diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/web-servers/nginx/default.nix b/nixos/modules/services/web-servers/nginx/default.nix
index 4a1b6de2873..512da831aa3 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/web-servers/nginx/default.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/web-servers/nginx/default.nix
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ let
     user ${cfg.user} ${cfg.group};
     daemon off;
     ${cfg.config}
+    ${cfg.appendConfig}
   '';
 in
 
@@ -36,6 +37,19 @@ in
         ";
       };
 
+      appendConfig = mkOption {
+        type = types.lines;
+        default = "";
+        description = ''
+          Configuration lines appended to the generated Nginx
+          configuration file. Commonly used by different modules
+          providing http snippets. <option>appendConfig</option>
+          can be specified more than once and it's value will be
+          concatenated (contrary to <option>config</option> which
+          can be set only once).
+        '';
+      };
+
       stateDir = mkOption {
         default = "/var/spool/nginx";
         description = "