diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 280f837..4904c66 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -29,8 +29,9 @@ nginx_conf_snippets:
   - nginx-server-ssl.conf
   - nginx-cors.conf
 
-nginx_old_snippets:
-  - compression.conf
+nginx_conf_remote_snippets: []
+# - url: 'https://example.org/git/template.conf.j2'
+#   file: file.conf
 
 nginx_workers: 4
 nginx_worker_connections: 1024
diff --git a/tasks/nginx-config.yml b/tasks/nginx-config.yml
index 1bc96aa..454318b 100644
--- a/tasks/nginx-config.yml
+++ b/tasks/nginx-config.yml
@@ -22,6 +22,23 @@
       with_items: '{{ nginx_conf_snippets }}'
       notify: Reload nginx
 
+    - name: Download any remote snippet templates
+      get_url:
+        url: '{{ item.url }}'
+        dest: '/var/tmp/{{ item.file }}'
+      loop: '{{ nginx_conf_remote_snippets }}'
+      delegate_to: 'localhost'
+
+    - name: Install any remote snippet configuration file
+      template:
+        src: '/var/tmp/{{ item.file }}'
+        dest: '/etc/nginx/snippets/{{ item }}'
+        owner: root
+        group: root
+        mode: 0444
+      loop: '{{ nginx_conf_remote_snippets }}'
+      notify: Reload nginx
+
     - name: Create the modules- directories
       file:
         dest: '/etc/nginx/modules-{{ item }}'
@@ -64,20 +81,15 @@
       template: src=nginx.conf.j2 dest=/etc/nginx/nginx.conf mode=444
       notify: Reload nginx
 
-    - name: Remove the old configuration snippets
-      file: dest=/etc/nginx/conf.d/{{ item }} state=absent
-      with_items: '{{ nginx_old_snippets }}'
-      notify: Reload nginx
-
   when: nginx_enabled
-  tags: [ 'nginx', 'nginx_conf', 'nginx_virtualhost' ]
+  tags: ['nginx', 'nginx_conf', 'nginx_virtualhost']
 
 - block:
     - name: remove nginx default virtualhost
       file: dest=/etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default state=absent
       notify: Reload nginx
-  
+
   when:
     - nginx_enabled
     - ansible_distribution_file_variety == "Debian"
-  tags: [ 'nginx', 'nginx_conf', 'nginx_virtualhost' ]
+  tags: ['nginx', 'nginx_conf', 'nginx_virtualhost']