diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 55f33ca..46d3ef8 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ RUN wget https://github.com/jwilder/docker-gen/releases/download/0.3.0/docker-ge
 RUN tar xvzf docker-gen-linux-amd64-0.3.0.tar.gz
 
 EXPOSE 80
+EXPOSE 443
 ENV DOCKER_HOST unix:///tmp/docker.sock
 
 CMD ["forego", "start", "-r"]
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c4fbb13..cf7339c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ See [Automated Nginx Reverse Proxy for Docker][2] for why you might want to use
 
 To run it:
 
-    $ docker run -d -p 80:80 -v /var/run/docker.sock:/tmp/docker.sock -t jwilder/nginx-proxy
+    $ docker run -d -p 80:80 -p 443:443 -v /var/run/docker.sock:/tmp/docker.sock -v /path/to/nginx/certificates:/etc/nginx/certificates -t jwilder/nginx-proxy
 
 Then start any containers you want proxied with an env var VIRTUAL_HOST=subdomain.youdomain.com
 
diff --git a/nginx.tmpl b/nginx.tmpl
index 2f1eac4..cc450f0 100644
--- a/nginx.tmpl
+++ b/nginx.tmpl
@@ -57,4 +57,34 @@ server {
 		proxy_set_header Connection "";
 	}
 }
+
+server {
+	gzip_types text/plain text/css application/json application/x-javascript text/xml application/xml application/xml+rss text/javascript;
+
+	listen 443;
+	server_name {{ $host }};
+	proxy_buffering off;
+	error_log /proc/self/fd/2;
+	access_log /proc/self/fd/1;
+
+	ssl on;
+	ssl_certificate /etc/nginx/certificates/server.crt;
+	ssl_certificate_key /etc/nginx/certificates/server.key;
+	ssl_session_timeout 5m;
+	ssl_protocols SSLv3 TLSv1;
+	ssl_ciphers ALL:!ADH:!EXPORT56:RC4+RSA:+HIGH:+MEDIUM:+LOW:+SSLv3:+EXP;
+	ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on;
+
+	location / {
+		proxy_pass http://{{ $host }};
+		proxy_http_version 1.1;
+
+		proxy_set_header Connection "";
+		proxy_set_header Host $host;
+		proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
+		proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
+		proxy_set_header        X-Forwarded-Proto https; # help the backend application differenciate between HTTP/HTTPS
+		proxy_set_header HTTPS on;
+	}
+}
 {{ end }}