diff --git a/autogen/gentemplates/gen.go b/autogen/gentemplates/gen.go
index 40eb18681..43c63f861 100644
--- a/autogen/gentemplates/gen.go
+++ b/autogen/gentemplates/gen.go
@@ -762,7 +762,7 @@ var _templatesEcsV1Tmpl = []byte(`[backends]
     {{end}}
 
     {{range $index, $i := $instances }}
-    [backends."backend-{{ $i.Name }}".servers."server-{{ $i.Name }}{{ $i.ID }}"]
+    [backends."backend-{{ $serviceName }}".servers."server-{{ $i.Name }}{{ $i.ID }}"]
       url = "{{ getProtocol $i }}://{{ getHost $i }}:{{ getPort $i }}"
       weight = {{ getWeight $i }}
     {{end}}
diff --git a/provider/ecs/config.go b/provider/ecs/config.go
index 2f602da2d..50e6cfce1 100644
--- a/provider/ecs/config.go
+++ b/provider/ecs/config.go
@@ -19,11 +19,12 @@ import (
 func (p *Provider) buildConfigurationV2(instances []ecsInstance) (*types.Configuration, error) {
 	services := make(map[string][]ecsInstance)
 	for _, instance := range instances {
+		backendName := getBackendName(instance)
 		if p.filterInstance(instance) {
-			if serviceInstances, ok := services[instance.Name]; ok {
-				services[instance.Name] = append(serviceInstances, instance)
+			if serviceInstances, ok := services[backendName]; ok {
+				services[backendName] = append(serviceInstances, instance)
 			} else {
-				services[instance.Name] = []ecsInstance{instance}
+				services[backendName] = []ecsInstance{instance}
 			}
 		}
 	}
@@ -98,6 +99,13 @@ func (p *Provider) filterInstance(i ecsInstance) bool {
 	return true
 }
 
+func getBackendName(i ecsInstance) string {
+	if value := label.GetStringValue(i.TraefikLabels, label.TraefikBackend, ""); len(value) > 0 {
+		return value
+	}
+	return i.Name
+}
+
 func (p *Provider) getFrontendRule(i ecsInstance) string {
 	domain := label.GetStringValue(i.TraefikLabels, label.TraefikDomain, p.Domain)
 	defaultRule := "Host:" + strings.ToLower(strings.Replace(i.Name, "_", "-", -1)) + "." + domain
@@ -120,9 +128,10 @@ func filterFrontends(instances []ecsInstance) []ecsInstance {
 	byName := make(map[string]struct{})
 
 	return fun.Filter(func(i ecsInstance) bool {
-		_, found := byName[i.Name]
+		backendName := getBackendName(i)
+		_, found := byName[backendName]
 		if !found {
-			byName[i.Name] = struct{}{}
+			byName[backendName] = struct{}{}
 		}
 		return !found
 	}, instances).([]ecsInstance)
diff --git a/provider/ecs/config_test.go b/provider/ecs/config_test.go
index ad132871a..e86f8d4e5 100644
--- a/provider/ecs/config_test.go
+++ b/provider/ecs/config_test.go
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ func TestBuildConfiguration(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			expected: &types.Configuration{
 				Backends: map[string]*types.Backend{
-					"backend-testing-instance": {
+					"backend-foobar": {
 						Servers: map[string]types.Server{
 							"server-testing-instance-6": {
 								URL:    "https://10.0.0.1:666",
@@ -243,14 +243,345 @@ func TestBuildConfiguration(t *testing.T) {
 					},
 				},
 				Frontends: map[string]*types.Frontend{
-					"frontend-testing-instance": {
+					"frontend-foobar": {
 						EntryPoints: []string{
 							"http",
 							"https",
 						},
-						Backend: "backend-testing-instance",
+						Backend: "backend-foobar",
 						Routes: map[string]types.Route{
-							"route-frontend-testing-instance": {
+							"route-frontend-foobar": {
+								Rule: "Host:traefik.io",
+							},
+						},
+						PassHostHeader: true,
+						PassTLSCert:    true,
+						Priority:       666,
+						BasicAuth: []string{
+							"test:$apr1$H6uskkkW$IgXLP6ewTrSuBkTrqE8wj/",
+							"test2:$apr1$d9hr9HBB$4HxwgUir3HP4EsggP/QNo0",
+						},
+						WhiteList: &types.WhiteList{
+							SourceRange:      []string{"10.10.10.10"},
+							UseXForwardedFor: true,
+						},
+						Headers: &types.Headers{
+							CustomRequestHeaders: map[string]string{
+								"Access-Control-Allow-Methods": "POST,GET,OPTIONS",
+								"Content-Type":                 "application/json; charset=utf-8",
+							},
+							CustomResponseHeaders: map[string]string{
+								"Access-Control-Allow-Methods": "POST,GET,OPTIONS",
+								"Content-Type":                 "application/json; charset=utf-8",
+							},
+							AllowedHosts: []string{
+								"foo",
+								"bar",
+								"bor",
+							},
+							HostsProxyHeaders: []string{
+								"foo",
+								"bar",
+								"bor",
+							},
+							SSLRedirect:          true,
+							SSLTemporaryRedirect: true,
+							SSLForceHost:         true,
+							SSLHost:              "foo",
+							SSLProxyHeaders: map[string]string{
+								"Access-Control-Allow-Methods": "POST,GET,OPTIONS",
+								"Content-Type":                 "application/json; charset=utf-8",
+							},
+							STSSeconds:              666,
+							STSIncludeSubdomains:    true,
+							STSPreload:              true,
+							ForceSTSHeader:          true,
+							FrameDeny:               true,
+							CustomFrameOptionsValue: "foo",
+							ContentTypeNosniff:      true,
+							BrowserXSSFilter:        true,
+							CustomBrowserXSSValue:   "foo",
+							ContentSecurityPolicy:   "foo",
+							PublicKey:               "foo",
+							ReferrerPolicy:          "foo",
+							IsDevelopment:           true,
+						},
+						Errors: map[string]*types.ErrorPage{
+							"bar": {
+								Status: []string{
+									"500",
+									"600",
+								},
+								Backend: "backend-foobar",
+								Query:   "bar_query",
+							},
+							"foo": {
+								Status: []string{
+									"404",
+								},
+								Backend: "backend-foobar",
+								Query:   "foo_query",
+							},
+						},
+						RateLimit: &types.RateLimit{
+							RateSet: map[string]*types.Rate{
+								"bar": {
+									Period:  flaeg.Duration(3 * time.Second),
+									Average: 6,
+									Burst:   9,
+								},
+								"foo": {
+									Period:  flaeg.Duration(6 * time.Second),
+									Average: 12,
+									Burst:   18,
+								},
+							},
+							ExtractorFunc: "client.ip",
+						},
+						Redirect: &types.Redirect{
+							EntryPoint:  "https",
+							Regex:       "",
+							Replacement: "",
+							Permanent:   true,
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			desc: "Containers with same backend name",
+			instances: []ecsInstance{
+				{
+					Name: "testing-instance-v1",
+					ID:   "6",
+					containerDefinition: &ecs.ContainerDefinition{
+						DockerLabels: map[string]*string{
+							label.TraefikPort:     aws.String("666"),
+							label.TraefikProtocol: aws.String("https"),
+							label.TraefikWeight:   aws.String("12"),
+
+							label.TraefikBackend: aws.String("foobar"),
+
+							label.TraefikBackendCircuitBreakerExpression:         aws.String("NetworkErrorRatio() > 0.5"),
+							label.TraefikBackendHealthCheckScheme:                aws.String("http"),
+							label.TraefikBackendHealthCheckPath:                  aws.String("/health"),
+							label.TraefikBackendHealthCheckPort:                  aws.String("880"),
+							label.TraefikBackendHealthCheckInterval:              aws.String("6"),
+							label.TraefikBackendHealthCheckHostname:              aws.String("foo.com"),
+							label.TraefikBackendHealthCheckHeaders:               aws.String("Foo:bar || Bar:foo"),
+							label.TraefikBackendLoadBalancerMethod:               aws.String("drr"),
+							label.TraefikBackendLoadBalancerSticky:               aws.String("true"),
+							label.TraefikBackendLoadBalancerStickiness:           aws.String("true"),
+							label.TraefikBackendLoadBalancerStickinessCookieName: aws.String("chocolate"),
+							label.TraefikBackendMaxConnAmount:                    aws.String("666"),
+							label.TraefikBackendMaxConnExtractorFunc:             aws.String("client.ip"),
+							label.TraefikBackendBufferingMaxResponseBodyBytes:    aws.String("10485760"),
+							label.TraefikBackendBufferingMemResponseBodyBytes:    aws.String("2097152"),
+							label.TraefikBackendBufferingMaxRequestBodyBytes:     aws.String("10485760"),
+							label.TraefikBackendBufferingMemRequestBodyBytes:     aws.String("2097152"),
+							label.TraefikBackendBufferingRetryExpression:         aws.String("IsNetworkError() && Attempts() <= 2"),
+
+							label.TraefikFrontendAuthBasic:                 aws.String("test:$apr1$H6uskkkW$IgXLP6ewTrSuBkTrqE8wj/,test2:$apr1$d9hr9HBB$4HxwgUir3HP4EsggP/QNo0"),
+							label.TraefikFrontendEntryPoints:               aws.String("http,https"),
+							label.TraefikFrontendPassHostHeader:            aws.String("true"),
+							label.TraefikFrontendPassTLSCert:               aws.String("true"),
+							label.TraefikFrontendPriority:                  aws.String("666"),
+							label.TraefikFrontendRedirectEntryPoint:        aws.String("https"),
+							label.TraefikFrontendRedirectRegex:             aws.String("nope"),
+							label.TraefikFrontendRedirectReplacement:       aws.String("nope"),
+							label.TraefikFrontendRedirectPermanent:         aws.String("true"),
+							label.TraefikFrontendRule:                      aws.String("Host:traefik.io"),
+							label.TraefikFrontendWhiteListSourceRange:      aws.String("10.10.10.10"),
+							label.TraefikFrontendWhiteListUseXForwardedFor: aws.String("true"),
+
+							label.TraefikFrontendRequestHeaders:          aws.String("Access-Control-Allow-Methods:POST,GET,OPTIONS || Content-type: application/json; charset=utf-8"),
+							label.TraefikFrontendResponseHeaders:         aws.String("Access-Control-Allow-Methods:POST,GET,OPTIONS || Content-type: application/json; charset=utf-8"),
+							label.TraefikFrontendSSLProxyHeaders:         aws.String("Access-Control-Allow-Methods:POST,GET,OPTIONS || Content-type: application/json; charset=utf-8"),
+							label.TraefikFrontendAllowedHosts:            aws.String("foo,bar,bor"),
+							label.TraefikFrontendHostsProxyHeaders:       aws.String("foo,bar,bor"),
+							label.TraefikFrontendSSLHost:                 aws.String("foo"),
+							label.TraefikFrontendCustomFrameOptionsValue: aws.String("foo"),
+							label.TraefikFrontendContentSecurityPolicy:   aws.String("foo"),
+							label.TraefikFrontendPublicKey:               aws.String("foo"),
+							label.TraefikFrontendReferrerPolicy:          aws.String("foo"),
+							label.TraefikFrontendCustomBrowserXSSValue:   aws.String("foo"),
+							label.TraefikFrontendSTSSeconds:              aws.String("666"),
+							label.TraefikFrontendSSLForceHost:            aws.String("true"),
+							label.TraefikFrontendSSLRedirect:             aws.String("true"),
+							label.TraefikFrontendSSLTemporaryRedirect:    aws.String("true"),
+							label.TraefikFrontendSTSIncludeSubdomains:    aws.String("true"),
+							label.TraefikFrontendSTSPreload:              aws.String("true"),
+							label.TraefikFrontendForceSTSHeader:          aws.String("true"),
+							label.TraefikFrontendFrameDeny:               aws.String("true"),
+							label.TraefikFrontendContentTypeNosniff:      aws.String("true"),
+							label.TraefikFrontendBrowserXSSFilter:        aws.String("true"),
+							label.TraefikFrontendIsDevelopment:           aws.String("true"),
+
+							label.Prefix + label.BaseFrontendErrorPage + "foo." + label.SuffixErrorPageStatus:  aws.String("404"),
+							label.Prefix + label.BaseFrontendErrorPage + "foo." + label.SuffixErrorPageBackend: aws.String("foobar"),
+							label.Prefix + label.BaseFrontendErrorPage + "foo." + label.SuffixErrorPageQuery:   aws.String("foo_query"),
+							label.Prefix + label.BaseFrontendErrorPage + "bar." + label.SuffixErrorPageStatus:  aws.String("500,600"),
+							label.Prefix + label.BaseFrontendErrorPage + "bar." + label.SuffixErrorPageBackend: aws.String("foobar"),
+							label.Prefix + label.BaseFrontendErrorPage + "bar." + label.SuffixErrorPageQuery:   aws.String("bar_query"),
+
+							label.TraefikFrontendRateLimitExtractorFunc:                                        aws.String("client.ip"),
+							label.Prefix + label.BaseFrontendRateLimit + "foo." + label.SuffixRateLimitPeriod:  aws.String("6"),
+							label.Prefix + label.BaseFrontendRateLimit + "foo." + label.SuffixRateLimitAverage: aws.String("12"),
+							label.Prefix + label.BaseFrontendRateLimit + "foo." + label.SuffixRateLimitBurst:   aws.String("18"),
+							label.Prefix + label.BaseFrontendRateLimit + "bar." + label.SuffixRateLimitPeriod:  aws.String("3"),
+							label.Prefix + label.BaseFrontendRateLimit + "bar." + label.SuffixRateLimitAverage: aws.String("6"),
+							label.Prefix + label.BaseFrontendRateLimit + "bar." + label.SuffixRateLimitBurst:   aws.String("9"),
+						}},
+					machine: &machine{
+						state:     ec2.InstanceStateNameRunning,
+						privateIP: "10.0.0.1",
+						port:      1337,
+					},
+				},
+				{
+					Name: "testing-instance-v2",
+					ID:   "6",
+					containerDefinition: &ecs.ContainerDefinition{
+						DockerLabels: map[string]*string{
+							label.TraefikPort:     aws.String("555"),
+							label.TraefikProtocol: aws.String("https"),
+							label.TraefikWeight:   aws.String("15"),
+
+							label.TraefikBackend: aws.String("foobar"),
+
+							label.TraefikBackendCircuitBreakerExpression:         aws.String("NetworkErrorRatio() > 0.5"),
+							label.TraefikBackendHealthCheckScheme:                aws.String("http"),
+							label.TraefikBackendHealthCheckPath:                  aws.String("/health"),
+							label.TraefikBackendHealthCheckPort:                  aws.String("880"),
+							label.TraefikBackendHealthCheckInterval:              aws.String("6"),
+							label.TraefikBackendHealthCheckHostname:              aws.String("bar.com"),
+							label.TraefikBackendHealthCheckHeaders:               aws.String("Foo:bar || Bar:foo"),
+							label.TraefikBackendLoadBalancerMethod:               aws.String("drr"),
+							label.TraefikBackendLoadBalancerSticky:               aws.String("true"),
+							label.TraefikBackendLoadBalancerStickiness:           aws.String("true"),
+							label.TraefikBackendLoadBalancerStickinessCookieName: aws.String("chocolate"),
+							label.TraefikBackendMaxConnAmount:                    aws.String("666"),
+							label.TraefikBackendMaxConnExtractorFunc:             aws.String("client.ip"),
+							label.TraefikBackendBufferingMaxResponseBodyBytes:    aws.String("10485760"),
+							label.TraefikBackendBufferingMemResponseBodyBytes:    aws.String("2097152"),
+							label.TraefikBackendBufferingMaxRequestBodyBytes:     aws.String("10485760"),
+							label.TraefikBackendBufferingMemRequestBodyBytes:     aws.String("2097152"),
+							label.TraefikBackendBufferingRetryExpression:         aws.String("IsNetworkError() && Attempts() <= 2"),
+
+							label.TraefikFrontendAuthBasic:                 aws.String("test:$apr1$H6uskkkW$IgXLP6ewTrSuBkTrqE8wj/,test2:$apr1$d9hr9HBB$4HxwgUir3HP4EsggP/QNo0"),
+							label.TraefikFrontendEntryPoints:               aws.String("http,https"),
+							label.TraefikFrontendPassHostHeader:            aws.String("true"),
+							label.TraefikFrontendPassTLSCert:               aws.String("true"),
+							label.TraefikFrontendPriority:                  aws.String("666"),
+							label.TraefikFrontendRedirectEntryPoint:        aws.String("https"),
+							label.TraefikFrontendRedirectRegex:             aws.String("nope"),
+							label.TraefikFrontendRedirectReplacement:       aws.String("nope"),
+							label.TraefikFrontendRedirectPermanent:         aws.String("true"),
+							label.TraefikFrontendRule:                      aws.String("Host:traefik.io"),
+							label.TraefikFrontendWhiteListSourceRange:      aws.String("10.10.10.10"),
+							label.TraefikFrontendWhiteListUseXForwardedFor: aws.String("true"),
+
+							label.TraefikFrontendRequestHeaders:          aws.String("Access-Control-Allow-Methods:POST,GET,OPTIONS || Content-type: application/json; charset=utf-8"),
+							label.TraefikFrontendResponseHeaders:         aws.String("Access-Control-Allow-Methods:POST,GET,OPTIONS || Content-type: application/json; charset=utf-8"),
+							label.TraefikFrontendSSLProxyHeaders:         aws.String("Access-Control-Allow-Methods:POST,GET,OPTIONS || Content-type: application/json; charset=utf-8"),
+							label.TraefikFrontendAllowedHosts:            aws.String("foo,bar,bor"),
+							label.TraefikFrontendHostsProxyHeaders:       aws.String("foo,bar,bor"),
+							label.TraefikFrontendSSLHost:                 aws.String("foo"),
+							label.TraefikFrontendCustomFrameOptionsValue: aws.String("foo"),
+							label.TraefikFrontendContentSecurityPolicy:   aws.String("foo"),
+							label.TraefikFrontendPublicKey:               aws.String("foo"),
+							label.TraefikFrontendReferrerPolicy:          aws.String("foo"),
+							label.TraefikFrontendCustomBrowserXSSValue:   aws.String("foo"),
+							label.TraefikFrontendSTSSeconds:              aws.String("666"),
+							label.TraefikFrontendSSLForceHost:            aws.String("true"),
+							label.TraefikFrontendSSLRedirect:             aws.String("true"),
+							label.TraefikFrontendSSLTemporaryRedirect:    aws.String("true"),
+							label.TraefikFrontendSTSIncludeSubdomains:    aws.String("true"),
+							label.TraefikFrontendSTSPreload:              aws.String("true"),
+							label.TraefikFrontendForceSTSHeader:          aws.String("true"),
+							label.TraefikFrontendFrameDeny:               aws.String("true"),
+							label.TraefikFrontendContentTypeNosniff:      aws.String("true"),
+							label.TraefikFrontendBrowserXSSFilter:        aws.String("true"),
+							label.TraefikFrontendIsDevelopment:           aws.String("true"),
+
+							label.Prefix + label.BaseFrontendErrorPage + "foo." + label.SuffixErrorPageStatus:  aws.String("404"),
+							label.Prefix + label.BaseFrontendErrorPage + "foo." + label.SuffixErrorPageBackend: aws.String("foobar"),
+							label.Prefix + label.BaseFrontendErrorPage + "foo." + label.SuffixErrorPageQuery:   aws.String("foo_query"),
+							label.Prefix + label.BaseFrontendErrorPage + "bar." + label.SuffixErrorPageStatus:  aws.String("500,600"),
+							label.Prefix + label.BaseFrontendErrorPage + "bar." + label.SuffixErrorPageBackend: aws.String("foobar"),
+							label.Prefix + label.BaseFrontendErrorPage + "bar." + label.SuffixErrorPageQuery:   aws.String("bar_query"),
+
+							label.TraefikFrontendRateLimitExtractorFunc:                                        aws.String("client.ip"),
+							label.Prefix + label.BaseFrontendRateLimit + "foo." + label.SuffixRateLimitPeriod:  aws.String("6"),
+							label.Prefix + label.BaseFrontendRateLimit + "foo." + label.SuffixRateLimitAverage: aws.String("12"),
+							label.Prefix + label.BaseFrontendRateLimit + "foo." + label.SuffixRateLimitBurst:   aws.String("18"),
+							label.Prefix + label.BaseFrontendRateLimit + "bar." + label.SuffixRateLimitPeriod:  aws.String("3"),
+							label.Prefix + label.BaseFrontendRateLimit + "bar." + label.SuffixRateLimitAverage: aws.String("6"),
+							label.Prefix + label.BaseFrontendRateLimit + "bar." + label.SuffixRateLimitBurst:   aws.String("9"),
+						}},
+					machine: &machine{
+						state:     ec2.InstanceStateNameRunning,
+						privateIP: "10.2.2.1",
+						port:      1337,
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			expected: &types.Configuration{
+				Backends: map[string]*types.Backend{
+					"backend-foobar": {
+						Servers: map[string]types.Server{
+							"server-testing-instance-v1-6": {
+								URL:    "https://10.0.0.1:666",
+								Weight: 12,
+							},
+							"server-testing-instance-v2-6": {
+								URL:    "https://10.2.2.1:555",
+								Weight: 15,
+							},
+						},
+						CircuitBreaker: &types.CircuitBreaker{
+							Expression: "NetworkErrorRatio() > 0.5",
+						},
+						LoadBalancer: &types.LoadBalancer{
+							Method: "drr",
+							Sticky: true,
+							Stickiness: &types.Stickiness{
+								CookieName: "chocolate",
+							},
+						},
+						MaxConn: &types.MaxConn{
+							Amount:        666,
+							ExtractorFunc: "client.ip",
+						},
+						HealthCheck: &types.HealthCheck{
+							Scheme:   "http",
+							Path:     "/health",
+							Port:     880,
+							Interval: "6",
+							Hostname: "foo.com",
+							Headers: map[string]string{
+								"Foo": "bar",
+								"Bar": "foo",
+							},
+						},
+						Buffering: &types.Buffering{
+							MaxResponseBodyBytes: 10485760,
+							MemResponseBodyBytes: 2097152,
+							MaxRequestBodyBytes:  10485760,
+							MemRequestBodyBytes:  2097152,
+							RetryExpression:      "IsNetworkError() && Attempts() <= 2",
+						},
+					},
+				},
+				Frontends: map[string]*types.Frontend{
+					"frontend-foobar": {
+						EntryPoints: []string{
+							"http",
+							"https",
+						},
+						Backend: "backend-foobar",
+						Routes: map[string]types.Route{
+							"route-frontend-foobar": {
 								Rule: "Host:traefik.io",
 							},
 						},
diff --git a/provider/ecs/deprecated_config.go b/provider/ecs/deprecated_config.go
index 8407d73f1..8fe7ad02b 100644
--- a/provider/ecs/deprecated_config.go
+++ b/provider/ecs/deprecated_config.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"text/template"
 
+	"github.com/BurntSushi/ty/fun"
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws"
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/service/ec2"
 	"github.com/containous/traefik/log"
@@ -17,11 +18,12 @@ import (
 func (p *Provider) buildConfigurationV1(instances []ecsInstance) (*types.Configuration, error) {
 	services := make(map[string][]ecsInstance)
 	for _, instance := range instances {
+		backendName := getBackendNameV1(instance)
 		if p.filterInstanceV1(instance) {
-			if serviceInstances, ok := services[instance.Name]; ok {
-				services[instance.Name] = append(serviceInstances, instance)
+			if serviceInstances, ok := services[backendName]; ok {
+				services[backendName] = append(serviceInstances, instance)
 			} else {
-				services[instance.Name] = []ecsInstance{instance}
+				services[backendName] = []ecsInstance{instance}
 			}
 		}
 	}
@@ -42,7 +44,7 @@ func (p *Provider) buildConfigurationV1(instances []ecsInstance) (*types.Configu
 		"getHealthCheckInterval":  getFuncFirstStringValueV1(label.TraefikBackendHealthCheckInterval, ""),
 
 		// Frontend functions
-		"filterFrontends":   filterFrontends,
+		"filterFrontends":   filterFrontendsV1,
 		"getFrontendRule":   p.getFrontendRule,
 		"getPassHostHeader": getFuncBoolValueV1(label.TraefikFrontendPassHostHeader, label.DefaultPassHostHeader),
 		"getPassTLSCert":    getFuncBoolValueV1(label.TraefikFrontendPassTLSCert, label.DefaultPassTLSCert),
@@ -58,6 +60,26 @@ func (p *Provider) buildConfigurationV1(instances []ecsInstance) (*types.Configu
 	})
 }
 
+// Deprecated
+func getBackendNameV1(i ecsInstance) string {
+	return getStringValueV1(i, label.TraefikBackend, i.Name)
+}
+
+// Deprecated
+func filterFrontendsV1(instances []ecsInstance) []ecsInstance {
+	byName := make(map[string]struct{})
+
+	return fun.Filter(func(i ecsInstance) bool {
+		backendName := getBackendName(i)
+		_, found := byName[backendName]
+		if !found {
+			byName[backendName] = struct{}{}
+		}
+		return !found
+	}, instances).([]ecsInstance)
+}
+
+// Deprecated
 func (p *Provider) filterInstanceV1(i ecsInstance) bool {
 	if i.machine == nil {
 		log.Debug("Filtering ecs instance with nil machine")
diff --git a/provider/ecs/deprecated_config_test.go b/provider/ecs/deprecated_config_test.go
index 8f9bfbd5f..3f8267673 100644
--- a/provider/ecs/deprecated_config_test.go
+++ b/provider/ecs/deprecated_config_test.go
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ func TestBuildConfigurationV1(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			expected: &types.Configuration{
 				Backends: map[string]*types.Backend{
-					"backend-testing-instance": {
+					"backend-foobar": {
 						Servers: map[string]types.Server{
 							"server-testing-instance6": {
 								URL:    "https://10.0.0.1:666",
@@ -169,14 +169,124 @@ func TestBuildConfigurationV1(t *testing.T) {
 					},
 				},
 				Frontends: map[string]*types.Frontend{
-					"frontend-testing-instance": {
+					"frontend-foobar": {
 						EntryPoints: []string{
 							"http",
 							"https",
 						},
-						Backend: "backend-testing-instance",
+						Backend: "backend-foobar",
 						Routes: map[string]types.Route{
-							"route-frontend-testing-instance": {
+							"route-frontend-foobar": {
+								Rule: "Host:traefik.io",
+							},
+						},
+						PassHostHeader: true,
+						Priority:       666,
+						BasicAuth: []string{
+							"test:$apr1$H6uskkkW$IgXLP6ewTrSuBkTrqE8wj/",
+							"test2:$apr1$d9hr9HBB$4HxwgUir3HP4EsggP/QNo0",
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		}, {
+			desc: "Containers with same backend name",
+			instances: []ecsInstance{
+				{
+					Name: "testing-instance",
+					ID:   "6",
+					containerDefinition: &ecs.ContainerDefinition{
+						DockerLabels: map[string]*string{
+							label.TraefikPort:     aws.String("666"),
+							label.TraefikProtocol: aws.String("https"),
+							label.TraefikWeight:   aws.String("12"),
+
+							label.TraefikBackend: aws.String("foobar"),
+
+							label.TraefikBackendHealthCheckPath:                  aws.String("/health"),
+							label.TraefikBackendHealthCheckInterval:              aws.String("6"),
+							label.TraefikBackendLoadBalancerMethod:               aws.String("drr"),
+							label.TraefikBackendLoadBalancerSticky:               aws.String("true"),
+							label.TraefikBackendLoadBalancerStickiness:           aws.String("true"),
+							label.TraefikBackendLoadBalancerStickinessCookieName: aws.String("chocolate"),
+
+							label.TraefikFrontendAuthBasic:      aws.String("test:$apr1$H6uskkkW$IgXLP6ewTrSuBkTrqE8wj/,test2:$apr1$d9hr9HBB$4HxwgUir3HP4EsggP/QNo0"),
+							label.TraefikFrontendEntryPoints:    aws.String("http,https"),
+							label.TraefikFrontendPassHostHeader: aws.String("true"),
+							label.TraefikFrontendPriority:       aws.String("666"),
+							label.TraefikFrontendRule:           aws.String("Host:traefik.io"),
+						}},
+					machine: &machine{
+						state:     ec2.InstanceStateNameRunning,
+						privateIP: "10.0.0.1",
+						port:      1337,
+					},
+				}, {
+					Name: "testing-instance-v2",
+					ID:   "6",
+					containerDefinition: &ecs.ContainerDefinition{
+						DockerLabels: map[string]*string{
+							label.TraefikPort:     aws.String("555"),
+							label.TraefikProtocol: aws.String("https"),
+							label.TraefikWeight:   aws.String("12"),
+
+							label.TraefikBackend: aws.String("foobar"),
+
+							label.TraefikBackendHealthCheckPath:                  aws.String("/health"),
+							label.TraefikBackendHealthCheckInterval:              aws.String("6"),
+							label.TraefikBackendLoadBalancerMethod:               aws.String("drr"),
+							label.TraefikBackendLoadBalancerSticky:               aws.String("true"),
+							label.TraefikBackendLoadBalancerStickiness:           aws.String("true"),
+							label.TraefikBackendLoadBalancerStickinessCookieName: aws.String("chocolate"),
+
+							label.TraefikFrontendAuthBasic:      aws.String("test:$apr1$H6uskkkW$IgXLP6ewTrSuBkTrqE8wj/,test2:$apr1$d9hr9HBB$4HxwgUir3HP4EsggP/QNo0"),
+							label.TraefikFrontendEntryPoints:    aws.String("http,https"),
+							label.TraefikFrontendPassHostHeader: aws.String("true"),
+							label.TraefikFrontendPriority:       aws.String("666"),
+							label.TraefikFrontendRule:           aws.String("Host:traefik.io"),
+						}},
+					machine: &machine{
+						state:     ec2.InstanceStateNameRunning,
+						privateIP: "10.0.0.2",
+						port:      1337,
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			expected: &types.Configuration{
+				Backends: map[string]*types.Backend{
+					"backend-foobar": {
+						Servers: map[string]types.Server{
+							"server-testing-instance6": {
+								URL:    "https://10.0.0.1:666",
+								Weight: 12,
+							},
+							"server-testing-instance-v26": {
+								URL:    "https://10.0.0.2:555",
+								Weight: 12,
+							},
+						},
+						LoadBalancer: &types.LoadBalancer{
+							Method: "drr",
+							Sticky: true,
+							Stickiness: &types.Stickiness{
+								CookieName: "chocolate",
+							},
+						},
+						HealthCheck: &types.HealthCheck{
+							Path:     "/health",
+							Interval: "6",
+						},
+					},
+				},
+				Frontends: map[string]*types.Frontend{
+					"frontend-foobar": {
+						EntryPoints: []string{
+							"http",
+							"https",
+						},
+						Backend: "backend-foobar",
+						Routes: map[string]types.Route{
+							"route-frontend-foobar": {
 								Rule: "Host:traefik.io",
 							},
 						},
diff --git a/templates/ecs-v1.tmpl b/templates/ecs-v1.tmpl
index e8b33c3f6..edb16643b 100644
--- a/templates/ecs-v1.tmpl
+++ b/templates/ecs-v1.tmpl
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
     {{end}}
 
     {{range $index, $i := $instances }}
-    [backends."backend-{{ $i.Name }}".servers."server-{{ $i.Name }}{{ $i.ID }}"]
+    [backends."backend-{{ $serviceName }}".servers."server-{{ $i.Name }}{{ $i.ID }}"]
       url = "{{ getProtocol $i }}://{{ getHost $i }}:{{ getPort $i }}"
       weight = {{ getWeight $i }}
     {{end}}