diff --git a/manifests/config.pp b/manifests/config.pp
index 45c1f86..d951693 100644
--- a/manifests/config.pp
+++ b/manifests/config.pp
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ class nginx::config(
   $multi_accept                   = 'off',
   $names_hash_bucket_size         = '64',
   $names_hash_max_size            = '512',
+  $nginx_cfg_prepend              = false,
   $proxy_buffers                  = '32 4k',
   $proxy_buffer_size              = '8k',
   $proxy_cache_inactive           = '20m',
@@ -151,6 +152,12 @@ class nginx::config(
     }
   }
 
+  if ($nginx_cfg_prepend != false) {
+    if !(is_hash($nginx_cfg_prepend) or is_array($nginx_cfg_prepend)) {
+      fail('$nginx_cfg_prepend must be either a hash or array')
+    }
+  }
+
   validate_string($nginx_error_log)
   validate_string($http_access_log)
   validate_string($proxy_headers_hash_bucket_size)
diff --git a/templates/conf.d/nginx.conf.erb b/templates/conf.d/nginx.conf.erb
index f3d97f0..fa1de06 100644
--- a/templates/conf.d/nginx.conf.erb
+++ b/templates/conf.d/nginx.conf.erb
@@ -11,6 +11,15 @@ pid        <%= @pid %>;
 <% end -%>
 error_log  <%= @nginx_error_log %>;
 
+<% if @nginx_cfg_prepend -%>
+  <%- field_width = @nginx_cfg_prepend.inject(0) { |l,(k,v)| k.size > l ? k.size : l } -%>
+  <%- @nginx_cfg_prepend.sort_by{|k,v| k}.each do |key,value| -%>
+    <%- Array(value).each do |asubvalue| -%>
+      <%= sprintf("%-*s", field_width, key) %> <%= asubvalue %>;
+    <%- end -%>
+  <%- end -%>
+<% end -%>
+
 events {
   worker_connections <%= @worker_connections -%>;
   <%- if @multi_accept == 'on' -%>