diff --git a/manifests/wsgi/apache.pp b/manifests/wsgi/apache.pp
index 8760002..04b120d 100644
--- a/manifests/wsgi/apache.pp
+++ b/manifests/wsgi/apache.pp
@@ -84,6 +84,11 @@
 #   (Optional) The error log file name for the virtualhost.
 #   Defaults to undef
 #
+# [*vhost_custom_fragment*]
+#   (optional) Passes a string of custom configuration
+#   directives to be placed at the end of the vhost configuration.
+#   Defaults to undef.
+#
 # == Examples
 #
 #   include apache
@@ -111,6 +116,7 @@ class placement::wsgi::apache (
   $access_log_file           = false,
   $access_log_format         = false,
   $error_log_file            = undef,
+  $vhost_custom_fragment       = undef,
 ) {
 
   include placement::params
@@ -163,6 +169,7 @@ class placement::wsgi::apache (
     ssl_key                   => $ssl_key,
     threads                   => $threads,
     user                      => 'placement',
+    vhost_custom_fragment     => $vhost_custom_fragment,
     workers                   => $workers,
     wsgi_daemon_process       => 'placement-api',
     wsgi_process_display_name => $wsgi_process_display_name,
diff --git a/spec/classes/placement_wsgi_apache.rb b/spec/classes/placement_wsgi_apache.rb
index aec7a84..2a98f0c 100644
--- a/spec/classes/placement_wsgi_apache.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/placement_wsgi_apache.rb
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ describe 'placement::wsgi::apache' do
           :ssl_crl_path              => '/etc/ssl/crl',
           :ssl_crl                   => '/etc/ssl/certs/crl.crt',
           :ssl_certs_dir             => '/etc/ssl/certs',
+          :vhost_custom_fragment     => 'Timeout 99',
           :wsgi_process_display_name => 'custom',
           :threads                   => 5,
           :priority                  => '25',
@@ -106,6 +107,7 @@ describe 'placement::wsgi::apache' do
         :ssl_key                   => params[:ssl_key],
         :threads                   => params[:threads],
         :user                      => 'placement',
+        :vhost_custom_fragment     => 'Timeout 99',
         :workers                   => params[:workers],
         :wsgi_daemon_process       => 'placement-api',
         :wsgi_process_display_name => params[:wsgi_process_display_name],