diff --git a/lib/nginx.pm b/lib/nginx.pm
index c352313..789a9f4 100644
--- a/lib/nginx.pm
+++ b/lib/nginx.pm
@@ -147,7 +147,13 @@ sub nginx_update {
 	$ssl = "ssl_opts => {verify_hostname => 0}"
 		if lc($config->{accept_selfsigned_certs}) eq "y";
 
-	my $url = "http://127.0.0.1:" . $nginx->{port} . "/nginx_status";
+	my $url;
+
+	if($nginx->{url}) {
+		$url = $nginx->{url};
+	} else {
+		$url = "http://127.0.0.1:" . $nginx->{port} . "/nginx_status";
+	}
 	my $ua = LWP::UserAgent->new(timeout => 30, $ssl);
 	my $response = $ua->request(HTTP::Request->new('GET', $url));
 	my $rrdata = "N";
diff --git a/monitorix.conf b/monitorix.conf
index d054ca6..67cf900 100644
--- a/monitorix.conf
+++ b/monitorix.conf
@@ -322,6 +322,7 @@ secure_log_date_format = %b %e
 # NGINX graph
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 <nginx>
+	url = http://localhost/nginx_status
 	port = 80
 	rule = 24100
 	rigid = 0, 0, 0