diff --git a/README.markdown b/README.markdown
index 46afaaa54..1a37e27ca 100644
--- a/README.markdown
+++ b/README.markdown
@@ -66,3 +66,30 @@ Add an smtp proxy
      }
    }
 </pre>
+
+# Hiera Support
+Define the nginx resources in Hiera. Here are the examples:
+
+<pre>
+nginx::nginx_upstreams:
+  'puppet_rack_app':
+    ensure: present
+    members:
+      - localhost:3000
+      - localhost:3001
+      - localhost:3002 
+nginx::nginx_vhosts:
+  'www.puppetlabs.com':
+    www_root: '/var/www/www.puppetlabs.com'
+  'rack.puppetlabs.com':
+    ensure: present
+    proxy: 'http://puppet_rack_app'
+nginx::nginx_locations:
+  'static':
+    location: '~ "^/static/[0-9a-fA-F]{8}\/(.*)$"'
+    vhost: www.puppetlabs.com
+  'userContent':
+    location: /userContent
+    vhost: www.puppetlabs.com
+    www_root: /var/www/html
+</pre>
diff --git a/manifests/config.pp b/manifests/config.pp
index cb1d65692..000afbeba 100644
--- a/manifests/config.pp
+++ b/manifests/config.pp
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@
   $proxy_cache_inactive   = $nginx::params::nx_proxy_cache_inactive,
   $proxy_http_version     = $nginx::params::nx_proxy_http_version,
   $types_hash_max_size    = $nginx::params::nx_types_hash_max_size,
-  $types_hash_bucket_size = $nginx::params::nx_types_hash_bucket_size
+  $types_hash_bucket_size = $nginx::params::nx_types_hash_bucket_size,
+  $http_cfg_append        = $nginx::params::nx_http_cfg_append
 ) inherits nginx::params {
   File {
     owner => 'root',
diff --git a/manifests/init.pp b/manifests/init.pp
index abd972b88..49651fda2 100644
--- a/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/manifests/init.pp
@@ -42,7 +42,11 @@
   $configtest_enable      = $nginx::params::nx_configtest_enable,
   $service_restart        = $nginx::params::nx_service_restart,
   $mail                   = $nginx::params::nx_mail,
-  $server_tokens          = $nginx::params::nx_server_tokens
+  $server_tokens          = $nginx::params::nx_server_tokens,
+  $http_cfg_append        = $nginx::params::nx_http_cfg_append,
+  $nginx_vhosts           = {},
+  $nginx_upstreams        = {},
+  $nginx_locations        = {},
 ) inherits nginx::params {
 
   include stdlib
@@ -63,6 +67,7 @@
     proxy_cache_inactive  => $proxy_cache_inactive,
     confd_purge           => $confd_purge,
     server_tokens         => $server_tokens,
+    http_cfg_append       => $http_cfg_append,
     require               => Class['nginx::package'],
     notify                => Class['nginx::service'],
   }
@@ -72,6 +77,13 @@
     service_restart   => $service_restart,
   }
 
+  validate_hash($nginx_upstreams)
+  create_resources('nginx::resource::upstream', $nginx_upstreams)
+  validate_hash($nginx_vhosts)
+  create_resources('nginx::resource::vhost', $nginx_vhosts)
+  validate_hash($nginx_locations)
+  create_resources('nginx::resource::location', $nginx_locations)
+
   # Allow the end user to establish relationships to the "main" class
   # and preserve the relationship to the implementation classes through
   # a transitive relationship to the composite class.
diff --git a/manifests/params.pp b/manifests/params.pp
index 54821330e..4e3bf0b6f 100644
--- a/manifests/params.pp
+++ b/manifests/params.pp
@@ -25,7 +25,9 @@
   $nx_types_hash_bucket_size  = 512
   $nx_names_hash_bucket_size  = 64
   $nx_multi_accept            = off
-  $nx_events_use         = false # One of [kqueue|rtsig|epoll|/dev/poll|select|poll|eventport] or false to use OS default
+# One of [kqueue|rtsig|epoll|/dev/poll|select|poll|eventport]
+# or false to use OS default
+  $nx_events_use              = false
   $nx_sendfile                = on
   $nx_keepalive_timeout       = 65
   $nx_tcp_nodelay             = on
@@ -70,12 +72,16 @@
     /(?i-mx:fedora|rhel|redhat|centos|scientific|suse|opensuse|amazon|gentoo)/ => 'nginx',
   }
 
-  # Service restart after Nginx 0.7.53 could also be just "/path/to/nginx/bin -s HUP"
-  # Some init scripts do a configtest, some don't. If configtest_enable it's true
-  # then service restart will take $nx_service_restart value, forcing configtest.
+  # Service restart after Nginx 0.7.53 could also be just
+  # "/path/to/nginx/bin -s HUP" Some init scripts do a configtest, some don't.
+  # If configtest_enable it's true then service restart will take
+  # $nx_service_restart value, forcing configtest.
+
   $nx_configtest_enable = false
   $nx_service_restart = '/etc/init.d/nginx configtest && /etc/init.d/nginx restart'
 
   $nx_mail = false
 
+  $nx_http_cfg_append = false
+
 }
diff --git a/manifests/resource/vhost.pp b/manifests/resource/vhost.pp
index bc7f7954d..28d82639d 100644
--- a/manifests/resource/vhost.pp
+++ b/manifests/resource/vhost.pp
@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@
     fastcgi_script       => $fastcgi_script,
     try_files            => $try_files,
     www_root             => $www_root,
+    index_files          => $index_files,
     location_custom_cfg  => $location_custom_cfg,
     notify               => Class['nginx::service'],
   }
diff --git a/spec/classes/package_spec.rb b/spec/classes/package_spec.rb
index 6d04ff7b0..b1fcbc7a4 100644
--- a/spec/classes/package_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/package_spec.rb
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
   shared_examples 'redhat' do |operatingsystem|
     let(:facts) {{ :operatingsystem => operatingsystem }}
     it { should contain_package('nginx') }
-    it { should contain_package('GeoIP') }
     it { should contain_package('gd') }
     it { should contain_package('libXpm') }
     it { should contain_package('libxslt') }
diff --git a/templates/conf.d/nginx.conf.erb b/templates/conf.d/nginx.conf.erb
index 0f3dd846d..06f68400c 100644
--- a/templates/conf.d/nginx.conf.erb
+++ b/templates/conf.d/nginx.conf.erb
@@ -29,16 +29,22 @@ http {
   keepalive_timeout  <%= scope.lookupvar('nginx::params::nx_keepalive_timeout')%>;
   tcp_nodelay        <%= scope.lookupvar('nginx::params::nx_tcp_nodelay')%>;
 
-  <% if scope.lookupvar('nginx::params::nx_gzip') == 'on' %>
+<% if scope.lookupvar('nginx::params::nx_gzip') == 'on' %>
   gzip         on;
   gzip_disable "MSIE [1-6]\.(?!.*SV1)";
-  <% end -%>
+<% end -%>
 
 <% if @proxy_cache_path -%>
   proxy_cache_path    <%= @proxy_cache_path %> levels=<%= @proxy_cache_levels %> keys_zone=<%= @proxy_cache_keys_zone %> max_size=<%= @proxy_cache_max_size %> inactive=<%= @proxy_cache_inactive %>;
 <% end -%>
 
+<% if @http_cfg_append -%><% @http_cfg_append.sort_by{|k,v| k}.each do |key,value| -%>
+  <%= key %> <%= value %>;
+<% end -%>
+<% end -%>
+
   include /etc/nginx/conf.d/*.conf;
+
 }
 <% if scope.lookupvar('nginx::mail') %>
 mail {
diff --git a/templates/vhost/vhost_location_empty.erb b/templates/vhost/vhost_location_empty.erb
index 420f5c6d7..ce53e1827 100644
--- a/templates/vhost/vhost_location_empty.erb
+++ b/templates/vhost/vhost_location_empty.erb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
   location <%= @location %> {
-<% @location_custom_cfg.sort_by {|k,v| k}.each do |key,value| -%>
+<% if @location_custom_cfg -%><% @location_custom_cfg.sort_by {|k,v| k}.each do |key,value| -%>
     <%= key %> <%= value %>;
-<% end -%>
+<% end -%><% end -%>
   }