diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2aa38ff..8533d51 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -44,6 +44,31 @@ Note: providing a port number in `VIRTUAL_HOST` isn't suported, please see [virt
 The nginx-proxy images are available in two flavors.
 
 #### Debian based version
+### Virtual Host Aliases
+
+You can add aliases that will redirect (301) to the first entry in `VIRTUAL_HOST` by adding the `VIRTUAL_HOST_ALIAS` env var:
+
+    $ docker run -e VIRTUAL_HOST=example.com -e VIRTUAL_HOST_ALIAS=www.example.com,old.example.com ...
+
+This will setup the following redirects:
+- `http://www.example.com` → `http://example.com`
+- `http://old.example.com` → `http://example.com`
+
+If you are using [letsencrypt-nginx-proxy-companion](https://github.com/JrCs/docker-letsencrypt-nginx-proxy-companion) for SSL support, then you would run:
+
+    $ docker run    -e VIRTUAL_HOST=example.com \
+                    -e VIRTUAL_HOST_ALIAS=www.example.com,old.example.com
+                    -e LETSENCRYPT_HOST=example.com,www.example.com,old.example.com
+                    ...
+
+This will setup the following redirects:
+ - `http://example.com` → `https://example.com`
+ - `http://www.example.com` → `https://example.com`
+ - `http://old.example.com` → `https://example.com`
+ - `https://www.example.com` → `https://example.com`
+ - `https://old.example.com` → `https://example.com`
+
+
 
 This image is based on the nginx:mainline image, itself based on the debian slim image.
 
diff --git a/nginx.tmpl b/nginx.tmpl
index 14e30ca..0f9e67b 100644
--- a/nginx.tmpl
+++ b/nginx.tmpl
@@ -1041,5 +1041,153 @@ server {
         return {{ $globals.config.default_root_response }};
     }
     {{- end }}
+	return 500;
+
+	ssl_certificate /etc/nginx/certs/default.crt;
+	ssl_certificate_key /etc/nginx/certs/default.key;
+}
+{{ end }}
+
+{{ end }}
+{{ end }}
+
+# VIRTUAL_HOST_ALIAS
+{{ range $host_alias, $containers := groupBy $ "Env.VIRTUAL_HOST_ALIAS" }}
+{{ $host_alias := replace $host_alias "," " " 99 }}
+
+{{ $first_host := (first (groupByKeys $containers "Env.VIRTUAL_HOST")) }}
+{{ $first_host := trim $first_host }}
+
+# First Host {{ $first_host }}
+
+#Alias:  {{ $host_alias }}
+
+{{ $default_host := or ($.Env.DEFAULT_HOST) "" }}
+{{ $default_server := index (dict $host_alias "" $default_host "default_server") $host_alias }}
+
+{{/* Get the NETWORK_ACCESS defined by containers w/ the same vhost, falling back to "external" */}}
+{{ $network_tag := or (first (groupByKeys $containers "Env.NETWORK_ACCESS")) "external" }}
+
+{{/* Get the HTTPS_METHOD defined by containers w/ the same vhost, falling back to "redirect" */}}
+{{ $https_method := or (first (groupByKeys $containers "Env.HTTPS_METHOD")) "redirect" }}
+
+{{/* Get the SSL_POLICY defined by containers w/ the same vhost, falling back to empty string (use default) */}}
+{{ $ssl_policy := or (first (groupByKeys $containers "Env.SSL_POLICY")) "" }}
+
+{{/* Get the HSTS defined by containers w/ the same vhost, falling back to "max-age=31536000" */}}
+{{ $hsts := or (first (groupByKeys $containers "Env.HSTS")) "max-age=31536000" }}
+
+{{/* Get the first cert name defined by containers w/ the same vhost */}}
+{{ $certName := (first (groupByKeys $containers "Env.CERT_NAME")) }}
+
+{{/* Get the best matching cert  by name for the vhost. */}}
+{{ $vhostCert := (closest (dir "/etc/nginx/certs") (printf "%s.crt" $host_alias))}}
+
+{{/* vhostCert is actually a filename so remove any suffixes since they are added later */}}
+{{ $vhostCert := trimSuffix ".crt" $vhostCert }}
+{{ $vhostCert := trimSuffix ".key" $vhostCert }}
+
+{{/* Use the cert specified on the container or fallback to the best vhost match */}}
+{{ $cert := (coalesce $certName $vhostCert) }}
+
+{{ $is_https := (and (ne $https_method "nohttps") (ne $cert "") (exists (printf "/etc/nginx/certs/%s.crt" $cert)) (exists (printf "/etc/nginx/certs/%s.key" $cert))) }}
+
+{{ if $is_https }}
+
+server {
+	server_name {{ $host_alias }};
+	{{ if eq $https_method "redirect" }}
+	listen {{ $external_http_port }} {{ $default_server }};
+	{{ end }}
+	listen {{ $external_https_port }} ssl http2 {{ $default_server }};
+	{{ if $enable_ipv6 }}
+	{{ if eq $https_method "redirect" }}
+	listen [::]:{{ $external_http_port }} {{ $default_server }};
+	{{ end }}
+	listen [::]:{{ $external_https_port }} ssl http2 {{ $default_server }};
+	{{ end }}
+	access_log /var/log/nginx/access.log vhost;
+
+	{{ template "ssl_policy" (dict "ssl_policy" $ssl_policy) }}
+
+	ssl_session_timeout 5m;
+	ssl_session_cache shared:SSL:50m;
+	ssl_session_tickets off;
+
+	ssl_certificate /etc/nginx/certs/{{ (printf "%s.crt" $cert) }};
+	ssl_certificate_key /etc/nginx/certs/{{ (printf "%s.key" $cert) }};
+
+	{{ if (exists (printf "/etc/nginx/certs/%s.dhparam.pem" $cert)) }}
+	ssl_dhparam {{ printf "/etc/nginx/certs/%s.dhparam.pem" $cert }};
+	{{ end }}
+
+	{{ if (exists (printf "/etc/nginx/certs/%s.chain.pem" $cert)) }}
+	ssl_stapling on;
+	ssl_stapling_verify on;
+	ssl_trusted_certificate {{ printf "/etc/nginx/certs/%s.chain.pem" $cert }};
+	{{ end }}
+
+	{{ if (not (or (eq $https_method "noredirect") (eq $hsts "off"))) }}
+	add_header Strict-Transport-Security "{{ trim $hsts }}" always;
+	{{ end }}
+
+	{{ if (exists (printf "/etc/nginx/vhost.d/%s" $host_alias)) }}
+	include {{ printf "/etc/nginx/vhost.d/%s" $host_alias }};
+	{{ else if (exists "/etc/nginx/vhost.d/default") }}
+	include /etc/nginx/vhost.d/default;
+	{{ end }}
+
+	location / {
+		return 301 https://{{ $first_host }}$request_uri;
+	}
+}
+
+{{ end }}
+
+{{ if or (not $is_https) (eq $https_method "noredirect") }}
+
+server {
+	server_name {{ $host_alias }};
+	listen {{ $external_http_port }} {{ $default_server }};
+	{{ if $enable_ipv6 }}
+	listen [::]:80 {{ $default_server }};
+	{{ end }}
+	access_log /var/log/nginx/access.log vhost;
+
+	{{ if eq $network_tag "internal" }}
+	# Only allow traffic from internal clients
+	include /etc/nginx/network_internal.conf;
+	{{ end }}
+
+	{{ if (exists (printf "/etc/nginx/vhost.d/%s" $host_alias)) }}
+	include {{ printf "/etc/nginx/vhost.d/%s" $host_alias }};
+	{{ else if (exists "/etc/nginx/vhost.d/default") }}
+	include /etc/nginx/vhost.d/default;
+	{{ end }}
+
+	{{ if not (exists "/etc/nginx/vhost.d/default") }}
+	# Do not HTTPS redirect Let'sEncrypt ACME challenge
+	location /.well-known/acme-challenge/ {
+		auth_basic off;
+		allow all;
+		root /usr/share/nginx/html;
+		try_files $uri =404;
+		break;
+	}
+	{{ end }}
+
+	location / {
+		return 301 https://{{ $first_host }}$request_uri;
+	}
+}
+
+{{ if (and (not $is_https) (exists "/etc/nginx/certs/default.crt") (exists "/etc/nginx/certs/default.key")) }}
+server {
+	server_name {{ $host_alias }};
+	listen {{ $external_https_port }} ssl http2 {{ $default_server }};
+	{{ if $enable_ipv6 }}
+	listen [::]:443 ssl http2 {{ $default_server }};
+	{{ end }}
+	access_log /var/log/nginx/access.log vhost;
 }
 {{- end }}