diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index caa5b67..c592c83 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ nginx_package_name: "nginx"
 
 nginx_worker_processes: "1"
 nginx_worker_connections: "1024"
+nginx_multi_accept: "off"
 
 nginx_error_log: "/var/log/nginx/error.log warn"
 nginx_access_log: "/var/log/nginx/access.log main buffer=16k"
diff --git a/templates/nginx.conf.j2 b/templates/nginx.conf.j2
index a0467f5..5060fbd 100644
--- a/templates/nginx.conf.j2
+++ b/templates/nginx.conf.j2
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ worker_processes  {{ nginx_worker_processes }};
 
 events {
     worker_connections  {{ nginx_worker_connections }};
+    multi_accept {{ nginx_multi_accept }};
 }
 
 {% if nginx_extra_conf_options %}