diff --git a/manifests/wsgi/apache.pp b/manifests/wsgi/apache.pp
index 9bd1cf2a..1cbd87d3 100644
--- a/manifests/wsgi/apache.pp
+++ b/manifests/wsgi/apache.pp
@@ -89,6 +89,11 @@
 #     { python-path => '/my/python/virtualenv' }
 #     Defaults to {}
 #
+#   [*vhost_custom_fragment*]
+#     (optional) Passes a string of custom configuration
+#     directives to be placed at the end of the vhost configuration.
+#     Defaults to undef.
+#
 # == Dependencies
 #
 #   requires Class['apache'] & Class['manila']
@@ -121,6 +126,7 @@ class manila::wsgi::apache (
   $access_log_format           = false,
   $error_log_file              = undef,
   $custom_wsgi_process_options = {},
+  $vhost_custom_fragment       = undef,
 ) {
 
   include ::manila::deps
@@ -148,6 +154,7 @@ class manila::wsgi::apache (
     ssl_key                     => $ssl_key,
     threads                     => $threads,
     user                        => 'manila',
+    vhost_custom_fragment       => $vhost_custom_fragment,
     workers                     => $workers,
     wsgi_daemon_process         => 'manila-api',
     wsgi_process_display_name   => $wsgi_process_display_name,
@@ -161,4 +168,4 @@ class manila::wsgi::apache (
     error_log_file              => $error_log_file,
     require                     => Anchor['manila::install::end'],
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/spec/classes/manila_wsgi_apache_spec.rb b/spec/classes/manila_wsgi_apache_spec.rb
index e884b2aa..29259203 100644
--- a/spec/classes/manila_wsgi_apache_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/manila_wsgi_apache_spec.rb
@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@ describe 'manila::wsgi::apache' do
           },
           :access_log_file             => '/var/log/httpd/access_log',
           :access_log_format           => 'some format',
-          :error_log_file              => '/var/log/httpd/error_log'
+          :error_log_file              => '/var/log/httpd/error_log',
+          :vhost_custom_fragment       => 'Timeout 99'
         }
       end
       it { is_expected.to contain_class('manila::params') }
@@ -58,6 +59,7 @@ describe 'manila::wsgi::apache' do
         :ssl                       => false,
         :threads                   => 1,
         :user                      => 'manila',
+        :vhost_custom_fragment     => 'Timeout 99',
         :workers                   => 37,
         :wsgi_daemon_process       => 'manila-api',
         :wsgi_process_display_name => 'manila-api',