diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index b6b1364..e850f08 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ services:
 
 env:
     global:
-        - DOCKER_VERSION=1.10.1-0~trusty
+        - DOCKER_VERSION=1.12.1-0~trusty
 
 before_install:
   # list docker-engine versions
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index f81ce48..6d5ce9b 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM nginx:1.9.15
+FROM nginx:1.11.3
 MAINTAINER Jason Wilder mail@jasonwilder.com
 
 # Install wget and install/updates certificates
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 7747344..74ae6bf 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 update-dependencies:
 	docker pull jwilder/docker-gen:0.7.3
-	docker pull nginx:1.9.12
+	docker pull nginx:1.11.3
 	docker pull python:3
 	docker pull rancher/socat-docker:latest
 	docker pull appropriate/curl:latest
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index dddea56..c9cd2a5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-![nginx 1.9.15](https://img.shields.io/badge/nginx-1.9.15-brightgreen.svg) ![License MIT](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-MIT-blue.svg) [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/jwilder/nginx-proxy.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/jwilder/nginx-proxy) [![](https://img.shields.io/docker/stars/jwilder/nginx-proxy.svg)](https://hub.docker.com/r/jwilder/nginx-proxy 'DockerHub') [![](https://img.shields.io/docker/pulls/jwilder/nginx-proxy.svg)](https://hub.docker.com/r/jwilder/nginx-proxy 'DockerHub')
+![nginx 1.11.3](https://img.shields.io/badge/nginx-1.11.3-brightgreen.svg) ![License MIT](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-MIT-blue.svg) [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/jwilder/nginx-proxy.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/jwilder/nginx-proxy) [![](https://img.shields.io/docker/stars/jwilder/nginx-proxy.svg)](https://hub.docker.com/r/jwilder/nginx-proxy 'DockerHub') [![](https://img.shields.io/docker/pulls/jwilder/nginx-proxy.svg)](https://hub.docker.com/r/jwilder/nginx-proxy 'DockerHub')
 
 
 nginx-proxy sets up a container running nginx and [docker-gen][1].  docker-gen generates reverse proxy configs for nginx and reloads nginx when containers are started and stopped.
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ services:
 ```shell
 $ docker-compose up
 $ curl -H "Host: whoami.local" localhost
-I''m 5b129ab83266
+I'm 5b129ab83266
 ```
 
 ### Multiple Ports
@@ -78,6 +78,12 @@ In this example, the `my-nginx-proxy` container will be connected to `my-network
 
 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
@@ -92,6 +98,14 @@ image and the official [nginx](https://registry.hub.docker.com/_/nginx/) image.
 
 You may want to do this to prevent having the docker socket bound to a publicly exposed container service.
 
+You can demo this pattern with docker-compose:
+
+```console
+$ docker-compose --file docker-compose-separate-containers.yml up
+$ curl -H "Host: whoami.local" localhost
+I'm 5b129ab83266
+```
+
 To run nginx proxy as a separate container you'll need to have [nginx.tmpl](https://github.com/jwilder/nginx-proxy/blob/master/nginx.tmpl) on your host system.
 
 First start nginx with a volume:
diff --git a/docker-compose-separate-containers.yml b/docker-compose-separate-containers.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a4edb94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose-separate-containers.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+version: '2'
+services:
+  nginx:
+    image: nginx
+    container_name: nginx
+    ports:
+      - "80:80"
+    volumes:
+      - /etc/nginx/conf.d
+
+  dockergen:
+    image: jwilder/docker-gen
+    command: -notify-sighup nginx -watch /etc/docker-gen/templates/nginx.tmpl /etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf
+    volumes_from:
+      - nginx
+    volumes:
+      - /var/run/docker.sock:/tmp/docker.sock:ro
+      - ./nginx.tmpl:/etc/docker-gen/templates/nginx.tmpl
+
+  whoami:
+    image: jwilder/whoami
+    environment:
+      - VIRTUAL_HOST=whoami.local
diff --git a/nginx.tmpl b/nginx.tmpl
index b168bc5..c0936d7 100644
--- a/nginx.tmpl
+++ b/nginx.tmpl
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ server {
 	access_log /var/log/nginx/access.log vhost;
 	return 503;
 
+	ssl_session_tickets off;
 	ssl_certificate /etc/nginx/certs/default.crt;
 	ssl_certificate_key /etc/nginx/certs/default.key;
 }
@@ -119,8 +120,8 @@ upstream {{ $host }} {
 {{ $vhostCert := (closest (dir "/etc/nginx/certs") (printf "%s.crt" $host))}}
 
 {{/* vhostCert is actually a filename so remove any suffixes since they are added later */}}
-{{ $vhostCert := replace $vhostCert ".crt" "" -1 }}
-{{ $vhostCert := replace $vhostCert ".key" "" -1 }}
+{{ $vhostCert := trimSuffix ".crt" $vhostCert }}
+{{ $vhostCert := trimSuffix ".key" $vhostCert }}
 
 {{/* Use the cert specified on the container or fallback to the best vhost match */}}
 {{ $cert := (coalesce $certName $vhostCert) }}
@@ -144,11 +145,12 @@ server {
 	access_log /var/log/nginx/access.log vhost;
 
 	ssl_protocols TLSv1 TLSv1.1 TLSv1.2;
-	ssl_ciphers 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:AES128-GCM-SHA256:AES256-GCM-SHA384:AES128-SHA256:AES256-SHA256:AES128-SHA:AES256-SHA:AES:CAMELLIA:DES-CBC3-SHA:!aNULL:!eNULL:!EXPORT:!DES:!RC4:!MD5:!PSK:!aECDH:!EDH-DSS-DES-CBC3-SHA:!EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA:!KRB5-DES-CBC3-SHA;
+	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:ECDHE-ECDSA-DES-CBC3-SHA:ECDHE-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA:EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA:AES128-GCM-SHA256:AES256-GCM-SHA384:AES128-SHA256:AES256-SHA256:AES128-SHA:AES256-SHA:DES-CBC3-SHA:!DSS';
 
 	ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on;
 	ssl_session_timeout 5m;
 	ssl_session_cache shared:SSL:50m;
+	ssl_session_tickets off;
 
 	ssl_certificate /etc/nginx/certs/{{ (printf "%s.crt" $cert) }};
 	ssl_certificate_key /etc/nginx/certs/{{ (printf "%s.key" $cert) }};
@@ -168,7 +170,12 @@ 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) }};
@@ -197,7 +204,12 @@ 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) }};