diff --git a/apisix/cli/ngx_tpl.lua b/apisix/cli/ngx_tpl.lua
index f5fa5d6ee06d..523ae4d7ef76 100644
--- a/apisix/cli/ngx_tpl.lua
+++ b/apisix/cli/ngx_tpl.lua
@@ -573,6 +573,12 @@ http {
             set $ctx_ref                     '';
             set $from_error_page             '';
 
+            # http server location configuration snippet starts
+            {% if http_server_location_configuration_snippet then %}
+            {* http_server_location_configuration_snippet *}
+            {% end %}
+            # http server location configuration snippet ends
+
             {% if enabled_plugins["dubbo-proxy"] then %}
             set $dubbo_service_name          '';
             set $dubbo_service_version       '';
diff --git a/conf/config-default.yaml b/conf/config-default.yaml
index 7be15f9267b0..3d089bdbf052 100644
--- a/conf/config-default.yaml
+++ b/conf/config-default.yaml
@@ -191,6 +191,9 @@ nginx_config:                     # config for render the template to generate n
   http_server_configuration_snippet: |
     # Add custom Nginx http server configuration to nginx.conf.
     # The configuration should be well indented!
+  http_server_location_configuration_snippet: |
+    # Add custom Nginx http server location configuration to nginx.conf.
+    # The configuration should be well indented!
   http_admin_configuration_snippet: |
     # Add custom Nginx admin server configuration to nginx.conf.
     # The configuration should be well indented!
diff --git a/t/cli/test_snippet.sh b/t/cli/test_snippet.sh
index e103224236f5..0684d6c1f659 100755
--- a/t/cli/test_snippet.sh
+++ b/t/cli/test_snippet.sh
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ nginx_config:
         chunked_transfer_encoding on;
     http_server_configuration_snippet: |
         set $my "var";
+    http_server_location_configuration_snippet: |
+        set $upstream_name -;
     http_admin_configuration_snippet: |
         log_format admin "$request_time $pipe";
     http_end_configuration_snippet: |
@@ -65,6 +67,12 @@ if [ ! $? -eq 0 ]; then
     exit 1
 fi
 
+grep 'set $upstream_name -;' -A 2 conf/nginx.conf | grep "configuration snippet ends" > /dev/null
+if [ ! $? -eq 0 ]; then
+    echo "failed: can't inject http server location configuration"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
 grep 'log_format admin "$request_time $pipe";' -A 2 conf/nginx.conf | grep "configuration snippet ends" > /dev/null
 if [ ! $? -eq 0 ]; then
     echo "failed: can't inject admin server configuration"