diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f10cb69..7fe63d1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ You can see many examples in: [tests/test.yml](tests/test.yml).
   - `location`: (O) Add new custom locations (it does not overwrite!)
   - `more`: (O) Add more custom infos.
   - `upstream_params`: (O) Add upstream params (useful when you want to pass variables to PHP)
+  - `override_try_files`: (O) overrides default try\_files defined in template
 
 (O) : Optional
 (M) : Mandatory
diff --git a/templates/etc/nginx/sites-available/_base.j2 b/templates/etc/nginx/sites-available/_base.j2
index 9ab590b..b8b67d6 100644
--- a/templates/etc/nginx/sites-available/_base.j2
+++ b/templates/etc/nginx/sites-available/_base.j2
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ server {
 
 	location / {
 {% block template_try_files %}
-		try_files $uri $uri/ =404;
+		try_files {{ override_try_files | default('$uri $uri/ =404') }};
 {% endblock %}
 	}
 
diff --git a/templates/etc/nginx/sites-available/_php.j2 b/templates/etc/nginx/sites-available/_php.j2
index a857d4d..5cc7332 100644
--- a/templates/etc/nginx/sites-available/_php.j2
+++ b/templates/etc/nginx/sites-available/_php.j2
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 {% endblock %}
 
 {% block template_try_files %}
-		try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php;
+		try_files {{ override_try_files | default('$uri $uri/ /index.php') }};
 {% endblock %}
 
 {% block template_upstream_location %}
diff --git a/tests/test.yml b/tests/test.yml
index 71f199c..fd2c259 100644
--- a/tests/test.yml
+++ b/tests/test.yml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
           - 'test-alias.local'
           - 'test2-alias.local'
         template: '_base'
+        override_try_files: '$uri $uri index.htm index.html'
         more:
           - 'autoindex off;'
         location: