diff --git a/roles/debian/nginx/defaults/main.yml b/roles/debian/nginx/defaults/main.yml
index 56d69572d..3a73d33a3 100644
--- a/roles/debian/nginx/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/debian/nginx/defaults/main.yml
@@ -127,6 +127,17 @@ nginx:
   php_fastcgi_backend: "127.0.0.1:90{{ php.version[-1] | replace('.', '') }}" # for unix socket use "unix:/var/run/php{{ php.version[-1] | replace('.','') }}-fpm.sock"
   ratelimitingcrawlers: false
   client_max_body_size: "700M"
+  # Default location behavior for nginx
+  # If no custom location behavior is defined, this will be used:
+  # nginx_location_behavior: ['try_files @rewrite /index.php?$query_string;']
+
+  # Uncomment and customize the following lines if you want to use custom location behavior:
+  # custom_nginx_location_behavior:
+  #   - 'index index.php index.html;'
+  #   - 'expires max;'
+  #   - 'set $boost_cache_path "/cache/normal/$host";'
+  #   - 'set $boost_cache_file "${boost_cache_path}${uri}_.html";'
+  #   - 'try_files $boost_cache_file $uri $uri/ @drupal;'
   fastcgi_read_timeout: 60
   recreate_vhosts: true # handle vhosts with ansible, if 'true' then clean up 'sites-enabled' dir and run domain.yml.
   vhost_backup_location: "/home/{{ _ce_provision_username }}" # see _init for _ce_provision_username
diff --git a/roles/debian/nginx/tasks/main.yml b/roles/debian/nginx/tasks/main.yml
index 74aa7942d..afe537000 100644
--- a/roles/debian/nginx/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/debian/nginx/tasks/main.yml
@@ -150,6 +150,10 @@
     - nginx.overrides is defined
     - nginx.overrides | length > 0
 
+- name: Set nginx location behavior, fallback to default if no custom behavior is provided
+  set_fact:
+    nginx_location_behavior: "{{ nginx.custom_nginx_location_behavior | default(['try_files @rewrite /index.php?$query_string;']) }}"
+
 - name: Test NGINX configuration.
   ansible.builtin.command: nginx -t
   register: _nginx_test_result
diff --git a/roles/debian/nginx/templates/drupal_common.j2 b/roles/debian/nginx/templates/drupal_common.j2
index 3e406dd6d..eb2eca4b8 100644
--- a/roles/debian/nginx/templates/drupal_common.j2
+++ b/roles/debian/nginx/templates/drupal_common.j2
@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@ location @phpprocess {
 # so they get processed through the app level (and 404).
 location / {
 {% if nginx.ratelimitingcrawlers %}
-#    @todo
-#    limit_req zone=bots burst=5 nodelay;
+    # @todo
+    # limit_req zone=bots burst=5 nodelay;
 {% endif %}
-    try_files @rewrite /index.php?$query_string;
+    {{ nginx.nginx_location_behavior | join("\n    ") }}
 }
 
 ############ Blacklist block.