diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/web-servers/nginx/default.nix b/nixos/modules/services/web-servers/nginx/default.nix
index c8486d3bfcd..1e5a8b9bc35 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/web-servers/nginx/default.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/web-servers/nginx/default.nix
@@ -69,7 +69,23 @@ let
       client_max_body_size    10m;
 
       server_tokens ${if cfg.serverTokens then "on" else "off"};
+
       ${vhosts}
+
+      ${optionalString cfg.statusPage ''
+        server {
+          listen 80;
+          listen [::]:80;
+
+          server_name localhost;
+
+          location /nginx_status {
+            stub_status on;
+            allow 127.0.0.1;
+            deny all;
+          }
+        }
+      ''}
     }
 
     ${cfg.config}
@@ -163,6 +179,14 @@ in
     services.nginx = {
       enable = mkEnableOption "Nginx Web Server";
 
+      statusPage = mkOption {
+        default = false;
+        type = types.bool;
+        description = "
+          Enable status page reachable from localhost on http://127.0.0.1/nginx_status.
+        ";
+      };
+
       recommendedTlsSettings = mkOption {
         default = false;
         type = types.bool;