diff --git a/roles/kubernetes-apps/ingress_controller/ingress_nginx/defaults/main.yml b/roles/kubernetes-apps/ingress_controller/ingress_nginx/defaults/main.yml
index 9d7a4c402..b4f385c74 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes-apps/ingress_controller/ingress_nginx/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/kubernetes-apps/ingress_controller/ingress_nginx/defaults/main.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ ingress_nginx_service_nodeport_http: ""
 ingress_nginx_service_nodeport_https: ""
 ingress_nginx_service_annotations: {}
 ingress_publish_status_address: ""
+ingress_nginx_publish_service: "{{ ingress_nginx_namespace }}/ingress-nginx"
 ingress_nginx_nodeselector:
   kubernetes.io/os: "linux"
 ingress_nginx_tolerations: []
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes-apps/ingress_controller/ingress_nginx/templates/ds-ingress-nginx-controller.yml.j2 b/roles/kubernetes-apps/ingress_controller/ingress_nginx/templates/ds-ingress-nginx-controller.yml.j2
index 8ae422006..5b11e54a2 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes-apps/ingress_controller/ingress_nginx/templates/ds-ingress-nginx-controller.yml.j2
+++ b/roles/kubernetes-apps/ingress_controller/ingress_nginx/templates/ds-ingress-nginx-controller.yml.j2
@@ -79,11 +79,12 @@ spec:
 {% if ingress_nginx_without_class %}
             - --watch-ingress-without-class=true
 {% endif %}
-{% if ingress_nginx_host_network %}
-            - --report-node-internal-ip-address
-{% endif %}
 {% if ingress_publish_status_address != "" %}
             - --publish-status-address={{ ingress_publish_status_address }}
+{% elif ingress_nginx_host_network %}
+            - --report-node-internal-ip-address
+{% elif ingress_nginx_publish_service != "" %}
+            - --publish-service={{ ingress_nginx_publish_service }}
 {% endif %}
 {% for extra_arg in ingress_nginx_extra_args %}
             - {{ extra_arg }}