diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c5ea1e3..2691340 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 * nginx.conf.erb - Optional File: overrides `conf/nginx.conf.erb`
 * mime.types - Optional File: overrides `conf/mime.types`
 * custom-build - Optional File: executes commands before build is finished. Note that this script does not run in the application root. To execute commands in the application root you must do `cd "$1"`.
+* custom-nginx-install - Optional File: executed where nginx otherwise would be installed via a default apt-get installation
 
 ## Environment Variables
 * root - Optional: overrides root directory
diff --git a/bin/compile b/bin/compile
index e7078dd..806af5f 100755
--- a/bin/compile
+++ b/bin/compile
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 set -e
 
-apt-get update
-apt-get -y install nginx
+if [[ -e $1/${CUSTOM_NGINX_INSTALL:-custom-nginx-install} ]]; then
+    $1/${CUSTOM_NGINX_INSTALL:-custom-nginx-install} "$@"
+else
+    apt-get update
+    apt-get -y install nginx
+fi
 
 BINDIR=$(dirname "$0")