diff --git a/ingress/controllers/nginx/Changelog.md b/ingress/controllers/nginx/Changelog.md
index f985d24192..0620d1179c 100644
--- a/ingress/controllers/nginx/Changelog.md
+++ b/ingress/controllers/nginx/Changelog.md
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ Changelog
 
 - [X] [#1063](https://github.com/kubernetes/contrib/pull/1063) watches referenced tls secrets
 - [X] [#850](https://github.com/kubernetes/contrib/pull/850) adds configurable SSL redirect nginx controller
+- [ ] [#1136](https://github.com/kubernetes/contrib/pull/1136) Fix nginx rewrite rule order
 
 ### 0.7
 
diff --git a/ingress/controllers/nginx/nginx/template.go b/ingress/controllers/nginx/nginx/template.go
index d28cd9e651..b12641efaf 100644
--- a/ingress/controllers/nginx/nginx/template.go
+++ b/ingress/controllers/nginx/nginx/template.go
@@ -173,10 +173,10 @@ func buildProxyPass(input interface{}) string {
 			// special case redirect to /
 			// ie /something to /
 			return fmt.Sprintf(`
-	rewrite %s / break;
 	rewrite %s(.*) /$1 break;
+	rewrite %s / break;
 	proxy_pass %s://%s;
-	%v`, location.Path, path, proto, location.Upstream.Name, abu)
+	%v`, path, location.Path, proto, location.Upstream.Name, abu)
 		}
 
 		return fmt.Sprintf(`
diff --git a/ingress/controllers/nginx/nginx/template_test.go b/ingress/controllers/nginx/nginx/template_test.go
index 006f0dda5e..f13aaf339a 100644
--- a/ingress/controllers/nginx/nginx/template_test.go
+++ b/ingress/controllers/nginx/nginx/template_test.go
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ var (
 	proxy_pass http://upstream-name;
 	`, false},
 		"redirect /something to /": {"/something", "/", "~* /something", `
-	rewrite /something / break;
 	rewrite /something/(.*) /$1 break;
+	rewrite /something / break;
 	proxy_pass http://upstream-name;
 	`, false},
 		"redirect /something-complex to /not-root": {"/something-complex", "/not-root", "~* /something-complex", `
@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@ var (
 	subs_filter '<HEAD(.*)>' '<HEAD$1><base href="$scheme://$server_name/jenkins/">' r;
 	`, true},
 		"redirect /something to / and rewrite": {"/something", "/", "~* /something", `
-	rewrite /something / break;
 	rewrite /something/(.*) /$1 break;
+	rewrite /something / break;
 	proxy_pass http://upstream-name;
 	subs_filter '<head(.*)>' '<head$1><base href="$scheme://$server_name/">' r;
 	subs_filter '<HEAD(.*)>' '<HEAD$1><base href="$scheme://$server_name/">' r;