diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/web-servers/nginx/default.nix b/nixos/modules/services/web-servers/nginx/default.nix
index 815c3147e64..0aa780bf6da 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/web-servers/nginx/default.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/web-servers/nginx/default.nix
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ let
       ${toString (flip mapAttrsToList upstream.servers (name: server: ''
         server ${name} ${optionalString server.backup "backup"};
       ''))}
+      ${upstream.extraConfig}
     }
   ''));
 
@@ -492,6 +493,13 @@ in
               '';
               default = {};
             };
+            extraConfig = mkOption {
+              type = types.lines;
+              default = "";
+              description = ''
+                These lines go to the end of the upstream verbatim.
+              '';
+            };
           };
         });
         description = ''