diff --git a/nginx/init.sls b/nginx/init.sls
index b2659aaf..07240ff3 100644
--- a/nginx/init.sls
+++ b/nginx/init.sls
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
+{%- set nginx=pillar.get('nginx', {}) %}
+
 include:
   - nginx.common
-{% if pillar.get('nginx', {}).get('user_auth_enabled', true) %}
+{% if nginx.get('user_auth_enabled', true) %}
   - nginx.users
 {% endif %}
-{% if pillar.get('nginx', {}).get('install_from_source') %}
+{% if nginx.get('install_from_source') %}
   - nginx.source
 {% else %}
   - nginx.package
diff --git a/nginx/map.jinja b/nginx/map.jinja
index 74b80e28..b749fabe 100644
--- a/nginx/map.jinja
+++ b/nginx/map.jinja
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 {% set nginx = salt['grains.filter_by']({
     'Debian': {
+        'package': 'nginx',
         'apache_utils': 'apache2-utils',
     },
     'RedHat': {
+        'package': 'nginx',
         'apache_utils': 'httpd-tools',
     },
-}, merge=salt['pillar.get']('nginx:lookup')) %}
\ No newline at end of file
+}, merge=salt['pillar.get']('nginx:lookup')) %}
diff --git a/nginx/ng/install.sls b/nginx/ng/install.sls
index f538ccd8..43336988 100644
--- a/nginx/ng/install.sls
+++ b/nginx/ng/install.sls
@@ -5,10 +5,25 @@
 {% from 'nginx/ng/map.jinja' import nginx, sls_block with context %}
 
 nginx_install:
-  {% if nginx.from_source %}
+  {% if nginx.install_from_source %}
   ## add source compilation here
   {% else %}
   pkg.installed:
     {{ sls_block(nginx.package.opts) }}
     - name: {{ nginx.lookup.package }}
   {% endif %}
+
+{% if salt['grains.get']('os_family') == 'Debian' %}
+{% if nginx.install_from_ppa %}
+nginx_ppa_repo:
+  pkgrepo.managed:
+    - humanname: nginx-ppa-{{ grains['oscodename'] }}
+    - name: deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/nginx/stable/ubuntu {{ grains['oscodename'] }} main
+    - file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nginx-stable-{{ grains['oscodename'] }}.list
+    - dist: {{ grains['oscodename'] }}
+    - keyid: C300EE8C
+    - keyserver: keyserver.ubuntu.com
+    - require_in:
+      - pkg: nginx_install
+{% endif %}
+{% endif %}
diff --git a/nginx/package.sls b/nginx/package.sls
index fd5ae0c2..300dde76 100644
--- a/nginx/package.sls
+++ b/nginx/package.sls
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+{% from "nginx/map.jinja" import nginx with context %}
 {% set use_upstart = pillar.get('nginx', {}).get('use_upstart', true) %}
 {% if use_upstart %}
 nginx-old-init:
@@ -35,9 +36,23 @@ nginx-old-init-disable:
       - file: nginx-old-init
 {% endif %}
 
+{% if salt['grains.get']('os_family') == 'Debian' %}
+nginx-ppa-repo:
+  pkgrepo.managed:
+    - enabled: {{ salt['pillar.get']('nginx:install_from_ppa', False) }}
+    - humanname: nginx-ppa-{{ grains['oscodename'] }}
+    - name: deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/nginx/stable/ubuntu {{ grains['oscodename'] }} main
+    - file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nginx-stable-{{ grains['oscodename'] }}.list
+    - dist: {{ grains['oscodename'] }}
+    - keyid: C300EE8C
+    - keyserver: keyserver.ubuntu.com
+    - require_in:
+      - pkg: nginx
+{% endif %}
+
 nginx:
   pkg.installed:
-    - name: nginx
+    - name: {{ nginx.package }}
 {% if use_upstart %}
   file:
     - managed
diff --git a/pillar.example b/pillar.example
index 757b0a47..84bb0f0d 100644
--- a/pillar.example
+++ b/pillar.example
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 nginx:
   install_from_source: True
+  install_from_ppa: False
   use_upstart: True
   user_auth_enabled: True
   with_luajit: False
@@ -13,6 +14,9 @@ nginx:
       source: http://github.com/agentzh/headers-more-nginx-module/tarball/v0.21
       source_hash: sha1=dbf914cbf3f7b6cb7e033fa7b7c49e2f8879113b
 
+  lookup:
+    package: nginx
+
 # ========
 # nginx.ng
 # ========
@@ -30,7 +34,10 @@ nginx:
       vhost_use_symlink: True
 
     # Source compilation is not currently a part of nginx.ng
-    from_source: False
+    install_from_source: False
+
+    # Install nginx.ng.lookup.package from the PPA repository
+    install_from_ppa: True
 
     package:
       opts: {} # this partially exposes parameters of pkg.installed