diff --git a/manifests/config.pp b/manifests/config.pp
index 5f80ecd..cdb989a 100644
--- a/manifests/config.pp
+++ b/manifests/config.pp
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ class nginx::config(
   ### END Module/App Configuration ###
 
   ### START Nginx Configuration ###
+  $accept_mutex                   = 'on',
+  $accept_mutex_delay             = '500ms',
   $client_body_buffer_size        = '128k',
   $client_max_body_size           = '10m',
   $events_use                     = false,
diff --git a/spec/classes/config_spec.rb b/spec/classes/config_spec.rb
index b1d775f..2207b79 100644
--- a/spec/classes/config_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/config_spec.rb
@@ -124,6 +124,24 @@ describe 'nginx::config' do
           :value => false,
           :notmatch => /pid/,
         },
+        {
+          :title => 'should set accept_mutex on',
+          :attr  => 'accept_mutex',
+          :value => 'on',
+          :match => '  accept_mutex on;',
+        },
+        {
+          :title => 'should set accept_mutex off',
+          :attr  => 'accept_mutex',
+          :value => 'off',
+          :match => '  accept_mutex off;',
+        },
+        {
+          :title => 'should set accept_mutex_delay',
+          :attr  => 'accept_mutex_delay',
+          :value => '500s',
+          :match => '  accept_mutex_delay 500s;',
+        },
         {
           :title => 'should set worker_connections',
           :attr  => 'worker_connections',
diff --git a/templates/conf.d/nginx.conf.erb b/templates/conf.d/nginx.conf.erb
index f239d9f..06b8f2f 100644
--- a/templates/conf.d/nginx.conf.erb
+++ b/templates/conf.d/nginx.conf.erb
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ error_log  <%= @nginx_error_log %> <%= @nginx_error_log_severity %>;
 <% end -%>
 
 events {
+  accept_mutex <%= @accept_mutex %>;
+  <%- if @accept_mutex_delay -%>
+  accept_mutex_delay <%= @accept_mutex_delay %>;
+  <%- end -%>
   worker_connections <%= @worker_connections -%>;
   <%- if @multi_accept == 'on' -%>
     multi_accept on;