diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9d4bb40..7116775 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -37,6 +37,12 @@ You can also use wildcards at the beginning and the end of host name, like `*.ba
 
 If you would like to connect to your backend using HTTPS instead of HTTP, set `VIRTUAL_PROTO=https` on the backend container.
 
+### uWSGI Backends
+
+If you would like to connect to uWSGI backend, set `VIRTUAL_PROTO=uwsgi` on the
+backend container. Your backend container should than listen on a port rather
+than a socket and expose that port.
+
 ### Default Host
 
 To set the default host for nginx use the env var `DEFAULT_HOST=foo.bar.com` for example
@@ -227,4 +233,3 @@ Before submitting pull requests or issues, please check github to make sure an e
 To run tests, you'll need to install [bats 0.4.0](https://github.com/sstephenson/bats).
 
     make test
-
diff --git a/nginx.tmpl b/nginx.tmpl
index 255cc35..71ccc31 100644
--- a/nginx.tmpl
+++ b/nginx.tmpl
@@ -144,7 +144,12 @@ server {
 	{{ end }}
 
 	location / {
+		{{ if eq $proto "uwsgi" }}
+		include uwsgi_params;
+		uwsgi_pass {{ trim $proto }}://{{ trim $host }};
+		{{ else }}
 		proxy_pass {{ trim $proto }}://{{ trim $host }};
+		{{ end }}
 		{{ if (exists (printf "/etc/nginx/htpasswd/%s" $host)) }}
 		auth_basic	"Restricted {{ $host }}";
 		auth_basic_user_file	{{ (printf "/etc/nginx/htpasswd/%s" $host) }};
@@ -170,7 +175,12 @@ server {
 	{{ end }}
 
 	location / {
+		{{ if eq $proto "uwsgi" }}
+		include uwsgi_params;
+		uwsgi_pass {{ trim $proto }}://{{ trim $host }};
+		{{ else }}
 		proxy_pass {{ trim $proto }}://{{ trim $host }};
+		{{ end }}
 		{{ if (exists (printf "/etc/nginx/htpasswd/%s" $host)) }}
 		auth_basic	"Restricted {{ $host }}";
 		auth_basic_user_file	{{ (printf "/etc/nginx/htpasswd/%s" $host) }};