diff --git a/test/e2e/annotations/approot.go b/test/e2e/annotations/approot.go
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+/*
+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 (
+	"net/http"
+	"time"
+
+	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
+	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
+	"github.com/parnurzeal/gorequest"
+	"k8s.io/ingress-nginx/test/e2e/framework"
+)
+
+var _ = framework.IngressNginxDescribe("Annotations - Approot", func() {
+	f := framework.NewDefaultFramework("approot")
+
+	BeforeEach(func() {
+		err := f.NewEchoDeploymentWithReplicas(2)
+		Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+	})
+
+	AfterEach(func() {
+	})
+
+	It("should redirect to /foo", func() {
+		host := "approot.bar.com"
+
+		annotations := map[string]string{
+			"nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/app-root": "/foo",
+		}
+
+		ing := framework.NewSingleIngress(host, "/", host, f.IngressController.Namespace, "http-svc", 80, &annotations)
+		_, err := f.EnsureIngress(ing)
+
+		Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+		Expect(ing).NotTo(BeNil())
+
+		err = f.WaitForNginxServer(host,
+			func(server string) bool {
+				return Expect(server).Should(ContainSubstring(`if ($uri = /) {`)) &&
+					Expect(server).Should(ContainSubstring(`return 302 /foo;`))
+			})
+		Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+
+		resp, _, errs := gorequest.New().
+			Get(f.IngressController.HTTPURL).
+			Retry(10, 1*time.Second, http.StatusNotFound).
+			RedirectPolicy(noRedirectPolicyFunc).
+			Set("Host", host).
+			End()
+
+		Expect(len(errs)).Should(BeNumerically("==", 0))
+		Expect(resp.StatusCode).Should(Equal(http.StatusFound))
+		Expect(resp.Header.Get("Location")).Should(Equal("http://approot.bar.com/foo"))
+	})
+})