diff --git a/provider/ecs/ecs.go b/provider/ecs/ecs.go
index 8b09821a4..a1df800e1 100644
--- a/provider/ecs/ecs.go
+++ b/provider/ecs/ecs.go
@@ -178,7 +178,8 @@ func wrapAws(ctx context.Context, req *request.Request) error {
 	return req.Send()
 }
 
-func (p *Provider) loadECSConfig(ctx context.Context, client *awsClient) (*types.Configuration, error) {
+// generateECSConfig fills the config template with the given instances
+func (p *Provider) generateECSConfig(services map[string][]ecsInstance) (*types.Configuration, error) {
 	var ecsFuncMap = template.FuncMap{
 		"filterFrontends":         p.filterFrontends,
 		"getFrontendRule":         p.getFrontendRule,
@@ -187,8 +188,22 @@ func (p *Provider) loadECSConfig(ctx context.Context, client *awsClient) (*types
 		"getLoadBalancerSticky":   p.getLoadBalancerSticky,
 		"hasStickinessLabel":      p.hasStickinessLabel,
 		"getStickinessCookieName": p.getStickinessCookieName,
+		"getProtocol":             p.getProtocol,
+		"getHost":                 p.getHost,
+		"getPort":                 p.getPort,
+		"getWeight":               p.getWeight,
+		"getPassHostHeader":       p.getPassHostHeader,
+		"getPriority":             p.getPriority,
+		"getEntryPoints":          p.getEntryPoints,
 	}
+	return p.GetConfiguration("templates/ecs.tmpl", ecsFuncMap, struct {
+		Services map[string][]ecsInstance
+	}{
+		services,
+	})
+}
 
+func (p *Provider) loadECSConfig(ctx context.Context, client *awsClient) (*types.Configuration, error) {
 	instances, err := p.listInstances(ctx, client)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -205,12 +220,7 @@ func (p *Provider) loadECSConfig(ctx context.Context, client *awsClient) (*types
 			services[instance.Name] = []ecsInstance{instance}
 		}
 	}
-
-	return p.GetConfiguration("templates/ecs.tmpl", ecsFuncMap, struct {
-		Services map[string][]ecsInstance
-	}{
-		services,
-	})
+	return p.generateECSConfig(services)
 }
 
 // Find all running Provider tasks in a cluster, also collect the task definitions (for docker labels)
diff --git a/provider/ecs/ecs_test.go b/provider/ecs/ecs_test.go
index 5af540616..c3dd5a1fc 100644
--- a/provider/ecs/ecs_test.go
+++ b/provider/ecs/ecs_test.go
@@ -552,3 +552,74 @@ func TestEcsGetBasicAuth(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func TestGenerateECSConfig(t *testing.T) {
+	provider := &Provider{}
+	tests := []struct {
+		desc     string
+		services map[string][]ecsInstance
+		exp      *types.Configuration
+		err      error
+	}{
+		{
+			desc: "config parsed successfully",
+			services: map[string][]ecsInstance{
+				"testing": {
+					{
+						Name: "instance-1",
+						containerDefinition: &ecs.ContainerDefinition{
+							DockerLabels: map[string]*string{},
+						},
+						machine: &ec2.Instance{
+							PrivateIpAddress: func(s string) *string { return &s }("10.0.0.1"),
+						},
+						container: &ecs.Container{
+							NetworkBindings: []*ecs.NetworkBinding{
+								{
+									HostPort: func(i int64) *int64 { return &i }(1337),
+								},
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			exp: &types.Configuration{
+				Backends: map[string]*types.Backend{
+					"backend-instance-1": {
+						Servers: map[string]types.Server{
+							"server-instance-1": {
+								URL: "http://10.0.0.1:1337",
+							},
+						},
+					},
+					"backend-testing": {
+						LoadBalancer: &types.LoadBalancer{
+							Method: "wrr",
+						},
+					},
+				},
+				Frontends: map[string]*types.Frontend{
+					"frontend-testing": {
+						EntryPoints: []string{},
+						Backend:     "backend-testing",
+						Routes: map[string]types.Route{
+							"route-frontend-testing": {
+								Rule: "Host:instance-1.",
+							},
+						},
+						PassHostHeader: true,
+						BasicAuth:      []string{},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, test := range tests {
+		t.Run(test.desc, func(t *testing.T) {
+			got, err := provider.generateECSConfig(test.services)
+			assert.Equal(t, test.err, err)
+			assert.Equal(t, test.exp, got)
+		})
+	}
+}