diff --git a/nginx/init.sls b/nginx/init.sls
index 7ad31bd..b278137 100644
--- a/nginx/init.sls
+++ b/nginx/init.sls
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ include:
   {%- if nginx.snippets is defined %}
   - nginx.snippets
   {%- endif %}
+  {%- if nginx.streams is defined %}
+  - nginx.streams
+  {%- endif %}
   - nginx.servers
   - nginx.certificates
 
diff --git a/nginx/map.jinja b/nginx/map.jinja
index b3beb3d..d518ccd 100644
--- a/nginx/map.jinja
+++ b/nginx/map.jinja
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
             'server_available': '/etc/nginx/sites-available',
             'server_enabled': '/etc/nginx/sites-enabled',
             'snippets_dir': '/etc/nginx/snippets',
+            'streams_dir': '/etc/nginx/streams',
             'server_use_symlink': True,
             'pid_file': '/run/nginx.pid',
             'openssl_package': 'openssl',
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@
             'server_available': '/etc/nginx/conf.d',
             'server_enabled': '/etc/nginx/conf.d',
             'snippets_dir': '/etc/nginx/snippets',
+            'streams_dir': '/etc/nginx/streams',
             'server_use_symlink': False,
             'pid_file': '/run/nginx.pid',
             'rh_os_releasever': '$releasever',
@@ -49,6 +51,7 @@
             'server_available': '/etc/nginx/conf.d',
             'server_enabled': '/etc/nginx/conf.d',
             'snippets_dir': '/etc/nginx/snippets',
+            'streams_dir': '/etc/nginx/streams',
             'server_use_symlink': False,
             'pid_file': '/run/nginx.pid',
             'rh_os_releasever': '$releasever',
@@ -69,6 +72,7 @@
             'server_available': '/etc/nginx/vhosts.d',
             'server_enabled': '/etc/nginx/vhosts.d',
             'snippets_dir': '/etc/nginx/snippets',
+            'streams_dir': '/etc/nginx/streams',
             'server_use_symlink': False,
             'pid_file': '/run/nginx.pid',
             'gpg_check': True,
@@ -84,6 +88,7 @@
             'server_available': '/etc/nginx/sites-available',
             'server_enabled': '/etc/nginx/sites-enabled',
             'snippets_dir': '/etc/nginx/snippets',
+            'streams_dir': '/etc/nginx/streams',
             'server_use_symlink': True,
             'openssl_package': 'openssl',
         },
@@ -95,6 +100,7 @@
             'server_available': '/etc/nginx/sites-available',
             'server_enabled': '/etc/nginx/sites-enabled',
             'snippets_dir': '/etc/nginx/snippets',
+            'streams_dir': '/etc/nginx/streams',
             'server_use_symlink': True,
             'openssl_package': 'dev-libs/openssl',
         },
@@ -107,6 +113,7 @@
             'server_available': '/usr/local/etc/nginx/sites-available',
             'server_enabled': '/usr/local/etc/nginx/sites-enabled',
             'snippets_dir': '/usr/local/etc/nginx/snippets',
+            'streams_dir': '/usr/local/etc/nginx/streams',
             'server_use_symlink': True,
             'openssl_package': 'openssl',
             'pid_file': '/var/run/nginx.pid',
@@ -140,6 +147,9 @@
             'events': {
                 'worker_connections': 512,
             },
+            'stream' : {
+                'include': '/etc/nginx/streams/*',
+            },
             'http': {
                 'sendfile': 'on',
                 'tcp_nopush': 'on',
@@ -204,3 +214,7 @@
     }) %}
     {% endif %}
 {% endif %}
+
+{% if salt['grains.get']('os_family') == 'FreeBSD' %} 
+    {% do nginx.server.config.stream.update({'include' : nginx.lookup.streams_dir ~ '/*'}) %}
+{% endif %}
diff --git a/nginx/passenger.sls b/nginx/passenger.sls
index 374c35d..c22f6a9 100644
--- a/nginx/passenger.sls
+++ b/nginx/passenger.sls
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ include:
   {%- if nginx.snippets is defined %}
   - nginx.snippets
   {%- endif %}
+  {%- if nginx.streams is defined %}
+  - nginx.streams
+  {%- endif %}
   - nginx.servers
   - nginx.certificates
 
diff --git a/nginx/pkg.sls b/nginx/pkg.sls
index 680c524..ff7e651 100644
--- a/nginx/pkg.sls
+++ b/nginx/pkg.sls
@@ -78,28 +78,6 @@ nginx_official_repo:
     - watch_in:
       - pkg: nginx_install
 
-   {%- if grains.os not in ('Debian',) %}
-       ## applies to Ubuntu and derivatives only #}
-nginx_ppa_repo:
-  pkgrepo:
-    {%- if from_ppa %}
-    - managed
-    {%- else %}
-    - absent
-    {%- endif %}
-    {% if grains.os == 'Ubuntu' %}
-    - ppa: nginx/{{ nginx.ppa_version }}
-    {% else %}
-    - name: deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/nginx/{{ nginx.ppa_version }}/ubuntu {{ grains.oscodename }} main
-    - keyid: C300EE8C
-    - keyserver: keyserver.ubuntu.com
-    {% endif %}
-    - require_in:
-      - pkg: nginx_install
-    - watch_in:
-      - pkg: nginx_install
-   {%- endif %}
-
   {%- if from_phusionpassenger %}
 nginx_phusionpassenger_repo_keyring:
   file.managed:
diff --git a/nginx/servers_config.sls b/nginx/servers_config.sls
index 6652d64..0b1a4f1 100644
--- a/nginx/servers_config.sls
+++ b/nginx/servers_config.sls
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 {% set server_states = [] %}
 {#- _nginx is a lightened copy of nginx map intended to passed in templates #}
 {%- set _nginx = nginx.copy() %}
+{%- do _nginx.pop('streams') if nginx.streams is defined %}
 {%- do _nginx.pop('snippets') if nginx.snippets is defined %}
 {%- do _nginx.pop('servers') if nginx.servers is defined %}
 
diff --git a/nginx/streams.sls b/nginx/streams.sls
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3bf4d99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nginx/streams.sls
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+# nginx.streams
+#
+# Manages creation of streams
+
+{%- set tplroot = tpldir.split('/')[0] %}
+{%- from tplroot ~ '/map.jinja' import nginx, sls_block with context %}
+{%- from tplroot ~ '/libtofs.jinja' import files_switch with context %}
+
+{#- _nginx is a lightened copy of nginx map intended to passed in templates #}
+{%- set _nginx = nginx.copy() %}
+
+{%- do _nginx.pop('streams') if nginx.snippets is defined %}
+{%- do _nginx.pop('servers') if nginx.servers is defined %}
+
+
+nginx_streams_dir:
+  file.directory:
+    {{ sls_block(nginx.servers.dir_opts) }}
+    - name: {{ nginx.lookup.streams_dir }}
+
+{% for stream, config in nginx.streams.items() %}
+nginx_streams_{{ stream }}:
+  file.managed:
+    - name: {{ nginx.lookup.streams_dir ~ '/' ~ stream }}
+    - source: {{ files_switch([ stream, 'server.conf' ],
+                              'nginx_stream_file_managed'
+                 )
+              }}
+    - template: jinja
+    - context:
+        config: {{ config|json() }}
+        nginx: {{ _nginx|json() }}
+{% endfor %}
diff --git a/pillar.example b/pillar.example
index f5e2190..0ed0841 100644
--- a/pillar.example
+++ b/pillar.example
@@ -109,7 +109,16 @@ nginx:
       - upstream netdata:
           - server: 127.0.0.1:19999
           - keepalive: 64
-
+  
+  streams:
+    example_stream:
+      - upstream some_upstream:
+        - server: '10.0.0.1:8000'
+        - server: '10.0.0.2:8000'
+      - server:
+        - listen: 7000
+        - proxy_pass: some_upstream
+        
   server:
     # this partially exposes file.managed parameters as they relate to the main
     # nginx.conf file