diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 65fa6da4..e4668336 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ The **patch** part changes incrmentally at each release.
 * elasticsearch: use ES_TMPDIR variable for custom tmpdir, (from `/etc/default/elasticsearch` instead of changing `/etc/elesticsearch/jvm.options`).
 * elasticsearch: RESTART_ON_UPGRADE is configurable (default: `true`)
 * nagios-nrpe: mark plugins as executable
+* nginx: package name can be specified (default: `nginx-full`)
 
 ### Fixed
 * nginx: fix basic auth for default vhost
diff --git a/nginx/defaults/main.yml b/nginx/defaults/main.yml
index 61700738..0591945d 100644
--- a/nginx/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/nginx/defaults/main.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 nginx_minimal: False
 nginx_jessie_backports: False
 
+nginx_package_name: "nginx-full"
+
 nginx_default_ipaddr_whitelist_ips: []
 nginx_additional_ipaddr_whitelist_ips: []
 nginx_ipaddr_whitelist_present: "{{ nginx_default_ipaddr_whitelist_ips | union(nginx_additional_ipaddr_whitelist_ips) | unique }}"
diff --git a/nginx/tasks/packages_jessie.yml b/nginx/tasks/packages_jessie.yml
index 356b0b5e..25cc18ed 100644
--- a/nginx/tasks/packages_jessie.yml
+++ b/nginx/tasks/packages_jessie.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 - name: Ensure Nginx is installed
   apt:
-    name: nginx-full
+    name: "{{ nginx_package_name }}"
     state: present
   notify: restart nginx
   tags:
diff --git a/nginx/tasks/packages_stretch.yml b/nginx/tasks/packages_stretch.yml
index 637cb044..565b9b1d 100644
--- a/nginx/tasks/packages_stretch.yml
+++ b/nginx/tasks/packages_stretch.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 - name: Ensure Nginx is installed
   apt:
-    name: nginx-full
+    name: "{{ nginx_package_name }}"
     state: present
   notify: restart nginx
   tags: