diff --git a/pkgs/servers/http/nginx/default.upstream b/pkgs/servers/http/nginx/default.upstream
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c2013901743
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/servers/http/nginx/default.upstream
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+url http://nginx.org/en/download.html
+version_link '.*-([0-9]+[.][0-9]*[02468]([.][0-9]+)*)[.]tar[.][a-z0-9]*$' 
+
+do_overwrite() {
+  ensure_hash
+  set_var_value version "$CURRENT_VERSION"
+  set_var_value sha256 "$CURRENT_HASH"
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/http/nginx/unstable.upstream b/pkgs/servers/http/nginx/unstable.upstream
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7bb02549959
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/servers/http/nginx/unstable.upstream
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+url http://nginx.org/en/download.html
+version_link '.*-([0-9]+[.][0-9]+([.][0-9]+)*)[.]tar[.][a-z0-9]*$' 
+
+do_overwrite() {
+  ensure_hash
+  set_var_value version "$CURRENT_VERSION"
+  set_var_value sha256 "$CURRENT_HASH"
+}