diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f27c467..daa5875 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -252,18 +252,16 @@ and OCSP Stapling is enabled.
 
 #### How SSL Support Works
 
-The default SSL cipher configuration is based on the [Mozilla intermediate profile](https://wiki.mozilla.org/Security/Server_Side_TLS#Intermediate_compatibility_.28default.29) which
-should provide compatibility with clients back to Firefox 1, Chrome 1, IE 7, Opera 5, Safari 1,
-Windows XP IE8, Android 2.3, Java 7.  Note that the DES-based TLS ciphers were removed for security.
-The configuration also enables HSTS, PFS, OCSP stapling and SSL session caches.  Currently TLS 1.0, 1.1 and 1.2
-are supported.  TLS 1.0 is deprecated but its end of life is not until June 30, 2018.  It is being
-included because the following browsers will stop working when it is removed: Chrome < 22, Firefox < 27,
-IE < 11, Safari < 7, iOS < 5, Android Browser < 5.
+The default SSL cipher configuration is based on the [Mozilla intermediate profile](https://wiki.mozilla.org/Security/Server_Side_TLS#Intermediate_compatibility_.28recommended.29) version 5.0 which
+should provide compatibility with clients back to Firefox 27, Android 4.4.2, Chrome 31, Edge, IE 11 on Windows 7,
+Java 8u31, OpenSSL 1.0.1, Opera 20, and Safari 9.  Note that the DES-based TLS ciphers were removed for security.
+The configuration also enables HSTS, PFS, OCSP stapling and SSL session caches.  Currently TLS 1.2 and 1.3
+are supported.
 
 If you don't require backward compatibility, you can use the [Mozilla modern profile](https://wiki.mozilla.org/Security/Server_Side_TLS#Modern_compatibility)
-profile instead by including the environment variable `SSL_POLICY=Mozilla-Modern` to your container.
-This profile is compatible with clients back to Firefox 27, Chrome 30, IE 11 on Windows 7,
-Edge, Opera 17, Safari 9, Android 5.0, and Java 8.
+profile instead by including the environment variable `SSL_POLICY=Mozilla-Modern` to the nginx-proxy container or to your container.
+This profile is compatible with clients back to Firefox 63, Android 10.0, Chrome 70, Edge 75, Java 11,
+OpenSSL 1.1.1, Opera 57, and Safari 12.1.  Note that this profile is **not** compatible with any version of Internet Explorer.
 
 Other policies available through the `SSL_POLICY` environment variable are [`Mozilla-Old`](https://wiki.mozilla.org/Security/Server_Side_TLS#Old_backward_compatibility)
 and the [AWS ELB Security Policies](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/elasticloadbalancing/latest/classic/elb-security-policy-table.html)
diff --git a/nginx.tmpl b/nginx.tmpl
index a9fc479..a59cd54 100644
--- a/nginx.tmpl
+++ b/nginx.tmpl
@@ -22,6 +22,49 @@
 
 {{ end }}
 
+{{ define "ssl_policy" }}
+	{{ if eq .ssl_policy "Mozilla-Modern" }}
+		ssl_protocols TLSv1.3;
+		{{/* nginx currently lacks ability to choose ciphers in TLS 1.3 in configuration, see https://trac.nginx.org/nginx/ticket/1529 /*}}
+		{{/* a possible workaround can be modify /etc/ssl/openssl.cnf to change it globally (see https://trac.nginx.org/nginx/ticket/1529#comment:12 ) /*}}
+		{{/* explicitly set ngnix default value in order to allow single servers to override the global http value */}}
+		ssl_ciphers HIGH:!aNULL:!MD5;
+		ssl_prefer_server_ciphers off;
+	{{ else if eq .ssl_policy "Mozilla-Intermediate" }}
+		ssl_protocols TLSv1.2 TLSv1.3;
+		ssl_ciphers 'ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-ECDSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305:ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305:DHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384';
+		ssl_prefer_server_ciphers off;
+	{{ else if eq .ssl_policy "Mozilla-Old" }}
+		ssl_protocols TLSv1 TLSv1.1 TLSv1.2 TLSv1.3;
+		ssl_ciphers 'ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-ECDSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305:ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305:DHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:DHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-SHA:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-SHA:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA:DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256:DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA256:AES128-GCM-SHA256:AES256-GCM-SHA384:AES128-SHA256:AES256-SHA256:AES128-SHA:AES256-SHA:DES-CBC3-SHA';
+		ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on;
+	{{ else if eq .ssl_policy "AWS-TLS-1-2-2017-01" }}
+		ssl_protocols TLSv1.2 TLSv1.3;
+		ssl_ciphers 'ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384:AES128-GCM-SHA256:AES128-SHA256:AES256-GCM-SHA384:AES256-SHA256';
+		ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on;
+	{{ else if eq .ssl_policy "AWS-TLS-1-1-2017-01" }}
+		ssl_protocols TLSv1.1 TLSv1.2 TLSv1.3;
+		ssl_ciphers 'ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-SHA:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-SHA:AES128-GCM-SHA256:AES128-SHA256:AES128-SHA:AES256-GCM-SHA384:AES256-SHA256:AES256-SHA';
+		ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on;
+	{{ else if eq .ssl_policy "AWS-2016-08" }}
+		ssl_protocols TLSv1 TLSv1.1 TLSv1.2 TLSv1.3;
+		ssl_ciphers 'ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-SHA:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-SHA:AES128-GCM-SHA256:AES128-SHA256:AES128-SHA:AES256-GCM-SHA384:AES256-SHA256:AES256-SHA';
+		ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on;
+	{{ else if eq .ssl_policy "AWS-2015-05" }}
+		ssl_protocols TLSv1 TLSv1.1 TLSv1.2 TLSv1.3;
+		ssl_ciphers 'ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-SHA:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-SHA:AES128-GCM-SHA256:AES128-SHA256:AES128-SHA:AES256-GCM-SHA384:AES256-SHA256:AES256-SHA:DES-CBC3-SHA';
+		ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on;
+	{{ else if eq .ssl_policy "AWS-2015-03" }}
+		ssl_protocols TLSv1 TLSv1.1 TLSv1.2 TLSv1.3;
+		ssl_ciphers 'ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-SHA:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA:DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-SHA:AES128-GCM-SHA256:AES128-SHA256:AES128-SHA:AES256-GCM-SHA384:AES256-SHA256:AES256-SHA:DHE-DSS-AES128-SHA:DES-CBC3-SHA';
+		ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on;
+	{{ else if eq .ssl_policy "AWS-2015-02" }}
+		ssl_protocols TLSv1 TLSv1.1 TLSv1.2 TLSv1.3;
+		ssl_ciphers 'ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-SHA:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA:DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-SHA:AES128-GCM-SHA256:AES128-SHA256:AES128-SHA:AES256-GCM-SHA384:AES256-SHA256:AES256-SHA:DHE-DSS-AES128-SHA';
+		ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on;
+	{{ end }}
+{{ end }}
+
 # If we receive X-Forwarded-Proto, pass it through; otherwise, pass along the
 # scheme used to connect to this server
 map $http_x_forwarded_proto $proxy_x_forwarded_proto {
@@ -65,6 +108,10 @@ log_format vhost '$host $remote_addr - $remote_user [$time_local] '
 
 access_log off;
 
+{{/* Get the SSL_POLICY defined by this container, falling back to "Mozilla-Intermediate" */}}
+{{ $ssl_policy := or ($.Env.SSL_POLICY) "Mozilla-Intermediate" }}
+{{ template "ssl_policy" (dict "ssl_policy" $ssl_policy) }}
+
 {{ if $.Env.RESOLVERS }}
 resolver {{ $.Env.RESOLVERS }};
 {{ end }}
@@ -109,6 +156,7 @@ server {
 	access_log /var/log/nginx/access.log vhost;
 	return 503;
 
+	ssl_session_cache shared:SSL:50m;
 	ssl_session_tickets off;
 	ssl_certificate /etc/nginx/certs/default.crt;
 	ssl_certificate_key /etc/nginx/certs/default.key;
@@ -163,8 +211,8 @@ upstream {{ $upstream_name }} {
 {{/* Get the HTTPS_METHOD defined by containers w/ the same vhost, falling back to "redirect" */}}
 {{ $https_method := or (first (groupByKeys $containers "Env.HTTPS_METHOD")) "redirect" }}
 
-{{/* Get the SSL_POLICY defined by containers w/ the same vhost, falling back to "Mozilla-Intermediate" */}}
-{{ $ssl_policy := or (first (groupByKeys $containers "Env.SSL_POLICY")) "Mozilla-Intermediate" }}
+{{/* Get the SSL_POLICY defined by containers w/ the same vhost, falling back to empty string (use default) */}}
+{{ $ssl_policy := or (first (groupByKeys $containers "Env.SSL_POLICY")) "" }}
 
 {{/* Get the HSTS defined by containers w/ the same vhost, falling back to "max-age=31536000" */}}
 {{ $hsts := or (first (groupByKeys $containers "Env.HSTS")) "max-age=31536000" }}
@@ -215,36 +263,8 @@ server {
 	include /etc/nginx/network_internal.conf;
 	{{ end }}
 
-	{{ if eq $ssl_policy "Mozilla-Modern" }}
-	ssl_protocols TLSv1.2 TLSv1.3;
-	ssl_ciphers 'ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-ECDSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305:ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256';
-	{{ else if eq $ssl_policy "Mozilla-Intermediate" }}
-	ssl_protocols TLSv1 TLSv1.1 TLSv1.2 TLSv1.3;
-	ssl_ciphers 'ECDHE-ECDSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305:ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:DHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-SHA:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-SHA384:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-SHA:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA:DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256:DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA:DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA256:DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA:AES128-GCM-SHA256:AES256-GCM-SHA384:AES128-SHA256:AES256-SHA256:AES128-SHA:AES256-SHA:!DSS';
-	{{ else if eq $ssl_policy "Mozilla-Old" }}
-	ssl_protocols SSLv3 TLSv1 TLSv1.1 TLSv1.2 TLSv1.3;
-	ssl_ciphers 'ECDHE-ECDSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305:ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:DHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:DHE-DSS-AES128-GCM-SHA256:kEDH+AESGCM:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-SHA:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-SHA:DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256:DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA:DHE-DSS-AES128-SHA256:DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA256:DHE-DSS-AES256-SHA:DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA:ECDHE-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA:ECDHE-ECDSA-DES-CBC3-SHA:EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA:AES128-GCM-SHA256:AES256-GCM-SHA384:AES128-SHA256:AES256-SHA256:AES128-SHA:AES256-SHA:AES:DES-CBC3-SHA:HIGH:SEED:!aNULL:!eNULL:!EXPORT:!DES:!RC4:!MD5:!PSK:!RSAPSK:!aDH:!aECDH:!EDH-DSS-DES-CBC3-SHA:!KRB5-DES-CBC3-SHA:!SRP';
-	{{ else if eq $ssl_policy "AWS-TLS-1-2-2017-01" }}
-	ssl_protocols TLSv1.2 TLSv1.3;
-	ssl_ciphers 'ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384:AES128-GCM-SHA256:AES128-SHA256:AES256-GCM-SHA384:AES256-SHA256';
-	{{ else if eq $ssl_policy "AWS-TLS-1-1-2017-01" }}
-	ssl_protocols TLSv1.1 TLSv1.2 TLSv1.3;
-	ssl_ciphers 'ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-SHA:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-SHA:AES128-GCM-SHA256:AES128-SHA256:AES128-SHA:AES256-GCM-SHA384:AES256-SHA256:AES256-SHA';
-	{{ else if eq $ssl_policy "AWS-2016-08" }}
-	ssl_protocols TLSv1 TLSv1.1 TLSv1.2 TLSv1.3;
-	ssl_ciphers 'ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-SHA:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-SHA:AES128-GCM-SHA256:AES128-SHA256:AES128-SHA:AES256-GCM-SHA384:AES256-SHA256:AES256-SHA';
-	{{ else if eq $ssl_policy "AWS-2015-05" }}
-	ssl_protocols TLSv1 TLSv1.1 TLSv1.2 TLSv1.3;
-	ssl_ciphers 'ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-SHA:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-SHA:AES128-GCM-SHA256:AES128-SHA256:AES128-SHA:AES256-GCM-SHA384:AES256-SHA256:AES256-SHA:DES-CBC3-SHA';
-	{{ else if eq $ssl_policy "AWS-2015-03" }}
-	ssl_protocols TLSv1 TLSv1.1 TLSv1.2 TLSv1.3;
-	ssl_ciphers 'ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-SHA:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA:DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-SHA:AES128-GCM-SHA256:AES128-SHA256:AES128-SHA:AES256-GCM-SHA384:AES256-SHA256:AES256-SHA:DHE-DSS-AES128-SHA:DES-CBC3-SHA';
-	{{ else if eq $ssl_policy "AWS-2015-02" }}
-	ssl_protocols TLSv1 TLSv1.1 TLSv1.2 TLSv1.3;
-	ssl_ciphers 'ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-SHA:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA:DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-SHA:AES128-GCM-SHA256:AES128-SHA256:AES128-SHA:AES256-GCM-SHA384:AES256-SHA256:AES256-SHA:DHE-DSS-AES128-SHA';
-	{{ end }}
+	{{ template "ssl_policy" (dict "ssl_policy" $ssl_policy) }}
 
-	ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on;
 	ssl_session_timeout 5m;
 	ssl_session_cache shared:SSL:50m;
 	ssl_session_tickets off;