diff --git a/profiles/vm/default.nix b/profiles/vm/default.nix
index 833022f..cac52d5 100644
--- a/profiles/vm/default.nix
+++ b/profiles/vm/default.nix
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 {
   imports = [
     ./hardware-configuration.nix
+    ./nginx.nix
     ./virtualisation.nix
   ];
 }
diff --git a/profiles/vm/nginx.nix b/profiles/vm/nginx.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8b22c19
--- /dev/null
+++ b/profiles/vm/nginx.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{ ... }:
+
+{
+  services.nginx = {
+    recommendedTlsSettings = true;
+    recommendedOptimisation = true;
+    recommendedGzipSettings = true;
+    recommendedProxySettings = true;    
+  };
+}