diff --git a/pkg/resourcecreator/ingress/ingress.go b/pkg/resourcecreator/ingress/ingress.go
index 768cf297..1b7b56aa 100644
--- a/pkg/resourcecreator/ingress/ingress.go
+++ b/pkg/resourcecreator/ingress/ingress.go
@@ -100,8 +100,12 @@ func createIngressBase(source Source, ingressClass string) (*networkingv1.Ingres
 
 	objectMeta := resource.CreateObjectMeta(source)
 	objectMeta.Name = shortName
-	objectMeta.Annotations["prometheus.io/scrape"] = "true"
-	objectMeta.Annotations["prometheus.io/path"] = source.GetLiveness().Path
+
+	liveness := source.GetLiveness()
+	if liveness != nil && liveness.Path != "" {
+		objectMeta.Annotations["prometheus.io/scrape"] = "true"
+		objectMeta.Annotations["prometheus.io/path"] = liveness.Path
+	}
 
 	return &networkingv1.Ingress{
 		TypeMeta: metav1.TypeMeta{
diff --git a/pkg/resourcecreator/testdata/ingress_haproxy_migrate_empty_strings.yaml b/pkg/resourcecreator/testdata/ingress_haproxy_migrate_empty_strings.yaml
index 0c1c3ff7..c004df44 100644
--- a/pkg/resourcecreator/testdata/ingress_haproxy_migrate_empty_strings.yaml
+++ b/pkg/resourcecreator/testdata/ingress_haproxy_migrate_empty_strings.yaml
@@ -39,5 +39,3 @@ tests:
           metadata:
             annotations:
               nais.io/deploymentCorrelationID: ""
-              prometheus.io/path: ""
-              prometheus.io/scrape: "true"
diff --git a/pkg/resourcecreator/testdata/ingress_migrate_to_haproxy.yaml b/pkg/resourcecreator/testdata/ingress_migrate_to_haproxy.yaml
index 4beb129c..519a51d4 100644
--- a/pkg/resourcecreator/testdata/ingress_migrate_to_haproxy.yaml
+++ b/pkg/resourcecreator/testdata/ingress_migrate_to_haproxy.yaml
@@ -44,8 +44,6 @@ tests:
               haproxy.org/timeout-client: "101s"
               haproxy.org/timeout-connect: "102s"
               haproxy.org/path-rewrite: "some"
-              prometheus.io/path: ""
-              prometheus.io/scrape: "true"
           spec:
             ingressClassName: very-haproxy
             rules:
diff --git a/pkg/resourcecreator/testdata/ingress_on_premises.yaml b/pkg/resourcecreator/testdata/ingress_on_premises.yaml
index 022e6e7c..68882301 100644
--- a/pkg/resourcecreator/testdata/ingress_on_premises.yaml
+++ b/pkg/resourcecreator/testdata/ingress_on_premises.yaml
@@ -35,8 +35,6 @@ tests:
               nais.io/deploymentCorrelationID: ""
               nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/backend-protocol: HTTP
               nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/use-regex: "true"
-              prometheus.io/path: ""
-              prometheus.io/scrape: "true"
           spec:
             ingressClassName: very-nginx
             rules:
diff --git a/pkg/resourcecreator/testdata/ingress_probe.yaml b/pkg/resourcecreator/testdata/ingress_probe.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3bd29993
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/resourcecreator/testdata/ingress_probe.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+testconfig:
+  description: application with liveness path results in ingress resource with prometheus annotations
+config:
+  features:
+    haproxy: true
+  domain-ingressclass-mapping:
+    - domainSuffix: .bar
+      ingressClass: very-haproxy
+input:
+  kind: Application
+  apiVersion: nais.io/v1alpha1
+  metadata:
+    name: myapplication
+    namespace: mynamespace
+    uid: "123456"
+  spec:
+    ingresses:
+      - https://foo.bar/baz
+    liveness:
+      path: "liveness"
+tests:
+  - apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
+    kind: Ingress
+    name: myapplication-very-haproxy-efe42262
+    operation: CreateOrUpdate
+    match:
+      - type: exact
+        name: "ingress created with correct config"
+        exclude:
+          - .status
+          - .metadata.creationTimestamp
+          - .metadata.ownerReferences
+          - .metadata.labels
+          - .metadata.name
+          - .metadata.namespace
+        resource:
+          metadata:
+            annotations:
+              nais.io/deploymentCorrelationID: ""
+              prometheus.io/path: "liveness"
+              prometheus.io/scrape: "true"
+          spec:
+            ingressClassName: very-haproxy
+            rules:
+              - host: foo.bar
+                http:
+                  paths:
+                    - backend:
+                        service:
+                          name: myapplication
+                          port:
+                            number: 80
+                      path: /baz
+                      pathType: Prefix