diff --git a/cmd/check-gke-ingress/app/ingress/rule.go b/cmd/check-gke-ingress/app/ingress/rule.go
index b659d60e8e..5b238b8819 100644
--- a/cmd/check-gke-ingress/app/ingress/rule.go
+++ b/cmd/check-gke-ingress/app/ingress/rule.go
@@ -156,6 +156,23 @@ func CheckL7ILBFrontendConfig(ing *networkingv1.Ingress) (string, string) {
 	return report.Passed, fmt.Sprintf("Ingress %s/%s for L7 internal load balancing does not have a frontendConfig annotation", ing.Namespace, ing.Name)
 }
 
+// CheckL7ILBNegAnnotation check whether a service which belongs to an internal
+// ingress has a correct NEG annotation.
+func CheckL7ILBNegAnnotation(svc *corev1.Service) (string, string) {
+	val, ok := getNegAnnotation(svc)
+	if !ok {
+		return report.Failed, fmt.Sprintf("No Neg annotation found in service %s/%s for internal HTTP(S) load balancing", svc.Namespace, svc.Name)
+	}
+	var res annotations.NegAnnotation
+	if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(val), &res); err != nil {
+		return report.Failed, fmt.Sprintf("Invalid Neg annotation found in service %s/%s for internal HTTP(S) load balancing", svc.Namespace, svc.Name)
+	}
+	if !res.Ingress {
+		return report.Failed, fmt.Sprintf("Neg annotation ingress field is not true in service %s/%s for internal HTTP(S) load balancing", svc.Namespace, svc.Name)
+	}
+	return report.Passed, fmt.Sprintf("Neg annotation is set correctly in service %s/%s for internal HTTP(S) load balancing", svc.Namespace, svc.Name)
+}
+
 // getBackendConfigAnnotation gets the BackendConfig annotation from a service.
 func getBackendConfigAnnotation(svc *corev1.Service) (string, bool) {
 	for _, bcKey := range []string{annotations.BackendConfigKey, annotations.BetaBackendConfigKey} {
@@ -199,3 +216,12 @@ func getFrontendConfigAnnotation(ing *networkingv1.Ingress) (string, bool) {
 	}
 	return val, true
 }
+
+// getNegAnnotation gets the NEG annotation from a service object.
+func getNegAnnotation(svc *corev1.Service) (string, bool) {
+	val, ok := svc.Annotations[annotations.NEGAnnotationKey]
+	if !ok {
+		return "", false
+	}
+	return val, true
+}
diff --git a/cmd/check-gke-ingress/app/ingress/rule_test.go b/cmd/check-gke-ingress/app/ingress/rule_test.go
index dba0fe5670..c936a4f25f 100644
--- a/cmd/check-gke-ingress/app/ingress/rule_test.go
+++ b/cmd/check-gke-ingress/app/ingress/rule_test.go
@@ -527,3 +527,66 @@ func TestCheckL7ILBFrontendConfig(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+func TestCheckL7ILBNegAnnotation(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, tc := range []struct {
+		desc   string
+		svc    corev1.Service
+		expect string
+	}{
+		{
+			desc: "Service without NEG annotation",
+			svc: corev1.Service{
+				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+					Name:      "svc-1",
+					Namespace: "test",
+				},
+			},
+			expect: report.Failed,
+		},
+		{
+			desc: "Service with invalid NEG annotation json",
+			svc: corev1.Service{
+				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+					Name:      "svc-1",
+					Namespace: "test",
+					Annotations: map[string]string{
+						annotations.NEGAnnotationKey: `{"ingress": true,}`,
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			expect: report.Failed,
+		},
+		{
+			desc: "Service with NEG annotation which does not have ingress key",
+			svc: corev1.Service{
+				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+					Name:      "svc-1",
+					Namespace: "test",
+					Annotations: map[string]string{
+						annotations.NEGAnnotationKey: `{"exposed_ports": {"80":{"name": "neg1"}}}`,
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			expect: report.Failed,
+		},
+		{
+			desc: "Service with correct NEG annotation",
+			svc: corev1.Service{
+				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+					Name:      "svc-1",
+					Namespace: "test",
+					Annotations: map[string]string{
+						annotations.NEGAnnotationKey: `{"ingress": true}`,
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			expect: report.Passed,
+		},
+	} {
+		res, _ := CheckL7ILBNegAnnotation(&tc.svc)
+		if res != tc.expect {
+			t.Errorf("For test case %q, expect check result = %s, but got %s", tc.desc, tc.expect, res)
+		}
+	}
+}