diff --git a/docs/toml.md b/docs/toml.md
index 9689fafa6..254280691 100644
--- a/docs/toml.md
+++ b/docs/toml.md
@@ -636,7 +636,16 @@ domain = "marathon.localhost"
 # Optional
 # Default: false
 #
-# ExposedByDefault = true
+# exposedByDefault = true
+
+# Convert Marathon groups to subdomains
+# Default behavior: /foo/bar/myapp => foo-bar-myapp.{defaultDomain}
+# with groupsAsSubDomains enabled: /foo/bar/myapp => myapp.bar.foo.{defaultDomain}
+#
+# Optional
+# Default: false
+#
+# groupsAsSubDomains = true
 
 # Enable Marathon basic authentication
 #
diff --git a/provider/docker.go b/provider/docker.go
index 964fc8ea8..657eabfda 100644
--- a/provider/docker.go
+++ b/provider/docker.go
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ func (provider *Docker) getFrontendRule(container dockertypes.ContainerJSON) str
 	if label, err := getLabel(container, "traefik.frontend.rule"); err == nil {
 		return label
 	}
-	return "Host:" + provider.getEscapedName(container.Name) + "." + provider.Domain
+	return "Host:" + provider.getSubDomain(container.Name) + "." + provider.Domain
 }
 
 func (provider *Docker) getBackend(container dockertypes.ContainerJSON) string {
@@ -351,6 +351,6 @@ func listContainers(dockerClient client.APIClient) ([]dockertypes.ContainerJSON,
 }
 
 // Escape beginning slash "/", convert all others to dash "-"
-func (provider *Docker) getEscapedName(name string) string {
+func (provider *Docker) getSubDomain(name string) string {
 	return strings.Replace(strings.TrimPrefix(name, "/"), "/", "-", -1)
 }
diff --git a/provider/marathon.go b/provider/marathon.go
index 7612b3b26..a97e70ecb 100644
--- a/provider/marathon.go
+++ b/provider/marathon.go
@@ -21,13 +21,14 @@ import (
 
 // Marathon holds configuration of the Marathon provider.
 type Marathon struct {
-	BaseProvider     `mapstructure:",squash" description:"go through"`
-	Endpoint         string `description:"Marathon server endpoint. You can also specify multiple endpoint for Marathon"`
-	Domain           string `description:"Default domain used"`
-	ExposedByDefault bool   `description:"Expose Marathon apps by default"`
-	Basic            *MarathonBasic
-	TLS              *tls.Config
-	marathonClient   marathon.Marathon
+	BaseProvider
+	Endpoint           string `description:"Marathon server endpoint. You can also specify multiple endpoint for Marathon"`
+	Domain             string `description:"Default domain used"`
+	ExposedByDefault   bool   `description:"Expose Marathon apps by default"`
+	GroupsAsSubDomains bool   `description:"Convert Marathon groups to subdomains"`
+	Basic              *MarathonBasic
+	TLS                *tls.Config
+	marathonClient     marathon.Marathon
 }
 
 // MarathonBasic holds basic authentication specific configurations
@@ -342,7 +343,7 @@ func (provider *Marathon) getFrontendRule(application marathon.Application) stri
 	if label, err := provider.getLabel(application, "traefik.frontend.rule"); err == nil {
 		return label
 	}
-	return "Host:" + provider.getEscapedName(application.ID) + "." + provider.Domain
+	return "Host:" + provider.getSubDomain(application.ID) + "." + provider.Domain
 }
 
 func (provider *Marathon) getBackend(task marathon.Task, applications []marathon.Application) string {
@@ -361,9 +362,12 @@ func (provider *Marathon) getFrontendBackend(application marathon.Application) s
 	return replace("/", "-", application.ID)
 }
 
-func (provider *Marathon) getEscapedName(name string) string {
-	splitedName := strings.Split(strings.TrimPrefix(name, "/"), "/")
-	sort.Sort(sort.Reverse(sort.StringSlice(splitedName)))
-	reverseName := strings.Join(splitedName, ".")
-	return reverseName
+func (provider *Marathon) getSubDomain(name string) string {
+	if provider.GroupsAsSubDomains {
+		splitedName := strings.Split(strings.TrimPrefix(name, "/"), "/")
+		sort.Sort(sort.Reverse(sort.StringSlice(splitedName)))
+		reverseName := strings.Join(splitedName, ".")
+		return reverseName
+	}
+	return strings.Replace(strings.TrimPrefix(name, "/"), "/", "-", -1)
 }
diff --git a/traefik.sample.toml b/traefik.sample.toml
index 51f2442e4..3b900c112 100644
--- a/traefik.sample.toml
+++ b/traefik.sample.toml
@@ -306,7 +306,16 @@
 # Optional
 # Default: false
 #
-# ExposedByDefault = true
+# exposedByDefault = true
+
+# Convert Marathon groups to subdomains
+# Default behavior: /foo/bar/myapp => foo-bar-myapp.{defaultDomain}
+# with groupsAsSubDomains enabled: /foo/bar/myapp => myapp.bar.foo.{defaultDomain}
+#
+# Optional
+# Default: false
+#
+# groupsAsSubDomains = true
 
 # Enable Marathon basic authentication
 #