diff --git a/internal/ingress/annotations/annotations.go b/internal/ingress/annotations/annotations.go
index e10cc9be17..42c0d42b81 100644
--- a/internal/ingress/annotations/annotations.go
+++ b/internal/ingress/annotations/annotations.go
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/ingress-nginx/internal/ingress/annotations/authtls"
 	"k8s.io/ingress-nginx/internal/ingress/annotations/backendprotocol"
 	"k8s.io/ingress-nginx/internal/ingress/annotations/canary"
-	"k8s.io/ingress-nginx/internal/ingress/annotations/clientbodybuffersize"
+	"k8s.io/ingress-nginx/internal/ingress/annotations/client"
 	"k8s.io/ingress-nginx/internal/ingress/annotations/connection"
 	"k8s.io/ingress-nginx/internal/ingress/annotations/cors"
 	"k8s.io/ingress-nginx/internal/ingress/annotations/customheaders"
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ type Ingress struct {
 	BasicDigestAuth             auth.Config
 	Canary                      canary.Config
 	CertificateAuth             authtls.Config
-	ClientBodyBufferSize        string
+	Client                      client.Config
 	CustomHeaders               customheaders.Config
 	ConfigurationSnippet        string
 	Connection                  connection.Config
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ func NewAnnotationFactory(cfg resolver.Resolver) map[string]parser.IngressAnnota
 		"BasicDigestAuth":             auth.NewParser(auth.AuthDirectory, cfg),
 		"Canary":                      canary.NewParser(cfg),
 		"CertificateAuth":             authtls.NewParser(cfg),
-		"ClientBodyBufferSize":        clientbodybuffersize.NewParser(cfg),
+		"Client":                      client.NewParser(cfg),
 		"CustomHeaders":               customheaders.NewParser(cfg),
 		"ConfigurationSnippet":        snippet.NewParser(cfg),
 		"Connection":                  connection.NewParser(cfg),
diff --git a/internal/ingress/annotations/clientbodybuffersize/main.go b/internal/ingress/annotations/client/main.go
similarity index 59%
rename from internal/ingress/annotations/clientbodybuffersize/main.go
rename to internal/ingress/annotations/client/main.go
index c0fa797139..b1a04c2210 100644
--- a/internal/ingress/annotations/clientbodybuffersize/main.go
+++ b/internal/ingress/annotations/client/main.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License.
 */
 
-package clientbodybuffersize
+package client
 
 import (
 	networking "k8s.io/api/networking/v1"
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ const (
 	clientBodyBufferSizeAnnotation = "client-body-buffer-size"
 )
 
-var clientBodyBufferSizeConfig = parser.Annotation{
+var clientAnnotations = parser.Annotation{
 	Group: "backend",
 	Annotations: parser.AnnotationFields{
 		clientBodyBufferSizeAnnotation: {
@@ -42,30 +42,54 @@ var clientBodyBufferSizeConfig = parser.Annotation{
 	},
 }
 
-type clientBodyBufferSize struct {
+type Config struct {
+	BodyBufferSize string `json:"bodyBufferSize"`
+}
+
+// Equal tests for equality between two Configuration types
+func (l1 *Config) Equal(l2 *Config) bool {
+	if l1 == l2 {
+		return true
+	}
+	if l1 == nil || l2 == nil {
+		return false
+	}
+	if l1.BodyBufferSize != l2.BodyBufferSize {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	return true
+}
+
+type client struct {
 	r                resolver.Resolver
 	annotationConfig parser.Annotation
 }
 
-// NewParser creates a new clientBodyBufferSize annotation parser
+// NewParser creates a new client annotation parser
 func NewParser(r resolver.Resolver) parser.IngressAnnotation {
-	return clientBodyBufferSize{
+	return client{
 		r:                r,
-		annotationConfig: clientBodyBufferSizeConfig,
+		annotationConfig: clientAnnotations,
 	}
 }
 
-func (cbbs clientBodyBufferSize) GetDocumentation() parser.AnnotationFields {
-	return cbbs.annotationConfig.Annotations
+func (c client) GetDocumentation() parser.AnnotationFields {
+	return c.annotationConfig.Annotations
 }
 
 // Parse parses the annotations contained in the ingress rule
-// used to add an client-body-buffer-size to the provided locations
-func (cbbs clientBodyBufferSize) Parse(ing *networking.Ingress) (interface{}, error) {
-	return parser.GetStringAnnotation(clientBodyBufferSizeAnnotation, ing, cbbs.annotationConfig.Annotations)
+// used to add an client related configuration to the provided locations.
+func (c client) Parse(ing *networking.Ingress) (interface{}, error) {
+	config := &Config{}
+
+	var err error
+	config.BodyBufferSize, err = parser.GetStringAnnotation(clientBodyBufferSizeAnnotation, ing, c.annotationConfig.Annotations)
+
+	return config, err
 }
 
-func (cbbs clientBodyBufferSize) Validate(anns map[string]string) error {
-	maxrisk := parser.StringRiskToRisk(cbbs.r.GetSecurityConfiguration().AnnotationsRiskLevel)
-	return parser.CheckAnnotationRisk(anns, maxrisk, clientBodyBufferSizeConfig.Annotations)
+func (c client) Validate(annotations map[string]string) error {
+	maxRisk := parser.StringRiskToRisk(c.r.GetSecurityConfiguration().AnnotationsRiskLevel)
+	return parser.CheckAnnotationRisk(annotations, maxRisk, clientAnnotations.Annotations)
 }
diff --git a/internal/ingress/annotations/clientbodybuffersize/main_test.go b/internal/ingress/annotations/client/main_test.go
similarity index 85%
rename from internal/ingress/annotations/clientbodybuffersize/main_test.go
rename to internal/ingress/annotations/client/main_test.go
index 62257aeb91..fb62ff1b10 100644
--- a/internal/ingress/annotations/clientbodybuffersize/main_test.go
+++ b/internal/ingress/annotations/client/main_test.go
@@ -14,14 +14,15 @@ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License.
 */
 
-package clientbodybuffersize
+package client
 
 import (
 	"testing"
 
 	api "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	networking "k8s.io/api/networking/v1"
-	meta_v1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+
 	"k8s.io/ingress-nginx/internal/ingress/annotations/parser"
 	"k8s.io/ingress-nginx/internal/ingress/resolver"
 )
@@ -48,7 +49,7 @@ func TestParse(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	ing := &networking.Ingress{
-		ObjectMeta: meta_v1.ObjectMeta{
+		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
 			Name:      "foo",
 			Namespace: api.NamespaceDefault,
 		},
@@ -58,9 +59,13 @@ func TestParse(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, testCase := range testCases {
 		ing.SetAnnotations(testCase.annotations)
 		//nolint:errcheck // Ignore the error since invalid cases will be checked with expected results
-		result, _ := ap.Parse(ing)
-		if result != testCase.expected {
-			t.Errorf("expected %v but returned %v, annotations: %s", testCase.expected, result, testCase.annotations)
+		res, _ := ap.Parse(ing)
+		c, ok := res.(*Config)
+		if !ok {
+			t.Fatal("expected a client.Config type")
+		}
+		if c.BodyBufferSize != testCase.expected {
+			t.Errorf("expected %v but returned %v, annotations: %s", testCase.expected, res, testCase.annotations)
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/internal/ingress/controller/controller.go b/internal/ingress/controller/controller.go
index aa8f4c4b92..ea7a4aadbb 100644
--- a/internal/ingress/controller/controller.go
+++ b/internal/ingress/controller/controller.go
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait"
 	clientset "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
+	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
+
 	"k8s.io/ingress-nginx/internal/ingress/annotations"
 	"k8s.io/ingress-nginx/internal/ingress/annotations/canary"
 	"k8s.io/ingress-nginx/internal/ingress/annotations/log"
@@ -47,7 +49,6 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/ingress-nginx/internal/nginx"
 	"k8s.io/ingress-nginx/pkg/apis/ingress"
 	utilingress "k8s.io/ingress-nginx/pkg/util/ingress"
-	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -1502,7 +1503,7 @@ func (n *NGINXController) createServers(data []*ingress.Ingress,
 
 func locationApplyAnnotations(loc *ingress.Location, anns *annotations.Ingress) {
 	loc.BasicDigestAuth = anns.BasicDigestAuth
-	loc.ClientBodyBufferSize = anns.ClientBodyBufferSize
+	loc.ClientBodyBufferSize = anns.Client.BodyBufferSize
 	loc.CustomHeaders = anns.CustomHeaders
 	loc.ConfigurationSnippet = anns.ConfigurationSnippet
 	loc.CorsConfig = anns.CorsConfig