diff --git a/provider/kubernetes/kubernetes.go b/provider/kubernetes/kubernetes.go
index 8f2a019d3..b2d43bcf7 100644
--- a/provider/kubernetes/kubernetes.go
+++ b/provider/kubernetes/kubernetes.go
@@ -538,7 +538,8 @@ func getRuleForPath(pa extensionsv1beta1.HTTPIngressPath, i *extensionsv1beta1.I
 		if pathReplaceAnnotation != "" {
 			return "", fmt.Errorf("rewrite-target must not be used together with annotation %q", pathReplaceAnnotation)
 		}
-		rules = append(rules, ruleTypeReplacePath+":"+rewriteTarget)
+		rewriteTargetRule := fmt.Sprintf("ReplacePathRegex: ^%s/(.*) %s/$1", pa.Path, strings.TrimRight(rewriteTarget, "/"))
+		rules = append(rules, rewriteTargetRule)
 		pathReplaceAnnotation = annotationKubernetesRewriteTarget
 	}
 
diff --git a/provider/kubernetes/kubernetes_test.go b/provider/kubernetes/kubernetes_test.go
index eed8f7252..d955edf62 100644
--- a/provider/kubernetes/kubernetes_test.go
+++ b/provider/kubernetes/kubernetes_test.go
@@ -1371,7 +1371,7 @@ rateset:
 			frontend("rewrite/api",
 				passHostHeader(),
 				routes(
-					route("/api", "PathPrefix:/api;ReplacePath:/"),
+					route("/api", "PathPrefix:/api;ReplacePathRegex: ^/api/(.*) /$1"),
 					route("rewrite", "Host:rewrite")),
 			),
 			frontend("error-pages/errorpages",