diff --git a/artifacts/flagger/account.yaml b/artifacts/flagger/account.yaml
index 9bbd8410..0fac89ad 100644
--- a/artifacts/flagger/account.yaml
+++ b/artifacts/flagger/account.yaml
@@ -31,6 +31,12 @@ rules:
     resources:
       - horizontalpodautoscalers
     verbs: ["*"]
+  - apiGroups:
+      - "extensions"
+    resources:
+      - ingresses
+      - ingresses/status
+    verbs: ["*"]
   - apiGroups:
       - flagger.app
     resources:
diff --git a/artifacts/flagger/crd.yaml b/artifacts/flagger/crd.yaml
index 134020e6..61eac408 100644
--- a/artifacts/flagger/crd.yaml
+++ b/artifacts/flagger/crd.yaml
@@ -69,6 +69,18 @@ spec:
                   type: string
                 name:
                   type: string
+            ingressRef:
+              anyOf:
+                - type: string
+                - type: object
+              required: ['apiVersion', 'kind', 'name']
+              properties:
+                apiVersion:
+                  type: string
+                kind:
+                  type: string
+                name:
+                  type: string
             service:
               type: object
               required: ['port']
diff --git a/charts/flagger/templates/crd.yaml b/charts/flagger/templates/crd.yaml
index aad996b8..f189a31a 100644
--- a/charts/flagger/templates/crd.yaml
+++ b/charts/flagger/templates/crd.yaml
@@ -70,6 +70,18 @@ spec:
                   type: string
                 name:
                   type: string
+            ingressRef:
+              anyOf:
+                - type: string
+                - type: object
+              required: ['apiVersion', 'kind', 'name']
+              properties:
+                apiVersion:
+                  type: string
+                kind:
+                  type: string
+                name:
+                  type: string
             service:
               type: object
               required: ['port']
diff --git a/charts/flagger/templates/rbac.yaml b/charts/flagger/templates/rbac.yaml
index 95a2f249..e03755c0 100644
--- a/charts/flagger/templates/rbac.yaml
+++ b/charts/flagger/templates/rbac.yaml
@@ -27,6 +27,12 @@ rules:
     resources:
       - horizontalpodautoscalers
     verbs: ["*"]
+  - apiGroups:
+      - "extensions"
+    resources:
+      - ingresses
+      - ingresses/status
+    verbs: ["*"]
   - apiGroups:
       - flagger.app
     resources:
diff --git a/pkg/apis/flagger/v1alpha3/types.go b/pkg/apis/flagger/v1alpha3/types.go
index 4b0b9d12..e9eb9a49 100755
--- a/pkg/apis/flagger/v1alpha3/types.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/flagger/v1alpha3/types.go
@@ -52,6 +52,10 @@ type CanarySpec struct {
 	// +optional
 	AutoscalerRef *hpav1.CrossVersionObjectReference `json:"autoscalerRef,omitempty"`
 
+	// reference to NGINX ingress resource
+	// +optional
+	IngressRef *hpav1.CrossVersionObjectReference `json:"ingressRef,omitempty"`
+
 	// virtual service spec
 	Service CanaryService `json:"service"`
 
diff --git a/pkg/apis/flagger/v1alpha3/zz_generated.deepcopy.go b/pkg/apis/flagger/v1alpha3/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
index 4bb9551c..dc710448 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/flagger/v1alpha3/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/flagger/v1alpha3/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
@@ -205,6 +205,11 @@ func (in *CanarySpec) DeepCopyInto(out *CanarySpec) {
 		*out = new(v1.CrossVersionObjectReference)
 		**out = **in
 	}
+	if in.IngressRef != nil {
+		in, out := &in.IngressRef, &out.IngressRef
+		*out = new(v1.CrossVersionObjectReference)
+		**out = **in
+	}
 	in.Service.DeepCopyInto(&out.Service)
 	in.CanaryAnalysis.DeepCopyInto(&out.CanaryAnalysis)
 	if in.ProgressDeadlineSeconds != nil {