@ -55,7 +55,12 @@ func TestParse(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, testCase := range testCases {
 		ing.SetAnnotations(testCase.annotations)
 		result, _ := ap.Parse(ing)
-		if result != testCase.expected {
+		uc, ok := result.(*Config)
+		if !ok {
+			t.Fatalf("expected a Config type")
+		}
+
+		if uc.UpstreamHashBy != testCase.expected {
 			t.Errorf("expected %v but returned %v, annotations: %s", testCase.expected, result, testCase.annotations)
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/internal/ingress/controller/controller.go b/internal/ingress/controller/controller.go
index c80456dd56..79422334d5 100644
--- a/internal/ingress/controller/controller.go
+++ b/internal/ingress/controller/controller.go
@@ -661,9 +661,13 @@ func (n *NGINXController) createUpstreams(data []*ingress.Ingress, du *ingress.B
 			if upstreams[defBackend].SecureCACert.Secret == "" {
 				upstreams[defBackend].SecureCACert = anns.SecureUpstream.CACert
 			}
-			if upstreams[defBackend].UpstreamHashBy == "" {
-				upstreams[defBackend].UpstreamHashBy = anns.UpstreamHashBy
+
+			if upstreams[defBackend].UpstreamHashBy.UpstreamHashBy == "" {
+				upstreams[defBackend].UpstreamHashBy.UpstreamHashBy = anns.UpstreamHashBy.UpstreamHashBy
+				upstreams[defBackend].UpstreamHashBy.UpstreamHashBySubset = anns.UpstreamHashBy.UpstreamHashBySubset
+				upstreams[defBackend].UpstreamHashBy.UpstreamHashBySubsetSize = anns.UpstreamHashBy.UpstreamHashBySubsetSize
 			}
+
 			if upstreams[defBackend].LoadBalancing == "" {
 				upstreams[defBackend].LoadBalancing = anns.LoadBalancing
 			}
@@ -725,8 +729,10 @@ func (n *NGINXController) createUpstreams(data []*ingress.Ingress, du *ingress.B
 					upstreams[name].SecureCACert = anns.SecureUpstream.CACert
 				}
 
-				if upstreams[name].UpstreamHashBy == "" {
-					upstreams[name].UpstreamHashBy = anns.UpstreamHashBy
+				if upstreams[name].UpstreamHashBy.UpstreamHashBy == "" {
+					upstreams[name].UpstreamHashBy.UpstreamHashBy = anns.UpstreamHashBy.UpstreamHashBy
+					upstreams[name].UpstreamHashBy.UpstreamHashBySubset = anns.UpstreamHashBy.UpstreamHashBySubset
+					upstreams[name].UpstreamHashBy.UpstreamHashBySubsetSize = anns.UpstreamHashBy.UpstreamHashBySubsetSize
 				}
 
 				if upstreams[name].LoadBalancing == "" {
diff --git a/internal/ingress/defaults/main.go b/internal/ingress/defaults/main.go
index dc135bb4c7..28bf659799 100644
--- a/internal/ingress/defaults/main.go
+++ b/internal/ingress/defaults/main.go
@@ -113,6 +113,14 @@ type Backend struct {
 	// http://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_upstream_module.html#hash
 	UpstreamHashBy string `json:"upstream-hash-by"`
 
+	// Consistent hashing subset flag.
+	// Default: false
+	UpstreamHashBySubset bool `json:"upstream-hash-by-subset"`
+
+	// Subset consistent hashing, subset size.
+	// Default 3
+	UpstreamHashBySubsetSize int `json:"upstream-hash-by-subset-size"`
+
 	// Let's us choose a load balancing algorithm per ingress
 	LoadBalancing string `json:"load-balance"`
 
diff --git a/internal/ingress/types.go b/internal/ingress/types.go
index 14f1dfd24e..01aa1952ae 100644
--- a/internal/ingress/types.go
+++ b/internal/ingress/types.go
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ type Backend struct {
 	// StickySessionAffinitySession contains the StickyConfig object with stickyness configuration
 	SessionAffinity SessionAffinityConfig `json:"sessionAffinityConfig"`
 	// Consistent hashing by NGINX variable
-	UpstreamHashBy string `json:"upstream-hash-by,omitempty"`
+	UpstreamHashBy UpstreamHashByConfig `json:"upstreamHashByConfig,omitempty"`
 	// LB algorithm configuration per ingress
 	LoadBalancing string `json:"load-balance,omitempty"`
 	// Denotes if a backend has no server. The backend instead shares a server with another backend and acts as an
@@ -150,6 +150,13 @@ type CookieSessionAffinity struct {
 	Path      string              `json:"path,omitempty"`
 }
 
+// UpstreamHashByConfig described setting from the upstream-hash-by* annotations.
+type UpstreamHashByConfig struct {
+	UpstreamHashBy           string `json:"upstream-hash-by,omitempty"`
+	UpstreamHashBySubset     bool   `json:"upstream-hash-by-subset,omitempty"`
+	UpstreamHashBySubsetSize int    `json:"upstream-hash-by-subset-size,omitempty"`
+}
+
 // Endpoint describes a kubernetes endpoint in a backend
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen=true
 type Endpoint struct {
diff --git a/internal/ingress/types_equals.go b/internal/ingress/types_equals.go
index eea824aad8..e0a6211584 100644
--- a/internal/ingress/types_equals.go
+++ b/internal/ingress/types_equals.go
@@ -234,6 +234,27 @@ func (csa1 *CookieSessionAffinity) Equal(csa2 *CookieSessionAffinity) bool {
 	return true
 }
 
+//Equal checks the equality between UpstreamByConfig types
+func (u1 *UpstreamHashByConfig) Equal(u2 *UpstreamHashByConfig) bool {
+	if u1 == u2 {
+		return true
+	}
+	if u1 == nil || u2 == nil {
+		return false
+	}
+	if u1.UpstreamHashBy != u2.UpstreamHashBy {
+		return false
+	}
+	if u1.UpstreamHashBySubset != u2.UpstreamHashBySubset {
+		return false
+	}
+	if u1.UpstreamHashBySubsetSize != u2.UpstreamHashBySubsetSize {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	return true
+}
+
 // Equal checks the equality against an Endpoint
 func (e1 *Endpoint) Equal(e2 *Endpoint) bool {
 	if e1 == e2 {
diff --git a/rootfs/etc/nginx/lua/balancer.lua b/rootfs/etc/nginx/lua/balancer.lua
index 4fcf035ff6..e12c9253e6 100644
--- a/rootfs/etc/nginx/lua/balancer.lua
+++ b/rootfs/etc/nginx/lua/balancer.lua
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ local dns_util = require("util.dns")
 local configuration = require("configuration")
 local round_robin = require("balancer.round_robin")
 local chash = require("balancer.chash")
+local chashsubset = require("balancer.chashsubset")
 local sticky = require("balancer.sticky")
 local ewma = require("balancer.ewma")
 
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ local DEFAULT_LB_ALG = "round_robin"
 local IMPLEMENTATIONS = {
   round_robin = round_robin,
   chash = chash,
+  chashsubset = chashsubset,
   sticky = sticky,
   ewma = ewma,
 }
@@ -29,8 +31,12 @@ local function get_implementation(backend)
 
   if backend["sessionAffinityConfig"] and backend["sessionAffinityConfig"]["name"] == "cookie" then
     name = "sticky"
-  elseif backend["upstream-hash-by"] then
-    name = "chash"
+  elseif backend["upstreamHashByConfig"] and backend["upstreamHashByConfig"]["upstream-hash-by"] then
+    if backend["upstreamHashByConfig"]["upstream-hash-by-subset"] then
+      name = "chashsubset"
+    else
+      name = "chash"
+    end
   end
 
   local implementation = IMPLEMENTATIONS[name]
diff --git a/rootfs/etc/nginx/lua/balancer/chash.lua b/rootfs/etc/nginx/lua/balancer/chash.lua
index ffd9f54e01..3eddab9e58 100644
--- a/rootfs/etc/nginx/lua/balancer/chash.lua
+++ b/rootfs/etc/nginx/lua/balancer/chash.lua
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ function _M.new(self, backend)
   local nodes = util.get_nodes(backend.endpoints)
   local o = {
     instance = self.factory:new(nodes),
-    hash_by = backend["upstream-hash-by"],
+    hash_by = backend["upstreamHashByConfig"]["upstream-hash-by"],
     traffic_shaping_policy = backend.trafficShapingPolicy,
     alternative_backends = backend.alternativeBackends,
   }
diff --git a/rootfs/etc/nginx/lua/balancer/chashsubset.lua b/rootfs/etc/nginx/lua/balancer/chashsubset.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9599378d62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rootfs/etc/nginx/lua/balancer/chashsubset.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+-- Consistent hashing to a subset of nodes. Instead of returning the same node
+-- always, we return the same subset always.
+
+local resty_chash = require("resty.chash")
+local util = require("util")
+
+local _M = { name = "chashsubset" }
+
+local function build_subset_map(backend)
+  local endpoints = {}
+  local subset_map = {}
+  local subsets = {}
+  local subset_size = backend["upstreamHashByConfig"]["upstream-hash-by-subset-size"]
+
+  for _, endpoint in pairs(backend.endpoints) do
+    table.insert(endpoints, endpoint)
+  end
+
+  local set_count = math.ceil(#endpoints/subset_size)
+  local node_count = set_count * subset_size
+
+  -- if we don't have enough endpoints, we reuse endpoints in the last set to
+  -- keep the same number on all of them.
+  local j = 1
+  for _ = #endpoints+1, node_count do
+    table.insert(endpoints, endpoints[j])
+    j = j+1
+  end
+
+  local k = 1
+  for i = 1, set_count do
+    local subset = {}
+    local subset_id = "set" .. tostring(i)
+    for _ = 1, subset_size do
+      table.insert(subset, endpoints[k])
+      k = k+1
+    end
+    subsets[subset_id] = subset
+    subset_map[subset_id] = 1
+  end
+
+  return subset_map, subsets
+end
+
+function _M.new(self, backend)
+  local subset_map, subsets = build_subset_map(backend)
+
+  local o = {
+    instance = resty_chash:new(subset_map),
+    hash_by = backend["upstreamHashByConfig"]["upstream-hash-by"],
+    subsets = subsets,
+    current_endpoints = backend.endpoints
+  }
+  setmetatable(o, self)
+  self.__index = self
+  return o
+end
+
+function _M.balance(self)
+  local key = util.lua_ngx_var(self.hash_by)
+  local subset_id = self.instance:find(key)
+  local endpoints = self.subsets[subset_id]
+  local endpoint = endpoints[math.random(#endpoints)]
+  return endpoint.address .. ":" .. endpoint.port
+end
+
+function _M.sync(self, backend)
+  local subset_map
+
+  local changed = not util.deep_compare(self.current_endpoints, backend.endpoints)
+  if not changed then
+    return
+  end
+
+  self.current_endpoints = backend.endpoints
+
+  subset_map, self.subsets = build_subset_map(backend)
+
+  self.instance:reinit(subset_map)
+
+  return
+end
+
+return _M
diff --git a/rootfs/etc/nginx/lua/test/balancer/chash_test.lua b/rootfs/etc/nginx/lua/test/balancer/chash_test.lua
index 8cdcef1bce..d71dfc56ab 100644
--- a/rootfs/etc/nginx/lua/test/balancer/chash_test.lua
+++ b/rootfs/etc/nginx/lua/test/balancer/chash_test.lua
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ describe("Balancer chash", function()
       end
 
       local backend = {
-        name = "my-dummy-backend", ["upstream-hash-by"] = "$request_uri",
+        name = "my-dummy-backend", upstreamHashByConfig = { ["upstream-hash-by"] = "$request_uri" },
         endpoints = { { address = "10.184.7.40", port = "8080", maxFails = 0, failTimeout = 0 } }
       }
       local instance = balancer_chash:new(backend)
diff --git a/rootfs/etc/nginx/lua/test/balancer/chashsubset_test.lua b/rootfs/etc/nginx/lua/test/balancer/chashsubset_test.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6bbd582dd3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rootfs/etc/nginx/lua/test/balancer/chashsubset_test.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+
+local function get_test_backend(n_endpoints) 
+   local backend = {
+    name = "my-dummy-backend", 
+    ["upstreamHashByConfig"] = {
+      ["upstream-hash-by"] = "$request_uri",
+      ["upstream-hash-by-subset"] = true,
+      ["upstream-hash-by-subset-size"] = 3
+    },
+    endpoints = {}
+  }
+
+  for i = 1, n_endpoints do
+    backend.endpoints[i] = { address = "10.184.7." .. tostring(i), port = "8080", maxFails = 0, failTimeout = 0 }
+  end
+
+  return backend
+end
+ 
+describe("Balancer chash subset", function()
+  local balancer_chashsubset = require("balancer.chashsubset")
+
+  describe("balance()", function()
+    it("returns peers from the same subset", function()
+      _G.ngx = { var = { request_uri = "/alma/armud" }}
+
+      local backend = get_test_backend(9)
+      
+      local instance = balancer_chashsubset:new(backend)
+
+      instance:sync(backend)
+
+      local first_node = instance:balance()
+      local subset_id
+      local endpoint_strings
+
+      local function has_value (tab, val)
+        for _, value in ipairs(tab) do
+          if value == val then
+            return true
+           end
+        end
+
+        return false
+      end
+
+      for id, endpoints in pairs(instance["subsets"]) do
+        endpoint_strings = {}
+        for _, endpoint in pairs(endpoints) do
+          local endpoint_string = endpoint.address .. ":" .. endpoint.port
+          table.insert(endpoint_strings, endpoint_string)
+          if first_node == endpoint_string then
+            -- found the set of first_node
+            subset_id = id
+          end
+        end
+        if subset_id then
+          break
+        end
+      end
+
+      -- multiple calls to balance must return nodes from the same subset
+      for i = 0, 10 do
+        assert.True(has_value(endpoint_strings, instance:balance()))
+      end
+    end)
+  end)
+  describe("new(backend)", function()
+    it("fills last subset correctly", function()
+      _G.ngx = { var = { request_uri = "/alma/armud" }}
+
+      local backend = get_test_backend(7)
+      
+      local instance = balancer_chashsubset:new(backend)
+
+      instance:sync(backend)
+      for id, endpoints in pairs(instance["subsets"]) do
+        assert.are.equal(#endpoints, 3)
+      end
+    end)
+  end)
+end)
diff --git a/rootfs/etc/nginx/lua/test/balancer_test.lua b/rootfs/etc/nginx/lua/test/balancer_test.lua
index 879d5ed8f0..89f068b29c 100644
--- a/rootfs/etc/nginx/lua/test/balancer_test.lua
+++ b/rootfs/etc/nginx/lua/test/balancer_test.lua
@@ -32,7 +32,10 @@ local function reset_backends()
       sessionAffinityConfig = { name = "", cookieSessionAffinity = { name = "", hash = "" } },
     },
     { name = "my-dummy-app-1", ["load-balance"] = "round_robin", },
-    { name = "my-dummy-app-2", ["load-balance"] = "round_robin", ["upstream-hash-by"] = "$request_uri", },
+    { 
+      name = "my-dummy-app-2", ["load-balance"] = "chash",
+      upstreamHashByConfig = { ["upstream-hash-by"] = "$request_uri", },
+    },
     {
       name = "my-dummy-app-3", ["load-balance"] = "ewma",
       sessionAffinityConfig = { name = "cookie", cookieSessionAffinity = { name = "route", hash = "sha1" } }
diff --git a/test/e2e/annotations/upstreamhashby.go b/test/e2e/annotations/upstreamhashby.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b893c5d33f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/e2e/annotations/upstreamhashby.go
@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+/*
+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 (
+	"fmt"
+	"net/http"
+	"regexp"
+	"strings"
+
+	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
+	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
+	"github.com/parnurzeal/gorequest"
+
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait"
+	"k8s.io/ingress-nginx/test/e2e/framework"
+)
+
+func startIngress(f *framework.Framework, annotations *map[string]string) map[string]bool {
+	host := "upstream-hash-by.foo.com"
+
+	ing := framework.NewSingleIngress(host, "/", host, f.IngressController.Namespace, "http-svc", 80, annotations)
+	f.EnsureIngress(ing)
+	f.WaitForNginxServer(host,
+		func(server string) bool {
+			return strings.Contains(server, fmt.Sprintf("server_name %s ;", host))
+		})
+
+	err := wait.PollImmediate(framework.Poll, framework.DefaultTimeout, func() (bool, error) {
+		resp, _, _ := gorequest.New().
+			Get(f.IngressController.HTTPURL).
+			Set("Host", host).
+			End()
+		if resp.StatusCode == http.StatusOK {
+			return true, nil
+		}
+		return false, nil
+	})
+	Expect(err).Should(BeNil())
+
+	re, _ := regexp.Compile(`Hostname: http-svc.*`)
+	podMap := map[string]bool{}
+
+	for i := 0; i < 100; i++ {
+		_, body, errs := gorequest.New().
+			Get(f.IngressController.HTTPURL).
+			Set("Host", host).
+			End()
+
+		Expect(errs).Should(BeEmpty())
+
+		podName := re.FindString(body)
+		Expect(podName).ShouldNot(Equal(""))
+		podMap[podName] = true
+
+	}
+
+	return podMap
+}
+
+var _ = framework.IngressNginxDescribe("Annotations - UpstreamHashBy", func() {
+	f := framework.NewDefaultFramework("upstream-hash-by")
+
+	BeforeEach(func() {
+		f.NewEchoDeploymentWithReplicas(6)
+	})
+
+	AfterEach(func() {
+	})
+
+	It("should connect to the same pod", func() {
+		annotations := map[string]string{
+			"nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/upstream-hash-by": "$request_uri",
+		}
+
+		podMap := startIngress(f, &annotations)
+		Expect(len(podMap)).Should(Equal(1))
+
+	})
+
+	It("should connect to the same subset of pods", func() {
+		annotations := map[string]string{
+			"nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/upstream-hash-by":             "$request_uri",
+			"nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/upstream-hash-by-subset":      "true",
+			"nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/upstream-hash-by-subset-size": "3",
+		}
+
+		podMap := startIngress(f, &annotations)
+		Expect(len(podMap)).Should(Equal(3))
+
+	})
+})