diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9b13463..396874a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -163,6 +163,22 @@ nginx-proxy will then redirect all requests to a container where `VIRTUAL_HOST`
 
     $ docker run -d -e VIRTUAL_HOST=foo.bar.com nginx
 
+### Non-Docker Host
+
+If you want to proxy a web server that is not a docker conatiner but still want the benefit of [jwilder/docker-gen](https://index.docker.io/u/jwilder/docker-gen/) and [letsencrypt-nginx-proxy-companion](https://github.com/JrCs/docker-letsencrypt-nginx-proxy-companion) you can use a dummy container that just provideds the necessary upstream address to generate the nginx config.
+
+Start a [dummy container](https://hub.docker.com/r/cwempe/docker-dummy/) and define `VIRTUAL_HOST`, `UPSTREAM_NAME` (and `VIRTUAL_PORT` if the port is not 80) with the address of your web server.
+Make sure nginx is able to connect to the web server.
+
+```console
+$ docker run -d \
+    -e VIRTUAL_HOST=foo.bar.com \
+    -e VIRTUAL_PORT=8080 \
+    -e UPSTREAM_NAME=webserver.local \
+    --rm \
+    cwempe/docker-dummy:latest
+```
+
 ### Separate Containers
 
 nginx-proxy can also be run as two separate containers using the [jwilder/docker-gen](https://hub.docker.com/r/jwilder/docker-gen)
diff --git a/nginx.tmpl b/nginx.tmpl
index 9d90241..5597281 100644
--- a/nginx.tmpl
+++ b/nginx.tmpl
@@ -16,7 +16,13 @@
 		{{ end }}
 	{{ else if .Network }}
 		# {{ .Container.Name }}
-		{{ if .Network.IP }}
+		{{ if .Container.Env.UPSTREAM_NAME }}
+			{{ if .Container.Env.VIRTUAL_PORT }}
+				server {{ .Container.Env.UPSTREAM_NAME }}:{{ .Container.Env.VIRTUAL_PORT }};
+			{{ else }}
+				server {{ .Container.Env.UPSTREAM_NAME }};
+			{{ end }}
+		{{ else if .Network.IP }}
 			server {{ .Network.IP }} down;
 		{{ else }}
 			server 127.0.0.1 down;
@@ -184,9 +190,14 @@ upstream {{ $upstream_name }} {
 
 	{{ range $knownNetwork := $CurrentContainer.Networks }}
 		{{ range $containerNetwork := $container.Networks }}
-			{{ if (and (ne $containerNetwork.Name "ingress") (or (eq $knownNetwork.Name $containerNetwork.Name) (eq $knownNetwork.Name "host"))) }}
-				## Can be connected with "{{ $containerNetwork.Name }}" network
-
+			{{ if (and (ne $containerNetwork.Name "ingress") (or (or (eq $knownNetwork.Name $containerNetwork.Name) (eq $knownNetwork.Name "host")) $container.Env.UPSTREAM_NAME)) }}
+				{{/* Define $upstream_name if the host is not a docker container */}}
+				{{ if $container.Env.UPSTREAM_NAME }}
+					{{ $upstream_name := $container.Env.UPSTREAM_NAME }}
+					## Host is not a docker container
+				{{ else }}
+					## Can be connected with "{{ $containerNetwork.Name }}" network
+				{{ end }}
 				{{/* If only 1 port exposed, use that */}}
 				{{ if eq $addrLen 1 }}
 					{{ $address := index $container.Addresses 0 }}