diff --git a/manifests/init.pp b/manifests/init.pp
index 0fff0b3c..77917cd3 100644
--- a/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/manifests/init.pp
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
 #  [*mongodb_version*]    - Version of MongoDB to install. If not provided it
 #                           will be auto-calcuated based on $version
 #                           (default: undef)
+#  [*manage_repo*]        - Set this to false when you have your own repositories for nginx
 #
 #  Variables can be set in Hiera and take advantage of automatic data bindings:
 #
@@ -103,4 +104,5 @@
   $ng_init                  = true,
   $datastore_keys_dir       = $::st2::params::datstore_keys_dir,
   $datastore_key_path       = "${::st2::params::datstore_keys_dir}/datastore_key.json",
+  $nginx_manage_repo        = true,
 ) inherits st2::params {}
diff --git a/manifests/profile/nginx.pp b/manifests/profile/nginx.pp
index 1aacf5cf..b330c2f2 100644
--- a/manifests/profile/nginx.pp
+++ b/manifests/profile/nginx.pp
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 #
 # === Parameters
 #
-#  This module contains no parameters
+#  [*manage_repo*] - Set this to false when you have your own repository for nginx
 #
 # === Variables
 #
@@ -15,9 +15,11 @@
 #
 #  include st2::profile::nginx
 #
-class st2::profile::nginx inherits st2 {
+class st2::profile::nginx (
+  $manage_repo = $::st2::nginx_manage_repo
+) inherits st2 {
   class { '::nginx':
-    manage_repo => true,
+    manage_repo => $manage_repo,
     confd_purge => false,
   }
 }