diff --git a/nginx.tmpl b/nginx.tmpl
index 6300d89..13b8d99 100644
--- a/nginx.tmpl
+++ b/nginx.tmpl
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@
 		{{/* If we got the containers from swarm and this container's port is published to host, use host IP:PORT */}}
 		{{ if and .Container.Node.ID .Address.HostPort }}
 			# {{ .Container.Node.Name }}/{{ .Container.Name }}
-			server {{ .Container.Node.Address.IP }}:{{ .Address.HostPort }};
+			server {{ .Container.Node.Address.IP }}:{{ .Address.HostPort }} weight={{ .Weight }};
 		{{/* If there is no swarm node or the port is not published on host, use container's IP:PORT */}}
 		{{ else }}
 			# {{ .Container.Name }}
-			server {{ .Address.IP }}:{{ .Address.Port }};
+			server {{ .Address.IP }}:{{ .Address.Port }} weight={{ .Weight }};
 		{{ end }}
 	{{ else }}
 		# {{ .Container.Name }}
@@ -74,16 +74,21 @@ server {
 
 upstream {{ $host }} {
 {{ range $container := $containers }}
+	{{ if $container.Env.VIRTUAL_WEIGHT }}
+		{{ $weight := $container.Env.VIRTUAL_WEIGHT }}
+	{{ else }}
+		{{ $weight := 1 }}
+	{{end }}
 	{{ $addrLen := len $container.Addresses }}
 	{{/* If only 1 port exposed, use that */}}
 	{{ if eq $addrLen 1 }}
 		{{ $address := index $container.Addresses 0 }}
-		{{ template "upstream" (dict "Container" $container "Address" $address) }}
+		{{ template "upstream" (dict "Container" $container "Address" $address "Weight" $weight) }}
 	{{/* If more than one port exposed, use the one matching VIRTUAL_PORT env var, falling back to standard web port 80 */}}
 	{{ else }}
 		{{ $port := coalesce $container.Env.VIRTUAL_PORT "80" }}
 		{{ $address := where $container.Addresses "Port" $port | first }}
-		{{ template "upstream" (dict "Container" $container "Address" $address) }}
+		{{ template "upstream" (dict "Container" $container "Address" $address "Weight" $weight) }}
 	{{ end }}
 {{ end }}
 }