diff --git a/build/docker-compose/docker-compose.drupal.yml b/build/docker-compose/docker-compose.drupal.yml
index 52b3f0bea..1d5e8bae6 100644
--- a/build/docker-compose/docker-compose.drupal.yml
+++ b/build/docker-compose/docker-compose.drupal.yml
@@ -21,6 +21,12 @@ services:
       PHP_POST_MAX_SIZE: ${PHP_POST_MAX_SIZE}
       PHP_UPLOAD_MAX_FILESIZE: ${PHP_UPLOAD_MAX_FILESIZE}
       PHP_MAX_EXECUTION_TIME: ${PHP_MAX_EXECUTION_TIME}
+      NGINX_FASTCGI_READ_TIMEOUT: ${NGINX_FASTCGI_READ_TIMEOUT}
+      NGINX_FASTCGI_SEND_TIMEOUT: ${NGINX_FASTCGI_SEND_TIMEOUT}
+      NGINX_FASTCGI_CONNECT_TIMEOUT: ${NGINX_FASTCGI_CONNECT_TIMEOUT}
+      NGINX_PROXY_READ_TIMEOUT: ${NGINX_PROXY_READ_TIMEOUT}
+      NGINX_PROXY_SEND_TIMEOUT: ${NGINX_PROXY_SEND_TIMEOUT}
+      NGINX_SEND_TIMEOUT: ${NGINX_SEND_TIMEOUT}
     labels:
       - traefik.enable=${EXPOSE_DRUPAL:-true}
       - traefik.http.services.${COMPOSE_PROJECT_NAME-isle-dc}-drupal.loadbalancer.server.port=80
@@ -41,4 +47,4 @@ services:
           limits:
             memory: ${DRUPAL_MEMORY_LIMIT:-512M}
           reservations:
-            memory: 256M
\ No newline at end of file
+            memory: 256M
diff --git a/sample.env b/sample.env
index aec02bcdd..e45fd235e 100644
--- a/sample.env
+++ b/sample.env
@@ -197,3 +197,11 @@ WATCHTOWER_MEMORY_LIMIT=2G
 CANTALOUPE_DELEGATE_SCRIPT_ENABLED=false
 CANTALOUPE_DELEGATE_SCRIPT_PATHNAME=/opt/tomcat/bin/delegates.rb
 CANTALOUPE_HTTPSOURCE_LOOKUP_STRATEGY=BasicLookupStrategy
+
+# Some optional nginx vars.
+# NGINX_FASTCGI_READ_TIMEOUT
+# NGINX_FASTCGI_SEND_TIMEOUT
+# NGINX_FASTCGI_CONNECT_TIMEOUT
+# NGINX_PROXY_READ_TIMEOUT
+# NGINX_PROXY_SEND_TIMEOUT
+# NGINX_SEND_TIMEOUT