diff --git a/manifests/init.pp b/manifests/init.pp
index e4b1d6d2f..1c1f9607a 100644
--- a/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/manifests/init.pp
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@
   Integer $worker_rlimit_nofile                              = 1024,
   $ssl_protocols                                             = 'TLSv1 TLSv1.1 TLSv1.2',
   $ssl_ciphers                                               = 'ECDHE-ECDSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305:ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:DHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-SHA:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-SHA384:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-SHA:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA:DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256:DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA:DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA256:DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA:ECDHE-ECDSA-DES-CBC3-SHA:ECDHE-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA:EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA:AES128-GCM-SHA256:AES256-GCM-SHA384:AES128-SHA256:AES256-SHA256:AES128-SHA:AES256-SHA:DES-CBC3-SHA:!DSS',
+  Optional[Stdlib::Unixpath] $ssl_dhparam                    = undef,
 
   ### START Package Configuration ###
   $package_ensure                                            = present,
diff --git a/manifests/resource/mailhost.pp b/manifests/resource/mailhost.pp
index b2b3466a0..6b508ee27 100644
--- a/manifests/resource/mailhost.pp
+++ b/manifests/resource/mailhost.pp
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
   String $ssl_ciphers                            = $::nginx::ssl_ciphers,
   Optional[String] $ssl_client_cert              = undef,
   Optional[String] $ssl_crl                      = undef,
-  Optional[String] $ssl_dhparam                  = undef,
+  Optional[String] $ssl_dhparam                  = $::nginx::ssl_dhparam,
   Optional[String] $ssl_ecdh_curve               = undef,
   Optional[String] $ssl_key                      = undef,
   Optional[String] $ssl_password_file            = undef,
diff --git a/manifests/resource/server.pp b/manifests/resource/server.pp
index 0fe501901..ba9ee4205 100644
--- a/manifests/resource/server.pp
+++ b/manifests/resource/server.pp
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 #   [*ssl_verify_client*]          - Enables verification of client certificates.
 #   [*ssl_crl*]                    - String: Specifies CRL path in file system
 #   [*ssl_dhparam*]                - This directive specifies a file containing Diffie-Hellman key agreement protocol cryptographic
-#     parameters, in PEM format, utilized for exchanging session keys between server and client.
+#     parameters, in PEM format, utilized for exchanging session keys between server and client. Defaults to nginx::ssl_dhparam
 #   [*ssl_prefer_server_ciphers*]  - String: Specifies that server ciphers should be preferred over client ciphers when using the SSLv3 and
 #     TLS protocols. Defaults to nginx::ssl_prefer_server_ciphers.
 #   [*ssl_redirect*]               - Adds a server directive and return statement to force ssl redirect. Will honor ssl_port if it's set.
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@
   Optional[Variant[String, Boolean]] $ssl_cert                                   = undef,
   Optional[String] $ssl_client_cert                                              = undef,
   Optional[String] $ssl_verify_client                                            = 'on',
-  Optional[String] $ssl_dhparam                                                  = undef,
+  Optional[String] $ssl_dhparam                                                  = $::nginx::ssl_dhparam,
   Boolean $ssl_redirect                                                          = false,
   Optional[Integer] $ssl_redirect_port                                           = undef,
   Optional[Variant[String, Boolean]] $ssl_key                                    = undef,