diff --git a/manifests/init.pp b/manifests/init.pp
index 3e28d2e2b..c75bd2e69 100644
--- a/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/manifests/init.pp
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@
 #   already installed.  If the fact is unavailable, it defaults to '1.6.0'.
 #   You may need to set this manually to get a working and idempotent
 #   configuration.
+#
+# @param debug_connections
+#   Configures nginx `debug_connection` lines in the `events` section of the nginx config.
+#   See http://nginx.org/en/docs/ngx_core_module.html#debug_connection
 class nginx (
   ### START Nginx Configuration ###
   Variant[Stdlib::Absolutepath, Boolean] $client_body_temp_path = $nginx::params::client_body_temp_path,
diff --git a/spec/classes/nginx_spec.rb b/spec/classes/nginx_spec.rb
index 02478e1b6..91ecb3bb2 100644
--- a/spec/classes/nginx_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/nginx_spec.rb
@@ -1077,6 +1077,15 @@
                 attr: 'ssl_password_file',
                 value: '/path/to/password_file',
                 match: '  ssl_password_file         /path/to/password_file;'
+              },
+              {
+                title: 'should contain debug_connection directives',
+                attr: 'debug_connections',
+                value: %w[127.0.0.1 unix:],
+                match: [
+                  '  debug_connection 127.0.0.1;',
+                  '  debug_connection unix:;'
+                ]
               }
             ].each do |param|
               context "when #{param[:attr]} is #{param[:value]}" do
diff --git a/spec/type_aliases/debugconnection_spec.rb b/spec/type_aliases/debugconnection_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d9d4cb4cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/type_aliases/debugconnection_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+require 'spec_helper'
+
+describe 'Nginx::DebugConnection' do
+  it { is_expected.to allow_value('127.0.0.1') }
+  it { is_expected.to allow_value('localhost') }
+  it { is_expected.to allow_value('192.0.2.0/24') }
+  it { is_expected.to allow_value('::1') }
+  it { is_expected.to allow_value('2001:0db8::/32') }
+  it { is_expected.to allow_value('unix:') }
+end
diff --git a/types/debugconnection.pp b/types/debugconnection.pp
index 67b8388bc..399fc4bb5 100644
--- a/types/debugconnection.pp
+++ b/types/debugconnection.pp
@@ -1 +1 @@
-type Nginx::DebugConnection = Variant[Stdlib::Host, Enum['unix:']]
+type Nginx::DebugConnection = Variant[Stdlib::Host, Stdlib::IP::Address, Enum['unix:']]