diff --git a/contrib/dokku-installer.py b/contrib/dokku-installer.py
index e7e27f784..741ce51d3 100755
--- a/contrib/dokku-installer.py
+++ b/contrib/dokku-installer.py
@@ -47,12 +47,23 @@ except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
     ufw_display = 'none'
 
 
+nginx_dir = '/etc/nginx'
+nginx_init = '/etc/init.d/nginx'
+try:
+    command = "test -x /usr/bin/openresty"
+    subprocess.check_output(command, shell=True).strip()
+    nginx_dir = '/usr/local/openresty/nginx/conf'
+    nginx_init = '/etc/init.d/openresty'
+except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
+    pass
+
+
 def check_boot():
     if 'onboot' not in sys.argv:
         return
     init_dir = os.getenv('INIT_DIR', '/etc/init')
     systemd_dir = os.getenv('SYSTEMD_DIR', '/etc/systemd/system')
-    nginx_dir = os.getenv('NGINX_DIR', '/etc/nginx/conf.d')
+    nginx_conf_dir = os.getenv('NGINX_CONF_DIR', '{0}/conf.d'.format(nginx_dir))
 
     if os.path.exists(init_dir):
         with open('{0}/dokku-installer.conf'.format(init_dir), 'w') as f:
@@ -79,7 +90,7 @@ def check_boot():
             f.write("  }\n")
             f.write("}\n")
 
-    subprocess.call('rm -f /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/*', shell=True)
+    subprocess.call('rm -f {0}/sites-enabled/*'.format(nginx_dir), shell=True)
     sys.exit(0)
 
 
@@ -203,7 +214,7 @@ class DeleteInstallerThread(object):
         thread.start()
 
     def run(self):
-        command = "rm /etc/nginx/conf.d/dokku-installer.conf && /etc/init.d/nginx stop && /etc/init.d/nginx start"
+        command = "rm {0}/conf.d/dokku-installer.conf && {1} stop && {1} start".format(nginx_dir, nginx_init)
         try:
             subprocess.call(command, shell=True)
         except:
diff --git a/debian/postinst b/debian/postinst
index 43c659402..de453d037 100755
--- a/debian/postinst
+++ b/debian/postinst
@@ -89,7 +89,10 @@ setup-sshcommand() {
 }
 
 setup-dokku-installer() {
-  if [[ -f /etc/nginx/conf.d/dokku-installer.conf ]]; then
+  NGINX_ROOT="/etc/nginx"
+  [[ -x /usr/bin/openresty ]] && NGINX_ROOT="/usr/local/openresty/nginx/conf"
+
+  if [[ -f "$NGINX_ROOT/conf.d/dokku-installer.conf" ]]; then
     echo "Setting up dokku-installer"
     /usr/share/dokku/contrib/dokku-installer.py onboot
 
diff --git a/debian/postrm b/debian/postrm
index b37c0578d..f58c4869a 100755
--- a/debian/postrm
+++ b/debian/postrm
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ main() {
   fi
 
   if [[ "$1" == "purge" ]]; then
+    rm -f /usr/local/openresty/nginx/conf/conf.d/dokku.conf
+    rm -f /usr/local/openresty/nginx/conf/conf.d/dokku-installer.conf
     rm -f /etc/nginx/conf.d/dokku.conf
     rm -f /etc/nginx/conf.d/dokku-installer.conf
     rm -f ${DOKKU_ROOT}/.dokkurc ${DOKKU_ROOT}/dokkurc ${DOKKU_ROOT}/tls
diff --git a/debian/preinst b/debian/preinst
index c9a055344..3baaba9aa 100755
--- a/debian/preinst
+++ b/debian/preinst
@@ -7,41 +7,53 @@ if [[ -e /usr/share/debconf/confmodule ]]; then
   . /usr/share/debconf/confmodule
 fi
 
+setup_dokku_installer() {
+  NGINX_BASE_PATH="$1"
+  NGINX_INIT_NAME="$2"
+
+  NGINX_CONF="${NGINX_BASE_PATH}/conf.d/dokku-installer.conf"
+
+  rm -f $NGINX_CONF
+  touch $NGINX_CONF
+
+  {
+    echo 'upstream dokku-installer { server 127.0.0.1:2000; }'
+    echo 'server {'
+    echo '  listen      80;'
+    echo '  location    / {'
+    echo '    proxy_pass  http://dokku-installer;'
+    echo '  }'
+    echo '}'
+  } >>$NGINX_CONF
+
+  rm -f $NGINX_BASE_PATH/sites-enabled/*
+  DOKKU_DISTRO="$(
+    . /etc/os-release >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+    echo "$ID"
+  )"
+  case "$DOKKU_DISTRO" in
+    debian)
+      /usr/sbin/invoke-rc.d "$NGINX_INIT_NAME" reload || /usr/sbin/invoke-rc.d "$NGINX_INIT_NAME" start
+      ;;
+    ubuntu)
+      if [[ -x /usr/bin/sv ]]; then
+        /usr/bin/sv reload "$NGINX_INIT_NAME" || /usr/bin/sv start "$NGINX_INIT_NAME"
+      else
+        "/etc/init.d/$NGINX_INIT_NAME" reload || "/etc/init.d/$NGINX_INIT_NAME" start
+      fi
+      ;;
+  esac
+}
+
 case "$1" in
   install)
     db_get "dokku/web_config"
     if [ "$RET" = "true" ]; then
-      NGINX_CONF="/etc/nginx/conf.d/dokku-installer.conf"
-
-      rm -f $NGINX_CONF
-      touch $NGINX_CONF
-
-      {
-        echo 'upstream dokku-installer { server 127.0.0.1:2000; }'
-        echo 'server {'
-        echo '  listen      80;'
-        echo '  location    / {'
-        echo '    proxy_pass  http://dokku-installer;'
-        echo '  }'
-        echo '}'
-      } >>$NGINX_CONF
-
-      rm -f /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/*
-      DOKKU_DISTRO="$(
-        . /etc/os-release >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
-        echo "$ID"
-      )"
-      case "$DOKKU_DISTRO" in
-        debian)
-          NGINX_INIT="/usr/sbin/invoke-rc.d"
-          "$NGINX_INIT" nginx reload || "$NGINX_INIT" nginx start
-          ;;
-        ubuntu)
-          NGINX_INIT="/etc/init.d/nginx"
-          "$NGINX_INIT" reload || "$NGINX_INIT" start
-          ;;
-      esac
-      exit 0
+      if [[ -x /usr/bin/openresty ]]; then
+        setup_dokku_installer "/usr/local/openresty/nginx/conf" "openresty"
+      else
+        setup_dokku_installer "/etc/nginx" "nginx"
+      fi
     fi
 
     db_get "dokku/skip_key_file"