diff --git a/provider/consul_catalog_test.go b/provider/consul_catalog_test.go
index d6d41207d..789aa432d 100644
--- a/provider/consul_catalog_test.go
+++ b/provider/consul_catalog_test.go
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ func TestConsulCatalogGetAttribute(t *testing.T) {
 				"traefik.backend.weight=42",
 			},
 			key:          "backend.weight",
-			defaultValue: "",
+			defaultValue: "0",
 			expected:     "42",
 		},
 		{
@@ -70,8 +70,8 @@ func TestConsulCatalogGetAttribute(t *testing.T) {
 				"traefik.backend.wei=42",
 			},
 			key:          "backend.weight",
-			defaultValue: "",
-			expected:     "",
+			defaultValue: "0",
+			expected:     "0",
 		},
 	}
 
diff --git a/provider/docker.go b/provider/docker.go
index e2b312044..ec91044f6 100644
--- a/provider/docker.go
+++ b/provider/docker.go
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ func (provider *Docker) getWeight(container dockerData) string {
 	if label, err := getLabel(container, "traefik.weight"); err == nil {
 		return label
 	}
-	return "1"
+	return "0"
 }
 
 func (provider *Docker) getSticky(container dockerData) string {
diff --git a/provider/docker_test.go b/provider/docker_test.go
index 1873c5d56..43fbcb5e4 100644
--- a/provider/docker_test.go
+++ b/provider/docker_test.go
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ func TestDockerGetWeight(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 				Config: &container.Config{},
 			},
-			expected: "1",
+			expected: "0",
 		},
 		{
 			container: docker.ContainerJSON{
@@ -972,7 +972,7 @@ func TestDockerLoadDockerConfig(t *testing.T) {
 					Servers: map[string]types.Server{
 						"server-test": {
 							URL:    "http://127.0.0.1:80",
-							Weight: 1,
+							Weight: 0,
 						},
 					},
 					CircuitBreaker: nil,
@@ -1054,11 +1054,11 @@ func TestDockerLoadDockerConfig(t *testing.T) {
 					Servers: map[string]types.Server{
 						"server-test1": {
 							URL:    "http://127.0.0.1:80",
-							Weight: 1,
+							Weight: 0,
 						},
 						"server-test2": {
 							URL:    "http://127.0.0.1:80",
-							Weight: 1,
+							Weight: 0,
 						},
 					},
 					CircuitBreaker: nil,
@@ -1112,7 +1112,7 @@ func TestDockerLoadDockerConfig(t *testing.T) {
 					Servers: map[string]types.Server{
 						"server-test1": {
 							URL:    "http://127.0.0.1:80",
-							Weight: 1,
+							Weight: 0,
 						},
 					},
 					CircuitBreaker: &types.CircuitBreaker{
@@ -1527,7 +1527,7 @@ func TestSwarmGetWeight(t *testing.T) {
 					},
 				},
 			},
-			expected: "1",
+			expected: "0",
 			networks: map[string]*docker.NetworkResource{},
 		},
 		{
@@ -2055,7 +2055,7 @@ func TestSwarmLoadDockerConfig(t *testing.T) {
 					Servers: map[string]types.Server{
 						"server-test": {
 							URL:    "http://127.0.0.1:80",
-							Weight: 1,
+							Weight: 0,
 						},
 					},
 					CircuitBreaker: nil,
@@ -2143,11 +2143,11 @@ func TestSwarmLoadDockerConfig(t *testing.T) {
 					Servers: map[string]types.Server{
 						"server-test1": {
 							URL:    "http://127.0.0.1:80",
-							Weight: 1,
+							Weight: 0,
 						},
 						"server-test2": {
 							URL:    "http://127.0.0.1:80",
-							Weight: 1,
+							Weight: 0,
 						},
 					},
 					CircuitBreaker: nil,
diff --git a/provider/kubernetes.go b/provider/kubernetes.go
index a08014eff..546dbe564 100644
--- a/provider/kubernetes.go
+++ b/provider/kubernetes.go
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ func (provider *Kubernetes) loadIngresses(k8sClient k8s.Client) (*types.Configur
 							log.Warnf("Endpoints not found for %s/%s, falling back to Service ClusterIP", service.ObjectMeta.Namespace, service.ObjectMeta.Name)
 							templateObjects.Backends[r.Host+pa.Path].Servers[string(service.UID)] = types.Server{
 								URL:    protocol + "://" + service.Spec.ClusterIP + ":" + strconv.Itoa(port.Port),
-								Weight: 1,
+								Weight: 0,
 							}
 						} else {
 							for _, subset := range endpoints.Subsets {
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ func (provider *Kubernetes) loadIngresses(k8sClient k8s.Client) (*types.Configur
 									}
 									templateObjects.Backends[r.Host+pa.Path].Servers[name] = types.Server{
 										URL:    url,
-										Weight: 1,
+										Weight: 0,
 									}
 								}
 							}
diff --git a/provider/kubernetes_test.go b/provider/kubernetes_test.go
index 2a4e935f9..e450b4934 100644
--- a/provider/kubernetes_test.go
+++ b/provider/kubernetes_test.go
@@ -204,11 +204,11 @@ func TestLoadIngresses(t *testing.T) {
 				Servers: map[string]types.Server{
 					"http://10.10.0.1:8080": {
 						URL:    "http://10.10.0.1:8080",
-						Weight: 1,
+						Weight: 0,
 					},
 					"http://10.21.0.1:8080": {
 						URL:    "http://10.21.0.1:8080",
-						Weight: 1,
+						Weight: 0,
 					},
 				},
 				CircuitBreaker: nil,
@@ -218,15 +218,15 @@ func TestLoadIngresses(t *testing.T) {
 				Servers: map[string]types.Server{
 					"2": {
 						URL:    "http://10.0.0.2:802",
-						Weight: 1,
+						Weight: 0,
 					},
 					"https://10.15.0.1:8443": {
 						URL:    "https://10.15.0.1:8443",
-						Weight: 1,
+						Weight: 0,
 					},
 					"https://10.15.0.2:9443": {
 						URL:    "https://10.15.0.2:9443",
-						Weight: 1,
+						Weight: 0,
 					},
 				},
 				CircuitBreaker: nil,
@@ -556,7 +556,7 @@ func TestGetPassHostHeader(t *testing.T) {
 				Servers: map[string]types.Server{
 					"1": {
 						URL:    "http://10.0.0.1:801",
-						Weight: 1,
+						Weight: 0,
 					},
 				},
 				CircuitBreaker: nil,
@@ -665,7 +665,7 @@ func TestOnlyReferencesServicesFromOwnNamespace(t *testing.T) {
 				Servers: map[string]types.Server{
 					"1": {
 						URL:    "http://10.0.0.1:80",
-						Weight: 1,
+						Weight: 0,
 					},
 				},
 				CircuitBreaker: nil,
@@ -851,7 +851,7 @@ func TestLoadNamespacedIngresses(t *testing.T) {
 				Servers: map[string]types.Server{
 					"1": {
 						URL:    "http://10.0.0.1:801",
-						Weight: 1,
+						Weight: 0,
 					},
 				},
 				CircuitBreaker: nil,
@@ -861,11 +861,11 @@ func TestLoadNamespacedIngresses(t *testing.T) {
 				Servers: map[string]types.Server{
 					"2": {
 						URL:    "http://10.0.0.2:802",
-						Weight: 1,
+						Weight: 0,
 					},
 					"3": {
 						URL:    "https://10.0.0.3:443",
-						Weight: 1,
+						Weight: 0,
 					},
 				},
 				CircuitBreaker: nil,
@@ -1089,7 +1089,7 @@ func TestLoadMultipleNamespacedIngresses(t *testing.T) {
 				Servers: map[string]types.Server{
 					"1": {
 						URL:    "http://10.0.0.1:801",
-						Weight: 1,
+						Weight: 0,
 					},
 				},
 				CircuitBreaker: nil,
@@ -1099,11 +1099,11 @@ func TestLoadMultipleNamespacedIngresses(t *testing.T) {
 				Servers: map[string]types.Server{
 					"2": {
 						URL:    "http://10.0.0.2:802",
-						Weight: 1,
+						Weight: 0,
 					},
 					"3": {
 						URL:    "https://10.0.0.3:443",
-						Weight: 1,
+						Weight: 0,
 					},
 				},
 				CircuitBreaker: nil,
@@ -1113,7 +1113,7 @@ func TestLoadMultipleNamespacedIngresses(t *testing.T) {
 				Servers: map[string]types.Server{
 					"17": {
 						URL:    "http://10.0.0.4:801",
-						Weight: 1,
+						Weight: 0,
 					},
 				},
 				CircuitBreaker: nil,
@@ -1227,7 +1227,7 @@ func TestHostlessIngress(t *testing.T) {
 				Servers: map[string]types.Server{
 					"1": {
 						URL:    "http://10.0.0.1:801",
-						Weight: 1,
+						Weight: 0,
 					},
 				},
 				CircuitBreaker: nil,
diff --git a/provider/kv_test.go b/provider/kv_test.go
index 3e1502529..e0913b110 100644
--- a/provider/kv_test.go
+++ b/provider/kv_test.go
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ func TestKVLoadConfig(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 				{
 					Key:   "traefik/backends/backend.with.dot.too/servers/server.with.dot/weight",
-					Value: []byte("1"),
+					Value: []byte("0"),
 				},
 			},
 		},
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ func TestKVLoadConfig(t *testing.T) {
 				Servers: map[string]types.Server{
 					"server.with.dot": {
 						URL:    "http://172.17.0.2:80",
-						Weight: 1,
+						Weight: 0,
 					},
 				},
 				CircuitBreaker: nil,
diff --git a/templates/consul_catalog.tmpl b/templates/consul_catalog.tmpl
index 546132c81..b47f82a17 100644
--- a/templates/consul_catalog.tmpl
+++ b/templates/consul_catalog.tmpl
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   {{if ne (getAttribute "enable" $node.Service.Tags "true") "false"}}
     [backends."backend-{{getBackend $node}}".servers."{{getBackendName $node $index}}"]
       url = "{{getAttribute "protocol" $node.Service.Tags "http"}}://{{getBackendAddress $node}}:{{$node.Service.Port}}"
-      {{$weight := getAttribute "backend.weight" $node.Service.Tags ""}}
+      {{$weight := getAttribute "backend.weight" $node.Service.Tags "0"}}
       {{with $weight}}
         weight = {{$weight}}
       {{end}}
diff --git a/templates/kv.tmpl b/templates/kv.tmpl
index c642ff7b1..333a63653 100644
--- a/templates/kv.tmpl
+++ b/templates/kv.tmpl
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 {{range $servers}}
 [backends."{{Last $backend}}".servers."{{Last .}}"]
     url = "{{Get "" . "/url"}}"
-    weight = {{Get ""  . "/weight"}}
+    weight = {{Get "0"  . "/weight"}}
 {{end}}
 {{end}}