diff --git a/rootfs/etc/nginx/template/nginx.tmpl b/rootfs/etc/nginx/template/nginx.tmpl
index d2a38e1475..1b0a0fcbb3 100644
--- a/rootfs/etc/nginx/template/nginx.tmpl
+++ b/rootfs/etc/nginx/template/nginx.tmpl
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ http {
     {{ range $name, $upstream := $backends }}
     {{ if eq $upstream.SessionAffinity.AffinityType "cookie" }}
     upstream sticky-{{ $upstream.Name }} {
-        sticky hash={{ $upstream.SessionAffinity.CookieSessionAffinity.Hash }} name={{ $upstream.SessionAffinity.CookieSessionAffinity.Name }}  httponly;
+        sticky hash={{ $upstream.SessionAffinity.CookieSessionAffinity.Hash }} name={{ $upstream.SessionAffinity.CookieSessionAffinity.Name }}{{if eq (len $upstream.SessionAffinity.CookieSessionAffinity.Locations) 1 }}{{ range $locationName, $locationPaths := $upstream.SessionAffinity.CookieSessionAffinity.Locations }}{{ if eq (len $locationPaths) 1 }} path={{ index $locationPaths 0 }}{{ end }}{{ end }}{{ end }} httponly;
 
         {{ if (gt $cfg.UpstreamKeepaliveConnections 0) }}
         keepalive {{ $cfg.UpstreamKeepaliveConnections }};
diff --git a/test/e2e/annotations/affinity.go b/test/e2e/annotations/affinity.go
index 30d31031c1..83ad03ecf5 100644
--- a/test/e2e/annotations/affinity.go
+++ b/test/e2e/annotations/affinity.go
@@ -149,4 +149,117 @@ var _ = framework.IngressNginxDescribe("Annotations - Affinity", func() {
 		Expect(body).Should(ContainSubstring(fmt.Sprintf("request_uri=http://%v:8080/something/", host)))
 		Expect(resp.Header.Get("Set-Cookie")).Should(ContainSubstring("SERVERID="))
 	})
+
+	It("should set the path to /something on the generated cookie", func() {
+		host := "example.com"
+
+		ing, err := f.EnsureIngress(&v1beta1.Ingress{
+			ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+				Name:      host,
+				Namespace: f.IngressController.Namespace,
+				Annotations: map[string]string{
+					"nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/affinity":            "cookie",
+					"nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/session-cookie-name": "SERVERID",
+				},
+			},
+			Spec: v1beta1.IngressSpec{
+				Rules: []v1beta1.IngressRule{
+					{
+						Host: host,
+						IngressRuleValue: v1beta1.IngressRuleValue{
+							HTTP: &v1beta1.HTTPIngressRuleValue{
+								Paths: []v1beta1.HTTPIngressPath{
+									{
+										Path: "/something",
+										Backend: v1beta1.IngressBackend{
+											ServiceName: "http-svc",
+											ServicePort: intstr.FromInt(80),
+										},
+									},
+								},
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		})
+
+		Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+		Expect(ing).NotTo(BeNil())
+
+		err = f.WaitForNginxServer(host,
+			func(server string) bool {
+				return strings.Contains(server, "proxy_pass http://sticky-"+f.IngressController.Namespace+"-http-svc-80;")
+			})
+		Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+
+		resp, _, errs := gorequest.New().
+			Get(f.IngressController.HTTPURL+"/something").
+			Set("Host", host).
+			End()
+
+		Expect(len(errs)).Should(BeNumerically("==", 0))
+		Expect(resp.StatusCode).Should(Equal(http.StatusOK))
+		Expect(resp.Header.Get("Set-Cookie")).Should(ContainSubstring("Path=/something"))
+	})
+
+	It("should set the path to / on the generated cookie if there's more than one rule referring to the same backend", func() {
+		host := "example.com"
+
+		ing, err := f.EnsureIngress(&v1beta1.Ingress{
+			ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+				Name:      host,
+				Namespace: f.IngressController.Namespace,
+				Annotations: map[string]string{
+					"nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/affinity":            "cookie",
+					"nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/session-cookie-name": "SERVERID",
+				},
+			},
+			Spec: v1beta1.IngressSpec{
+				Rules: []v1beta1.IngressRule{
+					{
+						Host: host,
+						IngressRuleValue: v1beta1.IngressRuleValue{
+							HTTP: &v1beta1.HTTPIngressRuleValue{
+								Paths: []v1beta1.HTTPIngressPath{
+									{
+										Path: "/something",
+										Backend: v1beta1.IngressBackend{
+											ServiceName: "http-svc",
+											ServicePort: intstr.FromInt(80),
+										},
+									},
+									{
+										Path: "/somewhereelese",
+										Backend: v1beta1.IngressBackend{
+											ServiceName: "http-svc",
+											ServicePort: intstr.FromInt(80),
+										},
+									},
+								},
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		})
+
+		Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+		Expect(ing).NotTo(BeNil())
+
+		err = f.WaitForNginxServer(host,
+			func(server string) bool {
+				return strings.Contains(server, "proxy_pass http://sticky-"+f.IngressController.Namespace+"-http-svc-80;")
+			})
+		Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+
+		resp, _, errs := gorequest.New().
+			Get(f.IngressController.HTTPURL+"/something").
+			Set("Host", host).
+			End()
+
+		Expect(len(errs)).Should(BeNumerically("==", 0))
+		Expect(resp.StatusCode).Should(Equal(http.StatusOK))
+		Expect(resp.Header.Get("Set-Cookie")).Should(ContainSubstring("Path=/;"))
+	})
 })