diff --git a/manifests/resource/server.pp b/manifests/resource/server.pp
index 4a2c6d297..7ab7c8316 100644
--- a/manifests/resource/server.pp
+++ b/manifests/resource/server.pp
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 #   [*fastcgi*]                    - location of fastcgi (host:port)
 #   [*fastcgi_param*]              - Set additional custom fastcgi_params
 #   [*fastcgi_params*]             - optional alternative fastcgi_params file to use
+#   [*fastcgi_index*]              - optional FastCGI index page
 #   [*fastcgi_script*]             - optional SCRIPT_FILE parameter
 #   [*uwsgi_read_timeout*]         - optional value for uwsgi_read_timeout
 #   [*ssl*]                        - Indicates whether to setup SSL bindings for this server.
@@ -120,6 +121,7 @@
 #   [*maintenance_value*]          - Value to return when maintenance is on.  Default to return 503
 #   [*error_pages*]                - Hash: setup errors pages, hash key is the http code and hash value the page
 #   [*locations*]                  - Hash of servers resources used by this server
+
 # Actions:
 #
 # Requires:
@@ -191,6 +193,7 @@
   Optional[String] $proxy_buffering                                              = undef,
   Array $resolver                                                                = [],
   Optional[String] $fastcgi                                                      = undef,
+  Optional[String] $fastcgi_index                                                = undef,
   $fastcgi_param                                                                 = undef,
   String $fastcgi_params                                                         = "${::nginx::conf_dir}/fastcgi_params",
   Optional[String] $fastcgi_script                                               = undef,
@@ -342,6 +345,7 @@
       proxy_set_body              => $proxy_set_body,
       proxy_buffering             => $proxy_buffering,
       fastcgi                     => $fastcgi,
+      fastcgi_index               => $fastcgi_index,
       fastcgi_param               => $fastcgi_param,
       fastcgi_params              => $fastcgi_params,
       fastcgi_script              => $fastcgi_script,
diff --git a/spec/defines/resource_server_spec.rb b/spec/defines/resource_server_spec.rb
index 5c55722a7..ac1187cb7 100644
--- a/spec/defines/resource_server_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/defines/resource_server_spec.rb
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@
     {
       www_root: '/',
       ipv6_enable: true,
-      listen_unix_socket_enable: true
+      listen_unix_socket_enable: true,
+      fastcgi_index: 'index.php'
     }
   end
 
@@ -986,6 +987,14 @@
         it { is_expected.to contain_file('/etc/nginx/fastcgi_params').with_mode('0644') }
       end
 
+      context 'when fastcgi_index => "index.php"' do
+        let :params do
+          default_params.merge(fastcgi_index: 'index.php')
+        end
+
+        it { is_expected.to contain_nginx__resource__location("#{title}-default").with_fastcgi_index('index.php') }
+      end
+
       context 'when fastcgi_param => {key => value}' do
         let :params do
           default_params.merge(fastcgi_param: { 'key' => 'value' })