diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/web-servers/nginx/default.nix b/nixos/modules/services/web-servers/nginx/default.nix
index 1a39fe43bbe..62153613355 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/web-servers/nginx/default.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/web-servers/nginx/default.nix
@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@ let
     user ${cfg.user} ${cfg.group};
     daemon off;
     ${cfg.config}
+    ${optionalString (cfg.httpConfig != "") ''
+    http {
+      ${cfg.httpConfig}
+    }
+    ''}
     ${cfg.appendConfig}
   '';
 in
@@ -51,6 +56,12 @@ in
         '';
       };
 
+      httpConfig = mkOption {
+        type = types.lines;
+        default = "";
+        description = "Configuration lines to be appended inside of the http {} block.";
+      };
+
       stateDir = mkOption {
         default = "/var/spool/nginx";
         description = "