diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index cf778c634..ce9a2b6ed 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ Version: 0.20.4
 Section: web
 Priority: optional
 Architecture: amd64
-Depends: locales, git, cpio, curl, man-db, netcat, sshcommand (>= 0.10.0), gliderlabs-sigil, docker-engine-cs (>= 1.13.0) | docker-engine (>= 1.13.0) | docker-io (>= 1.13.0) | docker.io (>= 1.13.0) | docker-ce (>= 1.13.0) | docker-ee (>= 1.13.0), net-tools, software-properties-common, procfile-util, python-software-properties | python3-software-properties, rsyslog, dos2unix, jq
+Depends: locales, git, cpio, curl, man-db, netcat, sshcommand (>= 0.10.0), docker-engine-cs (>= 1.13.0) | docker-engine (>= 1.13.0) | docker-io (>= 1.13.0) | docker.io (>= 1.13.0) | docker-ce (>= 1.13.0) | docker-ee (>= 1.13.0), net-tools, software-properties-common, procfile-util, python-software-properties | python3-software-properties, rsyslog, dos2unix, jq
 Recommends: herokuish (>= 0.3.4), parallel, dokku-update, dokku-event-listener
-Pre-Depends: nginx (>= 1.8.0) | openresty, dnsutils, cgroupfs-mount | cgroup-lite, plugn (>= 0.3.0), sudo, python3, debconf
+Pre-Depends: gliderlabs-sigil, nginx (>= 1.8.0) | openresty, dnsutils, cgroupfs-mount | cgroup-lite, plugn (>= 0.3.0), sudo, python3, debconf
 Maintainer: Jose Diaz-Gonzalez <dokku@josediazgonzalez.com>
 Description: Docker-powered PaaS that helps build and manage the lifecycle of applications
  Dokku is an extensible, open source Platform as a Service
diff --git a/docs/development/plugin-triggers.md b/docs/development/plugin-triggers.md
index adfd0a0e4..b5142f41d 100644
--- a/docs/development/plugin-triggers.md
+++ b/docs/development/plugin-triggers.md
@@ -854,6 +854,21 @@ set -eo pipefail; [[ $DOKKU_TRACE ]] && set -x
 # TODO
 ```
 
+### `nginx-dokku-template-source`
+
+- Description: Customize the source location of the `dokku.conf` nginx configuration file
+- Invoked by: `nginx-vhosts#install`
+- Arguments:
+- Example:
+
+```shell
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -eo pipefail; [[ $DOKKU_TRACE ]] && set -x
+
+# TODO
+```
+
 ### `nginx-hostname`
 
 - Description: Allows you to customize the hostname for a given app
diff --git a/plugins/20_events/nginx-dokku-template-source b/plugins/20_events/nginx-dokku-template-source
new file mode 120000
index 000000000..5178a749f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/20_events/nginx-dokku-template-source
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+hook
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/nginx-vhosts/install b/plugins/nginx-vhosts/install
index edf6e9969..9b7ef6d79 100755
--- a/plugins/nginx-vhosts/install
+++ b/plugins/nginx-vhosts/install
@@ -61,20 +61,14 @@ trigger-nginx-vhosts-install() {
   mkdir -p "$NGINX_ROOT/conf.d"
   chown root:root "$NGINX_ROOT/dhparam.pem"
   chown root:root "$NGINX_ROOT/conf.d"
-  cat <<EOF >"$NGINX_ROOT/conf.d/dokku.conf"
-include $DOKKU_ROOT/*/nginx.conf;
+  # cat <<EOF >"$NGINX_ROOT/conf.d/dokku.conf"
+  local DOKKU_TEMPLATE="$PLUGIN_AVAILABLE_PATH/nginx-vhosts/templates/dokku.conf.sigil"
+  CUSTOM_DOKKU_TEMPLATE="$(plugn trigger nginx-dokku-template-source)"
+  if [[ -n "$CUSTOM_DOKKU_TEMPLATE" ]] && [[ -f "$CUSTOM_DOKKU_TEMPLATE" ]]; then
+    DOKKU_TEMPLATE="$CUSTOM_DOKKU_TEMPLATE"
+  fi
 
-server_tokens off;
-
-# Settings from https://mozilla.github.io/server-side-tls/ssl-config-generator/
-ssl_session_cache   shared:SSL:20m;
-ssl_session_timeout 1d;
-ssl_session_tickets off;
-
-ssl_dhparam $NGINX_ROOT/dhparam.pem;
-ssl_ciphers ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-ECDSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305:ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305:DHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384;
-
-EOF
+  sigil -f "$DOKKU_TEMPLATE" DOKKU_ROOT="$DOKKU_ROOT" NGINX_ROOT="$NGINX_ROOT" | cat -s >"$NGINX_ROOT/conf.d/dokku.conf"
 
   # allow users to override their server_names_hash_bucket_size
   if [[ ! -f "$NGINX_ROOT/conf.d/server_names_hash_bucket_size.conf" ]]; then
diff --git a/plugins/nginx-vhosts/templates/dokku.conf.sigil b/plugins/nginx-vhosts/templates/dokku.conf.sigil
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ecc76fe6e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/nginx-vhosts/templates/dokku.conf.sigil
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+include {{ $.DOKKU_ROOT }}/*/nginx.conf;
+
+server_tokens off;
+
+# Settings from https://mozilla.github.io/server-side-tls/ssl-config-generator/
+ssl_session_cache   shared:SSL:20m;
+ssl_session_timeout 1d;
+ssl_session_tickets off;
+
+ssl_dhparam {{ $.NGINX_ROOT }}/dhparam.pem;
+ssl_ciphers ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-ECDSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305:ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305:DHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384;