diff --git a/roles/nginx/files/nginx.conf b/roles/nginx/files/nginx.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..83b8f9e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/nginx/files/nginx.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+user www-data;
+worker_processes auto;
+pid /run/nginx.pid;
+
+events {
+	worker_connections 768;
+	# multi_accept on;
+}
+
+http {
+
+	##
+	# Basic Settings
+	##
+
+	sendfile on;
+	tcp_nopush on;
+	tcp_nodelay on;
+	keepalive_timeout 65;
+	types_hash_max_size 2048;
+	# server_tokens off;
+
+	# server_names_hash_bucket_size 64;
+	# server_name_in_redirect off;
+
+	include /etc/nginx/mime.types;
+	default_type application/octet-stream;
+
+	##
+	# SSL Settings
+	##
+
+	ssl_protocols TLSv1 TLSv1.1 TLSv1.2; # Dropping SSLv3, ref: POODLE
+	ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on;
+	ssl_ciphers 'kEECDH+ECDSA+AES128 kEECDH+ECDSA+AES256 kEECDH+AES128 kEECDH+AES256 kEDH+AES128 kEDH+AES256 DES-CBC3-SHA +SHA !aNULL !eNULL !LOW !kECDH !DSS !MD5 !EXP !PSK !SRP !CAMELLIA !SEED';
+
+	##
+	# Logging Settings
+	##
+
+	access_log /var/log/nginx/access.log;
+	error_log /var/log/nginx/error.log;
+
+	##
+	# Gzip Settings
+	##
+
+	gzip on;
+	gzip_disable "msie6";
+
+	# gzip_vary on;
+	# gzip_proxied any;
+	# gzip_comp_level 6;
+	# gzip_buffers 16 8k;
+	# gzip_http_version 1.1;
+	# gzip_types text/plain text/css application/json application/javascript text/xml application/xml application/xml+rss text/javascript;
+
+	##
+	# Virtual Host Configs
+	##
+
+	include /etc/nginx/conf.d/*.conf;
+	include /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/*;
+}
diff --git a/roles/nginx/tasks/main.yml b/roles/nginx/tasks/main.yml
index 1a18841..b16a2a5 100644
--- a/roles/nginx/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/nginx/tasks/main.yml
@@ -28,7 +28,12 @@
   - /etc/nginx/dhparam.pem
   tags: nginx
 
-- name: Configure nginx
+- name: Configure nginx default vhost
+  copy: src=nginx.conf dest=/etc/nginx/nginx.conf
+  notify: Restart nginx
+  tags: nginx
+
+- name: Configure nginx default vhost
   template: src=default.j2 dest=/etc/nginx/sites-available/default
   notify: Restart nginx
   tags: nginx