diff --git a/controllers/nginx/README.md b/controllers/nginx/README.md
index 3e3f29fd1..f2729a52b 100644
--- a/controllers/nginx/README.md
+++ b/controllers/nginx/README.md
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ This is a nginx Ingress controller that uses [ConfigMap](https://github.com/kube
 * [Deployment](#deployment)
 * [HTTP](#http)
 * [HTTPS](#https)
+  * [Default SSL Certificate](#default-ssl-certificate)
   * [HTTPS enforcement](#server-side-https-enforcement)
   * [HSTS](#http-strict-transport-security)
 * [TCP Services](#exposing-tcp-services)
@@ -133,6 +134,13 @@ Please follow [test.sh](https://github.com/bprashanth/Ingress/blob/master/exampl
 
 Check the [example](examples/tls/README.md)
 
+### Default SSL Certificate
+
+NGINX provides the option [default_server](http://nginx.org/en/docs/http/server_names.html) to allow a catch-all server in case of request with a not configured server name. This configuration works without issues for HTTP traffic.
+In case of HTTPS NGINX requires a certificate. For this reason the Ingress controller provides the flag `--default-ssl-certificate`. The secret behind this flag contains the default certificate to be used in the mentioned case.
+If this flag is not provided NGINX will reject the request with the HTTP code 444.
+
+
 ### Server-side HTTPS enforcement
 
 By default the controller redirects (301) to HTTPS if TLS is enabled for that ingress . If you want to disable that behaviour globally, you can use `ssl-redirect: "false"` in the NGINX config map.
diff --git a/controllers/nginx/main.go b/controllers/nginx/main.go
index 9bd40076f..a30d0117a 100644
--- a/controllers/nginx/main.go
+++ b/controllers/nginx/main.go
@@ -85,6 +85,9 @@ var (
 		This can be used as a guide to create a custom configuration.`)
 
 	profiling = flags.Bool("profiling", true, `Enable profiling via web interface host:port/debug/pprof/`)
+
+	defSSLCertificate = flags.String("default-ssl-certificate", "", `Name of the secret that contains a SSL 
+		certificate to be used as default for a HTTPS catch-all server`)
 )
 
 func main() {