diff --git a/docs/README.md b/docs/README.md
index 431fe60..2e0c7ad 100644
--- a/docs/README.md
+++ b/docs/README.md
@@ -614,6 +614,8 @@ If you are using multiple hostnames for a single container (e.g. `VIRTUAL_HOST=e
 { echo 'server_tokens off;'; echo 'client_max_body_size 100m;'; } > /path/to/vhost.d/www.example.com
 ln -s /path/to/vhost.d/www.example.com /path/to/vhost.d/example.com
 ```
+#### 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.
 
 #### Per-VIRTUAL_HOST default configuration
 
diff --git a/nginx.tmpl b/nginx.tmpl
index a0be212..76d082f 100644
--- a/nginx.tmpl
+++ b/nginx.tmpl
@@ -600,6 +600,9 @@ server {
         {{- if $globals.enable_ipv6 }}
     listen [::]:{{ $globals.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 }}
 
     # Do not HTTPS redirect Let's Encrypt ACME challenge
     location ^~ /.well-known/acme-challenge/ {