diff --git a/pkg/transformers/namereference_test.go b/pkg/transformers/namereference_test.go
index 3415e6db2..569e48926 100644
--- a/pkg/transformers/namereference_test.go
+++ b/pkg/transformers/namereference_test.go
@@ -67,7 +67,8 @@ func TestNameReferenceRun(t *testing.T) {
 				"metadata": map[string]interface{}{
 					"name": "ingress1",
 					"annotations": map[string]interface{}{
-						"ingress.kubernetes.io/auth-secret": "secret1",
+						"ingress.kubernetes.io/auth-secret":       "secret1",
+						"nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/auth-secret": "secret1",
 					},
 				},
 				"spec": map[string]interface{}{
@@ -309,7 +310,8 @@ func TestNameReferenceRun(t *testing.T) {
 			"metadata": map[string]interface{}{
 				"name": "ingress1",
 				"annotations": map[string]interface{}{
-					"ingress.kubernetes.io/auth-secret": "someprefix-secret1-somehash",
+					"ingress.kubernetes.io/auth-secret":       "someprefix-secret1-somehash",
+					"nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/auth-secret": "someprefix-secret1-somehash",
 				},
 			},
 			"spec": map[string]interface{}{
diff --git a/pkg/transformers/namereferenceconfig.go b/pkg/transformers/namereferenceconfig.go
index 6eb8f5603..5f3688bdf 100644
--- a/pkg/transformers/namereferenceconfig.go
+++ b/pkg/transformers/namereferenceconfig.go
@@ -657,6 +657,13 @@ var defaultNameReferencePathConfigs = []ReferencePathConfig{
 				Path:               []string{"metadata", "annotations", "ingress.kubernetes.io/auth-secret"},
 				CreateIfNotPresent: false,
 			},
+			{
+				GroupVersionKind: &schema.GroupVersionKind{
+					Kind: "Ingress",
+				},
+				Path:               []string{"metadata", "annotations", "nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/auth-secret"},
+				CreateIfNotPresent: false,
+			},
 			{
 				GroupVersionKind: &schema.GroupVersionKind{
 					Kind: "ServiceAccount",