diff --git a/core/pkg/ingress/controller/controller.go b/core/pkg/ingress/controller/controller.go
index ce1da1a3ec..5f794d8392 100644
--- a/core/pkg/ingress/controller/controller.go
+++ b/core/pkg/ingress/controller/controller.go
@@ -587,6 +587,7 @@ func (ic *GenericController) getDefaultUpstream() *ingress.Backend {
 		endps = []ingress.Endpoint{newDefaultServer()}
 	}
 
+	upstream.Service = svc
 	upstream.Endpoints = append(upstream.Endpoints, endps...)
 	return upstream
 }
@@ -840,6 +841,8 @@ func (ic *GenericController) createUpstreams(data []interface{}) map[string]*ing
 
 				glog.V(3).Infof("creating upstream %v", name)
 				upstreams[name] = newUpstream(name)
+				upstreams[name].Port = path.Backend.ServicePort
+
 				if !upstreams[name].Secure {
 					upstreams[name].Secure = secUpstream.Secure
 				}
@@ -876,12 +879,12 @@ func (ic *GenericController) createUpstreams(data []interface{}) map[string]*ing
 					continue
 				}
 
-				if exists {
-					upstreams[name].Service = s.(*api.Service)
-				} else {
+				if !exists {
 					glog.Warningf("service %v does not exists", svcKey)
+					continue
 				}
-				upstreams[name].Port = path.Backend.ServicePort
+
+				upstreams[name].Service = s.(*api.Service)
 			}
 		}
 	}
@@ -1006,6 +1009,7 @@ func (ic *GenericController) createServers(data []interface{},
 	}
 
 	// initialize the default server
+	du := ic.getDefaultUpstream()
 	servers[defServerName] = &ingress.Server{
 		Hostname:       defServerName,
 		SSLCertificate: defaultPemFileName,
@@ -1014,8 +1018,9 @@ func (ic *GenericController) createServers(data []interface{},
 			{
 				Path:         rootLocation,
 				IsDefBackend: true,
-				Backend:      ic.getDefaultUpstream().Name,
+				Backend:      du.Name,
 				Proxy:        ngxProxy,
+				Service:      du.Service,
 			},
 		}}
 
@@ -1028,12 +1033,13 @@ func (ic *GenericController) createServers(data []interface{},
 
 		// check if ssl passthrough is configured
 		sslpt := ic.annotations.SSLPassthrough(ing)
-		dun := ic.getDefaultUpstream().Name
+		du := ic.getDefaultUpstream()
+		un := du.Name
 		if ing.Spec.Backend != nil {
 			// replace default backend
 			defUpstream := fmt.Sprintf("%v-%v-%v", ing.GetNamespace(), ing.Spec.Backend.ServiceName, ing.Spec.Backend.ServicePort.String())
 			if backendUpstream, ok := upstreams[defUpstream]; ok {
-				dun = backendUpstream.Name
+				un = backendUpstream.Name
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -1053,8 +1059,9 @@ func (ic *GenericController) createServers(data []interface{},
 					{
 						Path:         rootLocation,
 						IsDefBackend: true,
-						Backend:      dun,
+						Backend:      un,
 						Proxy:        ngxProxy,
+						Service:      &api.Service{},
 					},
 				}, SSLPassthrough: sslpt}
 		}
diff --git a/core/pkg/ingress/type_equals_test.go b/core/pkg/ingress/type_equals_test.go
index de0f403cfe..26960cb826 100644
--- a/core/pkg/ingress/type_equals_test.go
+++ b/core/pkg/ingress/type_equals_test.go
@@ -47,13 +47,12 @@ func TestEqualConfiguration(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	if !b.Equal(a) {
-		t.Errorf("expected equal configurations (configuration-a.json and configuration-b.json)")
+		t.Errorf("expected equal configurations (configuration-b.json and configuration-a.json)")
 	}
 
 	if a.Equal(c) {
 		t.Errorf("expected equal configurations (configuration-a.json and configuration-c.json)")
 	}
-
 }
 
 func readJSON(p string) (*Configuration, error) {
diff --git a/core/pkg/ingress/types.go b/core/pkg/ingress/types.go
index 28a30aa07f..5d17fe0d6e 100644
--- a/core/pkg/ingress/types.go
+++ b/core/pkg/ingress/types.go
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ type Endpoint struct {
 	// to consider the endpoint unavailable
 	FailTimeout int `json:"failTimeout"`
 	// Target returns a reference to the object providing the endpoint
-	Target *api.ObjectReference `json:"target"`
+	Target *api.ObjectReference `json:"target,omipempty"`
 }
 
 // Server describes a website
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ type Location struct {
 	// Backend describes the name of the backend to use.
 	Backend string `json:"backend"`
 
-	Service *api.Service       `json:"service"`
+	Service *api.Service       `json:"service,omitempty"`
 	Port    intstr.IntOrString `json:"port"`
 	// BasicDigestAuth returns authentication configuration for
 	// an Ingress rule.
diff --git a/core/pkg/ingress/types_equals.go b/core/pkg/ingress/types_equals.go
index c0c63d9233..81cd4409a1 100644
--- a/core/pkg/ingress/types_equals.go
+++ b/core/pkg/ingress/types_equals.go
@@ -149,21 +149,17 @@ func (b1 *Backend) Equal(b2 *Backend) bool {
 		return false
 	}
 
-	if (b1.Service == nil && b2.Service != nil) ||
-		(b1.Service != nil && b2.Service == nil) {
+	if b1.Service == nil || b2.Service == nil {
 		return false
 	}
-
-	if b1.Service != nil && b2.Service != nil {
-		if b1.Service.GetNamespace() != b2.Service.GetNamespace() {
-			return false
-		}
-		if b1.Service.GetName() != b2.Service.GetName() {
-			return false
-		}
-		if b1.Service.GetResourceVersion() != b2.Service.GetResourceVersion() {
-			return false
-		}
+	if b1.Service.GetNamespace() != b2.Service.GetNamespace() {
+		return false
+	}
+	if b1.Service.GetName() != b2.Service.GetName() {
+		return false
+	}
+	if b1.Service.GetResourceVersion() != b2.Service.GetResourceVersion() {
+		return false
 	}
 
 	if b1.Port != b2.Port {
@@ -258,7 +254,14 @@ func (e1 *Endpoint) Equal(e2 *Endpoint) bool {
 	if e1.FailTimeout != e2.FailTimeout {
 		return false
 	}
-	if e1.Target != e2.Target {
+
+	if e1.Target == nil || e2.Target == nil {
+		return false
+	}
+	if e1.Target.UID != e2.Target.UID {
+		return false
+	}
+	if e1.Target.ResourceVersion != e2.Target.ResourceVersion {
 		return false
 	}
 
@@ -324,21 +327,17 @@ func (l1 *Location) Equal(l2 *Location) bool {
 		return false
 	}
 
-	if (l1.Service == nil && l2.Service != nil) ||
-		(l1.Service != nil && l2.Service == nil) {
+	if l1.Service == nil || l2.Service == nil {
 		return false
 	}
-
-	if l1.Service != nil && l2.Service != nil {
-		if l1.Service.GetNamespace() != l2.Service.GetNamespace() {
-			return false
-		}
-		if l1.Service.GetName() != l2.Service.GetName() {
-			return false
-		}
-		if l1.Service.GetResourceVersion() != l2.Service.GetResourceVersion() {
-			return false
-		}
+	if l1.Service.GetNamespace() != l2.Service.GetNamespace() {
+		return false
+	}
+	if l1.Service.GetName() != l2.Service.GetName() {
+		return false
+	}
+	if l1.Service.GetResourceVersion() != l2.Service.GetResourceVersion() {
+		return false
 	}
 
 	if l1.Port.StrVal != l2.Port.StrVal {
@@ -398,21 +397,18 @@ func (ptb1 *SSLPassthroughBackend) Equal(ptb2 *SSLPassthroughBackend) bool {
 	if ptb1.Port != ptb2.Port {
 		return false
 	}
-	if (ptb1.Service == nil && ptb2.Service != nil) ||
-		(ptb1.Service != nil && ptb2.Service == nil) {
+
+	if ptb1.Service == nil || ptb2.Service == nil {
 		return false
 	}
-
-	if ptb1.Service != nil && ptb2.Service != nil {
-		if ptb1.Service.GetNamespace() != ptb2.Service.GetNamespace() {
-			return false
-		}
-		if ptb1.Service.GetName() != ptb2.Service.GetName() {
-			return false
-		}
-		if ptb1.Service.GetResourceVersion() != ptb2.Service.GetResourceVersion() {
-			return false
-		}
+	if ptb1.Service.GetNamespace() != ptb2.Service.GetNamespace() {
+		return false
+	}
+	if ptb1.Service.GetName() != ptb2.Service.GetName() {
+		return false
+	}
+	if ptb1.Service.GetResourceVersion() != ptb2.Service.GetResourceVersion() {
+		return false
 	}
 
 	return true
diff --git a/tests/manifests/configuration-a.json b/tests/manifests/configuration-a.json
index ba84cc1c6d..c9ec72a2dd 100644
--- a/tests/manifests/configuration-a.json
+++ b/tests/manifests/configuration-a.json
@@ -1,6 +1,35 @@
 {
 	"backends": [{
 		"name": "upstream-default-backend",
+		"service": {
+			"metadata": {
+				"name": "default-http-backend",
+				"namespace": "kube-system",
+				"selfLink": "/api/v1/namespaces/kube-system/services/default-http-backend",
+				"uid": "907dc7db-5178-11e7-b3db-080027494b5d",
+				"resourceVersion": "3249707",
+				"creationTimestamp": "2017-06-15T03:13:12Z",
+				"labels": {
+					"k8s-app": "default-http-backend"
+				}
+			},
+			"spec": {
+				"ports": [{
+					"protocol": "TCP",
+					"port": 80,
+					"targetPort": 80
+				}],
+				"selector": {
+					"k8s-app": "default-http-backend"
+				},
+				"clusterIP": "10.0.0.131",
+				"type": "ClusterIP",
+				"sessionAffinity": "None"
+			},
+			"status": {
+				"loadBalancer": {}
+			}
+		},
 		"port": 0,
 		"secure": false,
 		"secureCert": {
@@ -10,10 +39,156 @@
 		},
 		"sslPassthrough": false,
 		"endpoints": [{
+			"address": "172.17.0.3",
+			"port": "80",
+			"maxFails": 0,
+			"failTimeout": 0,
+			"target": {
+				"kind": "Pod",
+				"namespace": "kube-system",
+				"name": "default-http-backend-3371703669-4dfnt",
+				"uid": "72e9c21f-793e-11e7-ac58-080027494b5d",
+				"resourceVersion": "3700969"
+			}
+		}],
+		"sessionAffinityConfig": {
+			"name": "",
+			"cookieSessionAffinity": {
+				"name": "",
+				"hash": ""
+			}
+		}
+	}, {
+		"name": "default-http-svc-80",
+		"service": {
+			"metadata": {
+				"name": "http-svc",
+				"namespace": "default",
+				"selfLink": "/api/v1/namespaces/default/services/http-svc",
+				"uid": "88b3c8a8-517e-11e7-b3db-080027494b5d",
+				"resourceVersion": "4242",
+				"creationTimestamp": "2017-06-15T03:55:55Z",
+				"labels": {
+					"app": "http-svc"
+				}
+			},
+			"spec": {
+				"ports": [{
+					"name": "http",
+					"protocol": "TCP",
+					"port": 80,
+					"targetPort": 8080,
+					"nodePort": 30301
+				}],
+				"selector": {
+					"app": "http-svc"
+				},
+				"clusterIP": "10.0.0.224",
+				"type": "NodePort",
+				"sessionAffinity": "None"
+			},
+			"status": {
+				"loadBalancer": {}
+			}
+		},
+		"port": 80,
+		"secure": false,
+		"secureCert": {
+			"secret": "",
+			"caFilename": "",
+			"pemSha": ""
+		},
+		"sslPassthrough": false,
+		"endpoints": [{
+			"address": "172.17.0.2",
+			"port": "8080",
+			"maxFails": 0,
+			"failTimeout": 0,
+			"target": {
+				"kind": "Pod",
+				"namespace": "default",
+				"name": "http-svc-w088k",
+				"uid": "283a4361-7c7c-11e7-b124-080027494b5d",
+				"resourceVersion": "3700943"
+			}
+		}, {
 			"address": "172.17.0.5",
 			"port": "8080",
 			"maxFails": 0,
-			"failTimeout": 0
+			"failTimeout": 0,
+			"target": {
+				"kind": "Pod",
+				"namespace": "default",
+				"name": "http-svc-tp758",
+				"uid": "43a82d6e-7303-11e7-ac58-080027494b5d",
+				"resourceVersion": "3700959"
+			}
+		}],
+		"sessionAffinityConfig": {
+			"name": "",
+			"cookieSessionAffinity": {
+				"name": "",
+				"hash": ""
+			}
+		}
+	}, {
+		"name": "kube-system-kubernetes-dashboard-80",
+		"service": {
+			"metadata": {
+				"name": "kubernetes-dashboard",
+				"namespace": "kube-system",
+				"selfLink": "/api/v1/namespaces/kube-system/services/kubernetes-dashboard",
+				"uid": "b957713f-5176-11e7-b3db-080027494b5d",
+				"resourceVersion": "82",
+				"creationTimestamp": "2017-06-15T03:00:01Z",
+				"labels": {
+					"addonmanager.kubernetes.io/mode": "Reconcile",
+					"app": "kubernetes-dashboard",
+					"kubernetes.io/minikube-addons": "dashboard",
+					"kubernetes.io/minikube-addons-endpoint": "dashboard"
+				},
+				"annotations": {
+					"kubectl.kubernetes.io/last-applied-configuration": "{\"apiVersion\":\"v1\",\"kind\":\"Service\",\"metadata\":{\"annotations\":{},\"labels\":{\"addonmanager.kubernetes.io/mode\":\"Reconcile\",\"app\":\"kubernetes-dashboard\",\"kubernetes.io/minikube-addons\":\"dashboard\",\"kubernetes.io/minikube-addons-endpoint\":\"dashboard\"},\"name\":\"kubernetes-dashboard\",\"namespace\":\"kube-system\"},\"spec\":{\"ports\":[{\"nodePort\":30000,\"port\":80,\"targetPort\":9090}],\"selector\":{\"app\":\"kubernetes-dashboard\"},\"type\":\"NodePort\"}}\n"
+				}
+			},
+			"spec": {
+				"ports": [{
+					"protocol": "TCP",
+					"port": 80,
+					"targetPort": 9090,
+					"nodePort": 30000
+				}],
+				"selector": {
+					"app": "kubernetes-dashboard"
+				},
+				"clusterIP": "10.0.0.120",
+				"type": "NodePort",
+				"sessionAffinity": "None"
+			},
+			"status": {
+				"loadBalancer": {}
+			}
+		},
+		"port": 80,
+		"secure": false,
+		"secureCert": {
+			"secret": "",
+			"caFilename": "",
+			"pemSha": ""
+		},
+		"sslPassthrough": false,
+		"endpoints": [{
+			"address": "172.17.0.6",
+			"port": "9090",
+			"maxFails": 0,
+			"failTimeout": 0,
+			"target": {
+				"kind": "Pod",
+				"namespace": "kube-system",
+				"name": "kubernetes-dashboard-m3qc0",
+				"uid": "b9511631-5176-11e7-b3db-080027494b5d",
+				"resourceVersion": "3700964"
+			}
 		}],
 		"sessionAffinityConfig": {
 			"name": "",
@@ -28,18 +203,47 @@
 		"sslPassthrough": false,
 		"sslCertificate": "/ingress-controller/ssl/default-fake-certificate.pem",
 		"sslExpireTime": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
-		"sslPemChecksum": "4302f26460e2c49c9a69229449efefb30dc42a9a",
+		"sslPemChecksum": "84d4ecb651dae44d625531bf77b6265d660b60b2",
 		"locations": [{
 			"path": "/",
 			"isDefBackend": true,
 			"backend": "upstream-default-backend",
-			"service": null,
+			"service": {
+				"metadata": {
+					"name": "default-http-backend",
+					"namespace": "kube-system",
+					"selfLink": "/api/v1/namespaces/kube-system/services/default-http-backend",
+					"uid": "907dc7db-5178-11e7-b3db-080027494b5d",
+					"resourceVersion": "3249707",
+					"creationTimestamp": "2017-06-15T03:13:12Z",
+					"labels": {
+						"k8s-app": "default-http-backend"
+					}
+				},
+				"spec": {
+					"ports": [{
+						"protocol": "TCP",
+						"port": 80,
+						"targetPort": 80
+					}],
+					"selector": {
+						"k8s-app": "default-http-backend"
+					},
+					"clusterIP": "10.0.0.131",
+					"type": "ClusterIP",
+					"sessionAffinity": "None"
+				},
+				"status": {
+					"loadBalancer": {}
+				}
+			},
 			"port": 0,
 			"basicDigestAuth": {
 				"type": "",
 				"realm": "",
 				"file": "",
-				"secured": false
+				"secured": false,
+				"fileSha": ""
 			},
 			"externalAuth": {
 				"url": "",
@@ -61,6 +265,12 @@
 					"limit": 0,
 					"burst": 0,
 					"sharedSize": 0
+				},
+				"rpm": {
+					"name": "",
+					"limit": 0,
+					"burst": 0,
+					"sharedSize": 0
 				}
 			},
 			"redirect": {
@@ -80,7 +290,8 @@
 				"readTimeout": 60,
 				"bufferSize": "4k",
 				"cookieDomain": "off",
-				"cookiePath": "off"
+				"cookiePath": "off",
+				"nextUpstream": "error timeout invalid_header http_502 http_503 http_504"
 			},
 			"certificateAuth": {
 				"authSSLCert": {
@@ -93,5 +304,386 @@
 			"use-port-in-redirects": false,
 			"configuration-snippet": ""
 		}]
-	}]
+	}, {
+		"hostname": "dev.mycompany.com",
+		"sslPassthrough": false,
+		"sslCertificate": "/ingress-controller/ssl/default-mycompany.pem",
+		"sslExpireTime": "2027-06-20T20:28:25Z",
+		"sslPemChecksum": "b9282485e120e4fad8c25d15dc1b7984fcde99ba",
+		"locations": [{
+			"path": "/bar",
+			"isDefBackend": false,
+			"backend": "default-http-svc-80",
+			"service": {
+				"metadata": {
+					"name": "http-svc",
+					"namespace": "default",
+					"selfLink": "/api/v1/namespaces/default/services/http-svc",
+					"uid": "88b3c8a8-517e-11e7-b3db-080027494b5d",
+					"resourceVersion": "4242",
+					"creationTimestamp": "2017-06-15T03:55:55Z",
+					"labels": {
+						"app": "http-svc"
+					}
+				},
+				"spec": {
+					"ports": [{
+						"name": "http",
+						"protocol": "TCP",
+						"port": 80,
+						"targetPort": 8080,
+						"nodePort": 30301
+					}],
+					"selector": {
+						"app": "http-svc"
+					},
+					"clusterIP": "10.0.0.224",
+					"type": "NodePort",
+					"sessionAffinity": "None"
+				},
+				"status": {
+					"loadBalancer": {}
+				}
+			},
+			"port": 80,
+			"basicDigestAuth": {
+				"type": "",
+				"realm": "",
+				"file": "",
+				"secured": false,
+				"fileSha": ""
+			},
+			"externalAuth": {
+				"url": "",
+				"host": "",
+				"signinUrl": "",
+				"method": "",
+				"sendBody": false,
+				"responseHeaders": null
+			},
+			"rateLimit": {
+				"connections": {
+					"name": "",
+					"limit": 0,
+					"burst": 0,
+					"sharedSize": 0
+				},
+				"rps": {
+					"name": "",
+					"limit": 0,
+					"burst": 0,
+					"sharedSize": 0
+				},
+				"rpm": {
+					"name": "",
+					"limit": 0,
+					"burst": 0,
+					"sharedSize": 0
+				}
+			},
+			"redirect": {
+				"target": "",
+				"addBaseUrl": false,
+				"sslRedirect": true,
+				"forceSSLRedirect": false,
+				"appRoot": ""
+			},
+			"whitelist": {
+				"cidr": null
+			},
+			"proxy": {
+				"bodySize": "1m",
+				"conectTimeout": 5,
+				"sendTimeout": 60,
+				"readTimeout": 60,
+				"bufferSize": "4k",
+				"cookieDomain": "off",
+				"cookiePath": "off",
+				"nextUpstream": "error timeout invalid_header http_502 http_503 http_504"
+			},
+			"certificateAuth": {
+				"authSSLCert": {
+					"secret": "",
+					"caFilename": "",
+					"pemSha": ""
+				},
+				"validationDepth": 0
+			},
+			"use-port-in-redirects": false,
+			"configuration-snippet": ""
+		}, {
+			"path": "/",
+			"isDefBackend": true,
+			"backend": "upstream-default-backend",
+			"service": {
+				"metadata": {
+					"creationTimestamp": null
+				},
+				"spec": {},
+				"status": {
+					"loadBalancer": {}
+				}
+			},
+			"port": 0,
+			"basicDigestAuth": {
+				"type": "",
+				"realm": "",
+				"file": "",
+				"secured": false,
+				"fileSha": ""
+			},
+			"externalAuth": {
+				"url": "",
+				"host": "",
+				"signinUrl": "",
+				"method": "",
+				"sendBody": false,
+				"responseHeaders": null
+			},
+			"rateLimit": {
+				"connections": {
+					"name": "",
+					"limit": 0,
+					"burst": 0,
+					"sharedSize": 0
+				},
+				"rps": {
+					"name": "",
+					"limit": 0,
+					"burst": 0,
+					"sharedSize": 0
+				},
+				"rpm": {
+					"name": "",
+					"limit": 0,
+					"burst": 0,
+					"sharedSize": 0
+				}
+			},
+			"redirect": {
+				"target": "",
+				"addBaseUrl": false,
+				"sslRedirect": false,
+				"forceSSLRedirect": false,
+				"appRoot": ""
+			},
+			"whitelist": {
+				"cidr": null
+			},
+			"proxy": {
+				"bodySize": "1m",
+				"conectTimeout": 5,
+				"sendTimeout": 60,
+				"readTimeout": 60,
+				"bufferSize": "4k",
+				"cookieDomain": "off",
+				"cookiePath": "off",
+				"nextUpstream": "error timeout invalid_header http_502 http_503 http_504"
+			},
+			"certificateAuth": {
+				"authSSLCert": {
+					"secret": "",
+					"caFilename": "",
+					"pemSha": ""
+				},
+				"validationDepth": 0
+			},
+			"use-port-in-redirects": false,
+			"configuration-snippet": ""
+		}]
+	}, {
+		"hostname": "domain.tld",
+		"sslPassthrough": false,
+		"sslCertificate": "",
+		"sslExpireTime": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
+		"sslPemChecksum": "",
+		"locations": [{
+			"path": "/dashboard",
+			"isDefBackend": false,
+			"backend": "kube-system-kubernetes-dashboard-80",
+			"service": {
+				"metadata": {
+					"name": "kubernetes-dashboard",
+					"namespace": "kube-system",
+					"selfLink": "/api/v1/namespaces/kube-system/services/kubernetes-dashboard",
+					"uid": "b957713f-5176-11e7-b3db-080027494b5d",
+					"resourceVersion": "82",
+					"creationTimestamp": "2017-06-15T03:00:01Z",
+					"labels": {
+						"addonmanager.kubernetes.io/mode": "Reconcile",
+						"app": "kubernetes-dashboard",
+						"kubernetes.io/minikube-addons": "dashboard",
+						"kubernetes.io/minikube-addons-endpoint": "dashboard"
+					},
+					"annotations": {
+						"kubectl.kubernetes.io/last-applied-configuration": "{\"apiVersion\":\"v1\",\"kind\":\"Service\",\"metadata\":{\"annotations\":{},\"labels\":{\"addonmanager.kubernetes.io/mode\":\"Reconcile\",\"app\":\"kubernetes-dashboard\",\"kubernetes.io/minikube-addons\":\"dashboard\",\"kubernetes.io/minikube-addons-endpoint\":\"dashboard\"},\"name\":\"kubernetes-dashboard\",\"namespace\":\"kube-system\"},\"spec\":{\"ports\":[{\"nodePort\":30000,\"port\":80,\"targetPort\":9090}],\"selector\":{\"app\":\"kubernetes-dashboard\"},\"type\":\"NodePort\"}}\n"
+					}
+				},
+				"spec": {
+					"ports": [{
+						"protocol": "TCP",
+						"port": 80,
+						"targetPort": 9090,
+						"nodePort": 30000
+					}],
+					"selector": {
+						"app": "kubernetes-dashboard"
+					},
+					"clusterIP": "10.0.0.120",
+					"type": "NodePort",
+					"sessionAffinity": "None"
+				},
+				"status": {
+					"loadBalancer": {}
+				}
+			},
+			"port": 80,
+			"basicDigestAuth": {
+				"type": "",
+				"realm": "",
+				"file": "",
+				"secured": false,
+				"fileSha": ""
+			},
+			"externalAuth": {
+				"url": "",
+				"host": "",
+				"signinUrl": "",
+				"method": "",
+				"sendBody": false,
+				"responseHeaders": null
+			},
+			"rateLimit": {
+				"connections": {
+					"name": "",
+					"limit": 0,
+					"burst": 0,
+					"sharedSize": 0
+				},
+				"rps": {
+					"name": "",
+					"limit": 0,
+					"burst": 0,
+					"sharedSize": 0
+				},
+				"rpm": {
+					"name": "",
+					"limit": 0,
+					"burst": 0,
+					"sharedSize": 0
+				}
+			},
+			"redirect": {
+				"target": "/",
+				"addBaseUrl": false,
+				"sslRedirect": true,
+				"forceSSLRedirect": false,
+				"appRoot": ""
+			},
+			"whitelist": {
+				"cidr": null
+			},
+			"proxy": {
+				"bodySize": "1m",
+				"conectTimeout": 5,
+				"sendTimeout": 60,
+				"readTimeout": 60,
+				"bufferSize": "4k",
+				"cookieDomain": "off",
+				"cookiePath": "off",
+				"nextUpstream": "error timeout invalid_header http_502 http_503 http_504"
+			},
+			"certificateAuth": {
+				"authSSLCert": {
+					"secret": "",
+					"caFilename": "",
+					"pemSha": ""
+				},
+				"validationDepth": 0
+			},
+			"use-port-in-redirects": false,
+			"configuration-snippet": ""
+		}, {
+			"path": "/",
+			"isDefBackend": true,
+			"backend": "upstream-default-backend",
+			"service": {
+				"metadata": {
+					"creationTimestamp": null
+				},
+				"spec": {},
+				"status": {
+					"loadBalancer": {}
+				}
+			},
+			"port": 0,
+			"basicDigestAuth": {
+				"type": "",
+				"realm": "",
+				"file": "",
+				"secured": false,
+				"fileSha": ""
+			},
+			"externalAuth": {
+				"url": "",
+				"host": "",
+				"signinUrl": "",
+				"method": "",
+				"sendBody": false,
+				"responseHeaders": null
+			},
+			"rateLimit": {
+				"connections": {
+					"name": "",
+					"limit": 0,
+					"burst": 0,
+					"sharedSize": 0
+				},
+				"rps": {
+					"name": "",
+					"limit": 0,
+					"burst": 0,
+					"sharedSize": 0
+				},
+				"rpm": {
+					"name": "",
+					"limit": 0,
+					"burst": 0,
+					"sharedSize": 0
+				}
+			},
+			"redirect": {
+				"target": "",
+				"addBaseUrl": false,
+				"sslRedirect": false,
+				"forceSSLRedirect": false,
+				"appRoot": ""
+			},
+			"whitelist": {
+				"cidr": null
+			},
+			"proxy": {
+				"bodySize": "1m",
+				"conectTimeout": 5,
+				"sendTimeout": 60,
+				"readTimeout": 60,
+				"bufferSize": "4k",
+				"cookieDomain": "off",
+				"cookiePath": "off",
+				"nextUpstream": "error timeout invalid_header http_502 http_503 http_504"
+			},
+			"certificateAuth": {
+				"authSSLCert": {
+					"secret": "",
+					"caFilename": "",
+					"pemSha": ""
+				},
+				"validationDepth": 0
+			},
+			"use-port-in-redirects": false,
+			"configuration-snippet": ""
+		}]
+	}],
+	"TCPBackends": [],
+	"UDPBackends": []
 }
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diff --git a/tests/manifests/configuration-b.json b/tests/manifests/configuration-b.json
index ba84cc1c6d..6cd73cb466 100644
--- a/tests/manifests/configuration-b.json
+++ b/tests/manifests/configuration-b.json
@@ -1,6 +1,35 @@
 {
 	"backends": [{
 		"name": "upstream-default-backend",
+		"service": {
+			"metadata": {
+				"name": "default-http-backend",
+				"namespace": "kube-system",
+				"selfLink": "/api/v1/namespaces/kube-system/services/default-http-backend",
+				"uid": "907dc7db-5178-11e7-b3db-080027494b5d",
+				"resourceVersion": "3249707",
+				"creationTimestamp": "2017-06-15T03:13:12Z",
+				"labels": {
+					"k8s-app": "default-http-backend"
+				}
+			},
+			"spec": {
+				"ports": [{
+					"protocol": "TCP",
+					"port": 80,
+					"targetPort": 80
+				}],
+				"selector": {
+					"k8s-app": "default-http-backend"
+				},
+				"clusterIP": "10.0.0.131",
+				"type": "ClusterIP",
+				"sessionAffinity": "None"
+			},
+			"status": {
+				"loadBalancer": {}
+			}
+		},
 		"port": 0,
 		"secure": false,
 		"secureCert": {
@@ -10,10 +39,156 @@
 		},
 		"sslPassthrough": false,
 		"endpoints": [{
+			"address": "172.17.0.3",
+			"port": "80",
+			"maxFails": 0,
+			"failTimeout": 0,
+			"target": {
+				"kind": "Pod",
+				"namespace": "kube-system",
+				"name": "default-http-backend-3371703669-4dfnt",
+				"uid": "72e9c21f-793e-11e7-ac58-080027494b5d",
+				"resourceVersion": "3700969"
+			}
+		}],
+		"sessionAffinityConfig": {
+			"name": "",
+			"cookieSessionAffinity": {
+				"name": "",
+				"hash": ""
+			}
+		}
+	}, {
+		"name": "default-http-svc-80",
+		"service": {
+			"metadata": {
+				"name": "http-svc",
+				"namespace": "default",
+				"selfLink": "/api/v1/namespaces/default/services/http-svc",
+				"uid": "88b3c8a8-517e-11e7-b3db-080027494b5d",
+				"resourceVersion": "4242",
+				"creationTimestamp": "2017-06-15T03:55:55Z",
+				"labels": {
+					"app": "http-svc"
+				}
+			},
+			"spec": {
+				"ports": [{
+					"name": "http",
+					"protocol": "TCP",
+					"port": 80,
+					"targetPort": 8080,
+					"nodePort": 30301
+				}],
+				"selector": {
+					"app": "http-svc"
+				},
+				"clusterIP": "10.0.0.224",
+				"type": "NodePort",
+				"sessionAffinity": "None"
+			},
+			"status": {
+				"loadBalancer": {}
+			}
+		},
+		"port": 80,
+		"secure": false,
+		"secureCert": {
+			"secret": "",
+			"caFilename": "",
+			"pemSha": ""
+		},
+		"sslPassthrough": false,
+		"endpoints": [{
+			"address": "172.17.0.2",
+			"port": "8080",
+			"maxFails": 0,
+			"failTimeout": 0,
+			"target": {
+				"kind": "Pod",
+				"namespace": "default",
+				"name": "http-svc-w088k",
+				"uid": "283a4361-7c7c-11e7-b124-080027494b5d",
+				"resourceVersion": "3700943"
+			}
+		}, {
 			"address": "172.17.0.5",
 			"port": "8080",
 			"maxFails": 0,
-			"failTimeout": 0
+			"failTimeout": 0,
+			"target": {
+				"kind": "Pod",
+				"namespace": "default",
+				"name": "http-svc-tp758",
+				"uid": "43a82d6e-7303-11e7-ac58-080027494b5d",
+				"resourceVersion": "3700959"
+			}
+		}],
+		"sessionAffinityConfig": {
+			"name": "",
+			"cookieSessionAffinity": {
+				"name": "",
+				"hash": ""
+			}
+		}
+	}, {
+		"name": "kube-system-kubernetes-dashboard-80",
+		"service": {
+			"metadata": {
+				"name": "kubernetes-dashboard",
+				"namespace": "kube-system",
+				"selfLink": "/api/v1/namespaces/kube-system/services/kubernetes-dashboard",
+				"uid": "b957713f-5176-11e7-b3db-080027494b5d",
+				"resourceVersion": "82",
+				"creationTimestamp": "2017-06-15T03:00:01Z",
+				"labels": {
+					"addonmanager.kubernetes.io/mode": "Reconcile",
+					"app": "kubernetes-dashboard",
+					"kubernetes.io/minikube-addons": "dashboard",
+					"kubernetes.io/minikube-addons-endpoint": "dashboard"
+				},
+				"annotations": {
+					"kubectl.kubernetes.io/last-applied-configuration": "{\"apiVersion\":\"v1\",\"kind\":\"Service\",\"metadata\":{\"annotations\":{},\"labels\":{\"addonmanager.kubernetes.io/mode\":\"Reconcile\",\"app\":\"kubernetes-dashboard\",\"kubernetes.io/minikube-addons\":\"dashboard\",\"kubernetes.io/minikube-addons-endpoint\":\"dashboard\"},\"name\":\"kubernetes-dashboard\",\"namespace\":\"kube-system\"},\"spec\":{\"ports\":[{\"nodePort\":30000,\"port\":80,\"targetPort\":9090}],\"selector\":{\"app\":\"kubernetes-dashboard\"},\"type\":\"NodePort\"}}\n"
+				}
+			},
+			"spec": {
+				"ports": [{
+					"protocol": "TCP",
+					"port": 80,
+					"targetPort": 9090,
+					"nodePort": 30000
+				}],
+				"selector": {
+					"app": "kubernetes-dashboard"
+				},
+				"clusterIP": "10.0.0.120",
+				"type": "NodePort",
+				"sessionAffinity": "None"
+			},
+			"status": {
+				"loadBalancer": {}
+			}
+		},
+		"port": 80,
+		"secure": false,
+		"secureCert": {
+			"secret": "",
+			"caFilename": "",
+			"pemSha": ""
+		},
+		"sslPassthrough": false,
+		"endpoints": [{
+			"address": "172.17.0.6",
+			"port": "9090",
+			"maxFails": 0,
+			"failTimeout": 0,
+			"target": {
+				"kind": "Pod",
+				"namespace": "kube-system",
+				"name": "kubernetes-dashboard-m3qc0",
+				"uid": "b9511631-5176-11e7-b3db-080027494b5d",
+				"resourceVersion": "3700964"
+			}
 		}],
 		"sessionAffinityConfig": {
 			"name": "",
@@ -24,22 +199,243 @@
 		}
 	}],
 	"servers": [{
+		"hostname": "domain.tld",
+		"sslPassthrough": false,
+		"sslCertificate": "",
+		"sslExpireTime": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
+		"sslPemChecksum": "",
+		"locations": [{
+			"path": "/dashboard",
+			"isDefBackend": false,
+			"backend": "kube-system-kubernetes-dashboard-80",
+			"service": {
+				"metadata": {
+					"name": "kubernetes-dashboard",
+					"namespace": "kube-system",
+					"selfLink": "/api/v1/namespaces/kube-system/services/kubernetes-dashboard",
+					"uid": "b957713f-5176-11e7-b3db-080027494b5d",
+					"resourceVersion": "82",
+					"creationTimestamp": "2017-06-15T03:00:01Z",
+					"labels": {
+						"addonmanager.kubernetes.io/mode": "Reconcile",
+						"app": "kubernetes-dashboard",
+						"kubernetes.io/minikube-addons": "dashboard",
+						"kubernetes.io/minikube-addons-endpoint": "dashboard"
+					},
+					"annotations": {
+						"kubectl.kubernetes.io/last-applied-configuration": "{\"apiVersion\":\"v1\",\"kind\":\"Service\",\"metadata\":{\"annotations\":{},\"labels\":{\"addonmanager.kubernetes.io/mode\":\"Reconcile\",\"app\":\"kubernetes-dashboard\",\"kubernetes.io/minikube-addons\":\"dashboard\",\"kubernetes.io/minikube-addons-endpoint\":\"dashboard\"},\"name\":\"kubernetes-dashboard\",\"namespace\":\"kube-system\"},\"spec\":{\"ports\":[{\"nodePort\":30000,\"port\":80,\"targetPort\":9090}],\"selector\":{\"app\":\"kubernetes-dashboard\"},\"type\":\"NodePort\"}}\n"
+					}
+				},
+				"spec": {
+					"ports": [{
+						"protocol": "TCP",
+						"port": 80,
+						"targetPort": 9090,
+						"nodePort": 30000
+					}],
+					"selector": {
+						"app": "kubernetes-dashboard"
+					},
+					"clusterIP": "10.0.0.120",
+					"type": "NodePort",
+					"sessionAffinity": "None"
+				},
+				"status": {
+					"loadBalancer": {}
+				}
+			},
+			"port": 80,
+			"basicDigestAuth": {
+				"type": "",
+				"realm": "",
+				"file": "",
+				"secured": false,
+				"fileSha": ""
+			},
+			"externalAuth": {
+				"url": "",
+				"host": "",
+				"signinUrl": "",
+				"method": "",
+				"sendBody": false,
+				"responseHeaders": null
+			},
+			"rateLimit": {
+				"connections": {
+					"name": "",
+					"limit": 0,
+					"burst": 0,
+					"sharedSize": 0
+				},
+				"rps": {
+					"name": "",
+					"limit": 0,
+					"burst": 0,
+					"sharedSize": 0
+				},
+				"rpm": {
+					"name": "",
+					"limit": 0,
+					"burst": 0,
+					"sharedSize": 0
+				}
+			},
+			"redirect": {
+				"target": "/",
+				"addBaseUrl": false,
+				"sslRedirect": true,
+				"forceSSLRedirect": false,
+				"appRoot": ""
+			},
+			"whitelist": {
+				"cidr": null
+			},
+			"proxy": {
+				"bodySize": "1m",
+				"conectTimeout": 5,
+				"sendTimeout": 60,
+				"readTimeout": 60,
+				"bufferSize": "4k",
+				"cookieDomain": "off",
+				"cookiePath": "off",
+				"nextUpstream": "error timeout invalid_header http_502 http_503 http_504"
+			},
+			"certificateAuth": {
+				"authSSLCert": {
+					"secret": "",
+					"caFilename": "",
+					"pemSha": ""
+				},
+				"validationDepth": 0
+			},
+			"use-port-in-redirects": false,
+			"configuration-snippet": ""
+		}, {
+			"path": "/",
+			"isDefBackend": true,
+			"backend": "upstream-default-backend",
+			"service": {
+				"metadata": {
+					"creationTimestamp": null
+				},
+				"spec": {},
+				"status": {
+					"loadBalancer": {}
+				}
+			},
+			"port": 0,
+			"basicDigestAuth": {
+				"type": "",
+				"realm": "",
+				"file": "",
+				"secured": false,
+				"fileSha": ""
+			},
+			"externalAuth": {
+				"url": "",
+				"host": "",
+				"signinUrl": "",
+				"method": "",
+				"sendBody": false,
+				"responseHeaders": null
+			},
+			"rateLimit": {
+				"connections": {
+					"name": "",
+					"limit": 0,
+					"burst": 0,
+					"sharedSize": 0
+				},
+				"rps": {
+					"name": "",
+					"limit": 0,
+					"burst": 0,
+					"sharedSize": 0
+				},
+				"rpm": {
+					"name": "",
+					"limit": 0,
+					"burst": 0,
+					"sharedSize": 0
+				}
+			},
+			"redirect": {
+				"target": "",
+				"addBaseUrl": false,
+				"sslRedirect": false,
+				"forceSSLRedirect": false,
+				"appRoot": ""
+			},
+			"whitelist": {
+				"cidr": null
+			},
+			"proxy": {
+				"bodySize": "1m",
+				"conectTimeout": 5,
+				"sendTimeout": 60,
+				"readTimeout": 60,
+				"bufferSize": "4k",
+				"cookieDomain": "off",
+				"cookiePath": "off",
+				"nextUpstream": "error timeout invalid_header http_502 http_503 http_504"
+			},
+			"certificateAuth": {
+				"authSSLCert": {
+					"secret": "",
+					"caFilename": "",
+					"pemSha": ""
+				},
+				"validationDepth": 0
+			},
+			"use-port-in-redirects": false,
+			"configuration-snippet": ""
+		}]
+	},{
 		"hostname": "_",
 		"sslPassthrough": false,
 		"sslCertificate": "/ingress-controller/ssl/default-fake-certificate.pem",
 		"sslExpireTime": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
-		"sslPemChecksum": "4302f26460e2c49c9a69229449efefb30dc42a9a",
+		"sslPemChecksum": "84d4ecb651dae44d625531bf77b6265d660b60b2",
 		"locations": [{
 			"path": "/",
 			"isDefBackend": true,
 			"backend": "upstream-default-backend",
-			"service": null,
+			"service": {
+				"metadata": {
+					"name": "default-http-backend",
+					"namespace": "kube-system",
+					"selfLink": "/api/v1/namespaces/kube-system/services/default-http-backend",
+					"uid": "907dc7db-5178-11e7-b3db-080027494b5d",
+					"resourceVersion": "3249707",
+					"creationTimestamp": "2017-06-15T03:13:12Z",
+					"labels": {
+						"k8s-app": "default-http-backend"
+					}
+				},
+				"spec": {
+					"ports": [{
+						"protocol": "TCP",
+						"port": 80,
+						"targetPort": 80
+					}],
+					"selector": {
+						"k8s-app": "default-http-backend"
+					},
+					"clusterIP": "10.0.0.131",
+					"type": "ClusterIP",
+					"sessionAffinity": "None"
+				},
+				"status": {
+					"loadBalancer": {}
+				}
+			},
 			"port": 0,
 			"basicDigestAuth": {
 				"type": "",
 				"realm": "",
 				"file": "",
-				"secured": false
+				"secured": false,
+				"fileSha": ""
 			},
 			"externalAuth": {
 				"url": "",
@@ -61,6 +457,12 @@
 					"limit": 0,
 					"burst": 0,
 					"sharedSize": 0
+				},
+				"rpm": {
+					"name": "",
+					"limit": 0,
+					"burst": 0,
+					"sharedSize": 0
 				}
 			},
 			"redirect": {
@@ -80,7 +482,8 @@
 				"readTimeout": 60,
 				"bufferSize": "4k",
 				"cookieDomain": "off",
-				"cookiePath": "off"
+				"cookiePath": "off",
+				"nextUpstream": "error timeout invalid_header http_502 http_503 http_504"
 			},
 			"certificateAuth": {
 				"authSSLCert": {
@@ -93,5 +496,194 @@
 			"use-port-in-redirects": false,
 			"configuration-snippet": ""
 		}]
-	}]
+	}, {
+		"hostname": "dev.mycompany.com",
+		"sslPassthrough": false,
+		"sslCertificate": "/ingress-controller/ssl/default-mycompany.pem",
+		"sslExpireTime": "2027-06-20T20:28:25Z",
+		"sslPemChecksum": "b9282485e120e4fad8c25d15dc1b7984fcde99ba",
+		"locations": [{
+			"path": "/bar",
+			"isDefBackend": false,
+			"backend": "default-http-svc-80",
+			"service": {
+				"metadata": {
+					"name": "http-svc",
+					"namespace": "default",
+					"selfLink": "/api/v1/namespaces/default/services/http-svc",
+					"uid": "88b3c8a8-517e-11e7-b3db-080027494b5d",
+					"resourceVersion": "4242",
+					"creationTimestamp": "2017-06-15T03:55:55Z",
+					"labels": {
+						"app": "http-svc"
+					}
+				},
+				"spec": {
+					"ports": [{
+						"name": "http",
+						"protocol": "TCP",
+						"port": 80,
+						"targetPort": 8080,
+						"nodePort": 30301
+					}],
+					"selector": {
+						"app": "http-svc"
+					},
+					"clusterIP": "10.0.0.224",
+					"type": "NodePort",
+					"sessionAffinity": "None"
+				},
+				"status": {
+					"loadBalancer": {}
+				}
+			},
+			"port": 80,
+			"basicDigestAuth": {
+				"type": "",
+				"realm": "",
+				"file": "",
+				"secured": false,
+				"fileSha": ""
+			},
+			"externalAuth": {
+				"url": "",
+				"host": "",
+				"signinUrl": "",
+				"method": "",
+				"sendBody": false,
+				"responseHeaders": null
+			},
+			"rateLimit": {
+				"connections": {
+					"name": "",
+					"limit": 0,
+					"burst": 0,
+					"sharedSize": 0
+				},
+				"rps": {
+					"name": "",
+					"limit": 0,
+					"burst": 0,
+					"sharedSize": 0
+				},
+				"rpm": {
+					"name": "",
+					"limit": 0,
+					"burst": 0,
+					"sharedSize": 0
+				}
+			},
+			"redirect": {
+				"target": "",
+				"addBaseUrl": false,
+				"sslRedirect": true,
+				"forceSSLRedirect": false,
+				"appRoot": ""
+			},
+			"whitelist": {
+				"cidr": null
+			},
+			"proxy": {
+				"bodySize": "1m",
+				"conectTimeout": 5,
+				"sendTimeout": 60,
+				"readTimeout": 60,
+				"bufferSize": "4k",
+				"cookieDomain": "off",
+				"cookiePath": "off",
+				"nextUpstream": "error timeout invalid_header http_502 http_503 http_504"
+			},
+			"certificateAuth": {
+				"authSSLCert": {
+					"secret": "",
+					"caFilename": "",
+					"pemSha": ""
+				},
+				"validationDepth": 0
+			},
+			"use-port-in-redirects": false,
+			"configuration-snippet": ""
+		}, {
+			"path": "/",
+			"isDefBackend": true,
+			"backend": "upstream-default-backend",
+			"service": {
+				"metadata": {
+					"creationTimestamp": null
+				},
+				"spec": {},
+				"status": {
+					"loadBalancer": {}
+				}
+			},
+			"port": 0,
+			"basicDigestAuth": {
+				"type": "",
+				"realm": "",
+				"file": "",
+				"secured": false,
+				"fileSha": ""
+			},
+			"externalAuth": {
+				"url": "",
+				"host": "",
+				"signinUrl": "",
+				"method": "",
+				"sendBody": false,
+				"responseHeaders": null
+			},
+			"rateLimit": {
+				"connections": {
+					"name": "",
+					"limit": 0,
+					"burst": 0,
+					"sharedSize": 0
+				},
+				"rps": {
+					"name": "",
+					"limit": 0,
+					"burst": 0,
+					"sharedSize": 0
+				},
+				"rpm": {
+					"name": "",
+					"limit": 0,
+					"burst": 0,
+					"sharedSize": 0
+				}
+			},
+			"redirect": {
+				"target": "",
+				"addBaseUrl": false,
+				"sslRedirect": false,
+				"forceSSLRedirect": false,
+				"appRoot": ""
+			},
+			"whitelist": {
+				"cidr": null
+			},
+			"proxy": {
+				"bodySize": "1m",
+				"conectTimeout": 5,
+				"sendTimeout": 60,
+				"readTimeout": 60,
+				"bufferSize": "4k",
+				"cookieDomain": "off",
+				"cookiePath": "off",
+				"nextUpstream": "error timeout invalid_header http_502 http_503 http_504"
+			},
+			"certificateAuth": {
+				"authSSLCert": {
+					"secret": "",
+					"caFilename": "",
+					"pemSha": ""
+				},
+				"validationDepth": 0
+			},
+			"use-port-in-redirects": false,
+			"configuration-snippet": ""
+		}]
+	}],
+	"TCPBackends": [],
+	"UDPBackends": []
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/manifests/configuration-c.json b/tests/manifests/configuration-c.json
index a899e8bbe5..ee2078015c 100644
--- a/tests/manifests/configuration-c.json
+++ b/tests/manifests/configuration-c.json
@@ -14,7 +14,14 @@
 			"address": "172.17.0.8",
 			"port": "8080",
 			"maxFails": 0,
-			"failTimeout": 0
+			"failTimeout": 0,
+			"target": {
+				"kind": "Pod",
+				"namespace": "kube-system",
+				"name": "kubernetes-dashboard-m3qc0",
+				"uid": "b9511631-5176-11e7-b3db-080027494b5d",
+				"resourceVersion": "3700964"
+			}			
 		}],
 		"SessionAffinity": {
 			"name": "",