diff --git a/manifests/config.pp b/manifests/config.pp
index daf0307..f8346ec 100644
--- a/manifests/config.pp
+++ b/manifests/config.pp
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ class nginx::config(
   $worker_processes               = $nginx::params::nx_worker_processes,
   $worker_connections             = $nginx::params::nx_worker_connections,
   $worker_rlimit_nofile           = $nginx::params::nx_worker_rlimit_nofile,
+  $multi_accept                   = $nginx::params::nx_multi_accept,
+  $events_use                     = $nginx::params::nx_events_use,
   $confd_purge                    = $nginx::params::nx_confd_purge,
   $vhost_purge                    = $nginx::params::nx_vhost_purge,
   $server_tokens                  = $nginx::params::nx_server_tokens,
diff --git a/manifests/init.pp b/manifests/init.pp
index 59395e9..09c8abf 100644
--- a/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/manifests/init.pp
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ class nginx (
   $worker_processes               = $nginx::params::nx_worker_processes,
   $worker_connections             = $nginx::params::nx_worker_connections,
   $worker_rlimit_nofile           = $nginx::params::nx_worker_rlimit_nofile,
+  $multi_accept                   = $nginx::params::nx_multi_accept,
+  $events_use                     = $nginx::params::nx_events_use,
   $package_name                   = $nginx::params::package_name,
   $package_ensure                 = $nginx::params::package_ensure,
   $package_source                 = $nginx::params::package_source,
@@ -87,6 +89,8 @@ class nginx (
   if (!is_integer($worker_rlimit_nofile)) {
     fail('$worker_rlimit_nofile must be an integer.')
   }
+  validate_string($events_use)
+  validate_string($multi_accept)
   validate_string($package_name)
   validate_string($package_ensure)
   validate_string($package_source)
@@ -157,6 +161,8 @@ class nginx (
     worker_processes               => $worker_processes,
     worker_connections             => $worker_connections,
     worker_rlimit_nofile           => $worker_rlimit_nofile,
+    multi_accept                   => $multi_accept,
+    events_use                     => $events_use,
     proxy_set_header               => $proxy_set_header,
     proxy_http_version             => $proxy_http_version,
     proxy_cache_path               => $proxy_cache_path,
diff --git a/templates/conf.d/nginx.conf.erb b/templates/conf.d/nginx.conf.erb
index a3d4206..0ad6838 100644
--- a/templates/conf.d/nginx.conf.erb
+++ b/templates/conf.d/nginx.conf.erb
@@ -6,9 +6,13 @@ error_log  <%= @nginx_error_log %>;
 <% if scope.lookupvar('nginx::params::nx_pid') != false %>pid        <%= scope.lookupvar('nginx::params::nx_pid')%>;<% end -%>
 
 events {
-  worker_connections <%= @worker_connections -%>;
-<% if scope.lookupvar('nginx::params::nx_multi_accept') == 'on' %>multi_accept on;<% end -%>
-<% if scope.lookupvar('nginx::params::nx_events_use') %>use <%= scope.lookupvar('nginx::params::nx_events_use')%>;<% end -%>
+    worker_connections <%= @worker_connections -%>;
+  <% if @multi_accept == 'on' -%>
+    multi_accept on;
+  <% end -%>
+  <% if @events_use -%>
+    use <%= @events_use %>;
+  <% end -%>
 }
 
 http {