diff --git a/tasks/steps/setup.yml b/tasks/steps/setup.yml
index d0ade96..3f4b1a5 100644
--- a/tasks/steps/setup.yml
+++ b/tasks/steps/setup.yml
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
     __nginx_user: "stackhead"
     root_group: "stackhead"
     nginx_extra_conf_options: "{{ module.config.extra_conf_options|default({}) }}"
+    nginx_extra_conf_http_options: "{{ module.config.extra_conf_http_options|default({}) }}"
   include_role:
     name: geerlingguy.nginx
 - name: adjust owner of /var/www directories
diff --git a/templates/nginx/nginx.conf.j2 b/templates/nginx/nginx.conf.j2
index 0a9c7d0..f914d26 100644
--- a/templates/nginx/nginx.conf.j2
+++ b/templates/nginx/nginx.conf.j2
@@ -25,6 +25,12 @@ events {
 {% endblock %}
 
 http {
+{% if nginx_extra_conf_http_options %}
+{% for k,v in nginx_extra_conf_http_options.items() %}
+  {{ k }}  {{ v }};
+{% endfor %}
+{% endif %}
+
 {% block http_begin %}
   # Enable gzip compression.
   include /etc/nginx/h5bp/web_performance/compression.conf;