diff --git a/nginx-proxy/nginx.conf b/nginx-proxy/nginx.conf
index c02b062..e97823f 100644
--- a/nginx-proxy/nginx.conf
+++ b/nginx-proxy/nginx.conf
@@ -39,5 +39,19 @@ http {
                text/xml application/xml application/xml+rss text/javascript;
 
     include /etc/nginx/conf.d/*.conf;
+    server {
+
+    # Enable NGINX status module
+    location /nginx_status {
+      # freely available with open source NGINX
+      stub_status;
+      access_log   off;
+
+      # for open source NGINX < version 1.7.5
+      # stub_status on;
+    }
+
+  }
+
 }