diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 1e6944f..f711e71 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,12 @@ nginx_vhost_template: "vhost.j2"
 nginx_worker_processes: "{{ ansible_processor_vcpus | default(ansible_processor_count) }}"
 nginx_worker_connections: "1024"
 nginx_multi_accept: "off"
-#nginx_use_method: "epoll"
+
+nginx_extra_events_options: ""
+# Example extra events{} options
+#    nginx_extra_events_options: |
+#      accept_mutex        on;
+#      use                 epoll;
 
 nginx_error_log: "/var/log/nginx/error.log warn"
 nginx_access_log: "/var/log/nginx/access.log main buffer=16k flush=2m"
diff --git a/templates/nginx.conf.j2 b/templates/nginx.conf.j2
index b13be94..548082e 100644
--- a/templates/nginx.conf.j2
+++ b/templates/nginx.conf.j2
@@ -15,9 +15,10 @@ worker_processes  {{ nginx_worker_processes }};
 events {
     worker_connections  {{ nginx_worker_connections }};
     multi_accept {{ nginx_multi_accept | default('off') }};
-{% if nginx_use_method is defined %}
-    use {{ nginx_use_method }};
+{% if nginx_extra_events_options %}
+    {{ nginx_extra_events_options|indent(4, False) }}
 {% endif %}
+
 }
 {% endblock %}