diff --git a/docs/README.md b/docs/README.md
index 7bc6f12..32df921 100644
--- a/docs/README.md
+++ b/docs/README.md
@@ -844,6 +844,8 @@ docker run --detach \
   --volume /path/to/custom-vhost-config.conf:/etc/nginx/vhost.d/app.example.com:ro \
   nginxproxy/nginx-proxy
 ```
+#### Per-VIRTUAL_HOST http location
+To add settings on a per-`VIRTUAL_HOST` basis but for the http part, add your configuration file under `/etc/nginx/vhost.d` just like the previous section except with the suffix `_http`. This allow you to add configuration before the https redirection like the acme challenge. This is mostly usefull for all others 'not supporting https redirect' `.well-known` URIs.
 
 </details>
 
diff --git a/nginx.tmpl b/nginx.tmpl
index 14e30ca..d106a14 100644
--- a/nginx.tmpl
+++ b/nginx.tmpl
@@ -891,6 +891,9 @@ server {
         {{- if $globals.config.enable_ipv6 }}
     listen [::]:{{ $globals.config.external_http_port }} {{ $default_server }};
         {{- end }}
+        {{- if (exists (printf "/etc/nginx/vhost.d/%s_http" $host)) }}
+    include {{ printf "/etc/nginx/vhost.d/%s_http" $host }};
+        {{- end }}
 
         {{- if (or $vhost.acme_http_challenge_legacy $vhost.acme_http_challenge_enabled) }}
     # Do not HTTPS redirect Let's Encrypt ACME challenge