diff --git a/.docker/nginx/conf.d/default.conf b/.docker/nginx/conf.d/default.conf
index c225ccc..4a89eed 100644
--- a/.docker/nginx/conf.d/default.conf
+++ b/.docker/nginx/conf.d/default.conf
@@ -54,4 +54,5 @@ server {
         expires max;
         log_not_found off;
     }
+    include /etc/nginx/server.d/*.conf;
 }
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9cc7eac..a3fcfaa 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -110,6 +110,20 @@ On each startup (when WordPress is already installed), the entrypoint can automa
 
 Use only one strategy at a time. For local environments importing production data, resetting all users is usually the simplest approach.
 
+### Nginx server snippets
+
+Every `*.conf` file mounted at `/etc/nginx/server.d/` is included at the end of the `server` block, so an environment can tune nginx without replacing `default.conf`:
+
+```yaml
+  nginx:
+    volumes:
+      - ./nginx/client-max-body-size.conf:/etc/nginx/server.d/client-max-body-size.conf:ro
+```
+
+```nginx
+client_max_body_size 0;
+```
+
 ### Database dump
 
 If you need to bootstrap the environment with existing data, place your SQL dump in the folder below:
diff --git a/tests/security/helpers/nginx.bash b/tests/security/helpers/nginx.bash
index 845e434..f83d941 100644
--- a/tests/security/helpers/nginx.bash
+++ b/tests/security/helpers/nginx.bash
@@ -85,6 +85,14 @@ nginx_hardening_integration_setup() {
 		php:8.3-fpm)"
 }
 
+nginx_hardening_server_snippet() {
+	local name="$1"
+	local content="$2"
+
+	mkdir -p "${nginx_hardening_tmp}/server.d"
+	printf '%s\n' "${content}" > "${nginx_hardening_tmp}/server.d/${name}"
+}
+
 nginx_hardening_integration_start() {
 	local value="${1-__UNSET__}"
 	local -a environment_args=()
@@ -93,11 +101,17 @@ nginx_hardening_integration_start() {
 		environment_args=(-e "WORDPRESS_XMLRPC_ENABLED=${value}")
 	fi
 
+	local -a server_snippets_args=()
+	if [ -d "${nginx_hardening_tmp}/server.d" ]; then
+		server_snippets_args=(-v "${nginx_hardening_tmp}/server.d:/etc/nginx/server.d:ro")
+	fi
+
 	nginx_hardening_container="$(docker run -d --rm "${environment_args[@]}" \
 		--network "${nginx_hardening_network}" \
 		-v "${nginx_hardening_root}/.docker/nginx/conf.d/default.conf:/etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf:ro" \
 		-v "${nginx_hardening_script}:/docker-entrypoint.d/40-xmlrpc-hardening.sh:ro" \
 		-v "${nginx_hardening_tmp}/document-root:/var/www/html:ro" \
+		"${server_snippets_args[@]}" \
 		-p 127.0.0.1::80 nginx:latest)"
 
 	nginx_hardening_port="$(docker port "${nginx_hardening_container}" 80/tcp | sed 's/.*://')"
@@ -136,9 +150,15 @@ nginx_hardening_config_is_valid() {
 nginx_hardening_request() {
 	local method="$1"
 	local path="$2"
+	local request_body_file="${3:-}"
 	local body_file="${nginx_hardening_tmp}/response-body"
+	local -a data_args=()
+
+	if [ -n "${request_body_file}" ]; then
+		data_args=(--data-binary "@${request_body_file}")
+	fi
 
-	curl -sS -X "${method}" -o "${body_file}" -w '%{http_code}' \
+	curl -sS -X "${method}" "${data_args[@]}" -o "${body_file}" -w '%{http_code}' \
 		"http://127.0.0.1:${nginx_hardening_port}${path}"
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/security/nginx-server-snippets.bats b/tests/security/nginx-server-snippets.bats
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a8f2884
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/security/nginx-server-snippets.bats
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bats
+
+load 'helpers/nginx.bash'
+
+setup() {
+	nginx_hardening_integration_setup
+	head -c 2048 /dev/zero > "${nginx_hardening_tmp}/request-body"
+}
+
+teardown() {
+	nginx_hardening_integration_stop
+}
+
+@test "real nginx config starts without server snippets" {
+	nginx_hardening_integration_start
+	nginx_hardening_config_is_valid
+
+	run nginx_hardening_request POST /xmlrpc.php "${nginx_hardening_tmp}/request-body"
+	[ "${status}" -eq 0 ]
+	nginx_hardening_assert_status 200 "${output}"
+	nginx_hardening_assert_upstream_reached
+}
+
+@test "real nginx config applies server snippets" {
+	nginx_hardening_server_snippet client-max-body-size.conf 'client_max_body_size 1k;'
+	nginx_hardening_integration_start
+	nginx_hardening_config_is_valid
+
+	run nginx_hardening_request POST /xmlrpc.php "${nginx_hardening_tmp}/request-body"
+	[ "${status}" -eq 0 ]
+	nginx_hardening_assert_status 413 "${output}"
+	nginx_hardening_assert_upstream_not_reached
+}