diff --git a/nginx/ng/init.sls b/nginx/ng/init.sls
index 3af5427..411aeec 100644
--- a/nginx/ng/init.sls
+++ b/nginx/ng/init.sls
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@
 include:
   - nginx.ng.config
   - nginx.ng.service
+  {% if nginx.snippets is defined %}
+  - nginx.ng.snippets
+  {% endif %}
   - nginx.ng.servers
   - nginx.ng.certificates
 
diff --git a/nginx/ng/map.jinja b/nginx/ng/map.jinja
index c5bb973..d89c9a6 100644
--- a/nginx/ng/map.jinja
+++ b/nginx/ng/map.jinja
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
             'conf_file': '/etc/nginx/nginx.conf',
             'server_available': '/etc/nginx/sites-available',
             'server_enabled': '/etc/nginx/sites-enabled',
+            'snippets_dir': '/etc/nginx/snippets',
             'server_use_symlink': True,
             'pid_file': '/run/nginx.pid',
             'openssl_package': 'openssl',
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@
             'conf_file': '/etc/nginx/nginx.conf',
             'server_available': '/etc/nginx/conf.d',
             'server_enabled': '/etc/nginx/conf.d',
+            'snippets_dir': '/etc/nginx/snippets',
             'server_use_symlink': False,
             'pid_file': '/run/nginx.pid',
             'rh_os_releasever': '$releasever',
@@ -44,6 +46,7 @@
             'conf_file': '/etc/nginx/nginx.conf',
             'server_available': '/etc/nginx/conf.d',
             'server_enabled': '/etc/nginx/conf.d',
+            'snippets_dir': '/etc/nginx/snippets',
             'server_use_symlink': False,
             'pid_file': '/run/nginx.pid',
             'rh_os_releasever': '$releasever',
@@ -63,6 +66,7 @@
             'conf_file': '/etc/nginx/nginx.conf',
             'server_available': '/etc/nginx/conf.d',
             'server_enabled': '/etc/nginx/conf.d',
+            'snippets_dir': '/etc/nginx/snippets',
             'server_use_symlink': False,
             'pid_file': '/run/nginx.pid',
             'gpg_check': True,
@@ -76,6 +80,7 @@
             'conf_file': '/etc/nginx/nginx.conf',
             'server_available': '/etc/nginx/sites-available',
             'server_enabled': '/etc/nginx/sites-enabled',
+            'snippets_dir': '/etc/nginx/snippets',
             'server_use_symlink': True,
             'openssl_package': 'openssl',
         },
@@ -86,6 +91,7 @@
             'conf_file': '/etc/nginx/nginx.conf',
             'server_available': '/etc/nginx/sites-available',
             'server_enabled': '/etc/nginx/sites-enabled',
+            'snippets_dir': '/etc/nginx/snippets',
             'server_use_symlink': True,
             'openssl_package': 'dev-libs/openssl',
         },
diff --git a/nginx/ng/snippets.sls b/nginx/ng/snippets.sls
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8635f2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nginx/ng/snippets.sls
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# nginx.ng.snippet
+#
+# Manages creation of snippets
+
+{% from 'nginx/ng/map.jinja' import nginx, sls_block with context %}
+
+nginx_snippets_dir:
+  file.directory:
+    {{ sls_block(nginx.servers.dir_opts) }}
+    - name: {{ nginx.lookup.snippets_dir }}
+
+{% for snippet, config in nginx.snippets.items() %}
+nginx_snippet_{{ snippet }}:
+  file.managed:
+    - name: {{ nginx.lookup.snippets_dir }}/{{ snippet }}.conf
+    - source: salt://nginx/ng/files/server.conf
+    - template: jinja
+    - context:
+        config: {{ config|json() }}
+{% endfor %}
diff --git a/pillar.example b/pillar.example
index c326d9c..d269b6c 100644
--- a/pillar.example
+++ b/pillar.example
@@ -75,6 +75,11 @@ nginx:
       enable: True # Whether or not the service will be enabled/running or dead
       opts: {} # this partially exposes parameters of service.running / service.dead
 
+    snippets: # You can use snippets to define often repeated configuration once and include it later
+      letsencrypt: # e.g. this can be included using "- include: 'snippets/letsencrypt.conf'"
+        - location ^~ /.well-known/acme-challenge/:
+          - proxy_pass: http://localhost:9999
+
     server:
       opts: {} # this partially exposes file.managed parameters as they relate to the main nginx.conf file
 
@@ -102,7 +107,7 @@ nginx:
       symlink_opts: {} # partially exposes file.symlink params when symlinking enabled sites
       rename_opts: {} # partially exposes file.rename params when not symlinking disabled/enabled sites
       managed_opts: {} # partially exposes file.managed params for managed server files
-      dir_opts: {} # partially exposes file.directory params for site available/enabled dirs
+      dir_opts: {} # partially exposes file.directory params for site available/enabled and snippets dirs
 
       # server declarations
       # servers will default to being placed in server_available
@@ -139,6 +144,7 @@ nginx:
                   - $uri
                   - $uri/ =404
                 - test: something else
+              - include 'snippets/letsencrypt.conf'
 
           # The above outputs:
           # server {