diff --git a/plugins/nginx-vhosts/functions b/plugins/nginx-vhosts/functions
index fa4718605..4f57c7aaf 100755
--- a/plugins/nginx-vhosts/functions
+++ b/plugins/nginx-vhosts/functions
@@ -191,6 +191,28 @@ is_spdy_enabled() {
   echo $HAS_SUPPORT
 }
 
+is_http2_push_enabled() {
+  declare desc="detects whether the installed nginx version has http2 push support"
+  local NGINX_VERSION="$1"
+  local MAJOR_VERSION MINOR_VERSION PATCH_VERSION
+  local HAS_SUPPORT=false
+
+  MAJOR_VERSION=$(echo "$NGINX_VERSION" | awk '{split($0,a,"."); print a[1]}')
+  MINOR_VERSION=$(echo "$NGINX_VERSION" | awk '{split($0,a,"."); print a[2]}')
+  PATCH_VERSION=$(echo "$NGINX_VERSION" | awk '{split($0,a,"."); print a[3]}')
+  if [[ "$MAJOR_VERSION" -ge "2" ]]; then
+    HAS_SUPPORT=true
+  elif [[ "$MAJOR_VERSION" -eq "1" ]]; then
+    if [[ "$MINOR_VERSION" -eq "13" ]] && [[ "$PATCH_VERSION" -ge "9" ]]; then
+      HAS_SUPPORT=true
+    elif [[ "$MINOR_VERSION" -ge "14" ]]; then
+      HAS_SUPPORT=true
+    fi
+  fi
+
+  echo $HAS_SUPPORT
+}
+
 is_http2_enabled() {
   declare desc="detects whether the installed nginx version has http2 support"
   local NGINX_VERSION="$1"
@@ -285,7 +307,7 @@ nginx_build_config() {
       done
     fi
 
-    local NGINX_LOCATION NGINX_VERSION SPDY_SUPPORTED HTTP2_SUPPORTED
+    local NGINX_LOCATION NGINX_VERSION SPDY_SUPPORTED HTTP2_SUPPORTED HTTP2_PUSH_SUPPORTED
     NGINX_LOCATION=$(get_nginx_location)
     if [[ -z "$NGINX_LOCATION" ]]; then
       exit 1;
@@ -293,6 +315,7 @@ nginx_build_config() {
     NGINX_VERSION="$("$NGINX_LOCATION" -v 2>&1 | cut -d'/' -f 2)"
     SPDY_SUPPORTED="$(is_spdy_enabled "$NGINX_VERSION")"
     HTTP2_SUPPORTED="$(is_http2_enabled "$NGINX_VERSION")"
+    HTTP2_PUSH_SUPPORTED="$(is_http2_push_enabled "$NGINX_VERSION")"
 
     PROXY_PORT_MAP=$(echo "$PROXY_PORT_MAP" | xargs) # trailing spaces mess up default template
 
@@ -304,6 +327,7 @@ nginx_build_config() {
           PASSED_LISTEN_IP_PORT="$PASSED_LISTEN_IP_PORT"
           SPDY_SUPPORTED="$SPDY_SUPPORTED"
           HTTP2_SUPPORTED="$HTTP2_SUPPORTED"
+          HTTP2_PUSH_SUPPORTED="$HTTP2_PUSH_SUPPORTED"
           DOKKU_APP_LISTEN_PORT="$DOKKU_APP_LISTEN_PORT" DOKKU_APP_LISTEN_IP="$DOKKU_APP_LISTEN_IP"
           APP_SSL_PATH="$APP_SSL_PATH" SSL_INUSE="$SSL_INUSE" SSL_SERVER_NAME="$SSL_SERVER_NAME"
           # @TODO: Remove this after a few versions
diff --git a/plugins/nginx-vhosts/templates/nginx.conf.sigil b/plugins/nginx-vhosts/templates/nginx.conf.sigil
index 3f2036fdf..360ba4a6a 100644
--- a/plugins/nginx-vhosts/templates/nginx.conf.sigil
+++ b/plugins/nginx-vhosts/templates/nginx.conf.sigil
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ server {
     gzip_comp_level  6;
 
     proxy_pass  http://{{ $.APP }}-{{ $upstream_port }};
+    {{ if eq $.HTTP2_PUSH_SUPPORTED "true" }}http2_push_preload on; {{ end }}
     proxy_http_version 1.1;
     proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
     proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade";