diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9f1b0a9..f351db7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -59,7 +59,10 @@
 - Complicated redirect rules. The grammar for these was too complicated to make
   into a general case, so if they're required use the `extra_config` which is
   loaded into the `server {}` configuration scope, and specify rules using the
-  [rewrite module](http://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_rewrite_module.html)
+  [rewrite module](http://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_rewrite_module.html).
+  `extra_config` also added to the config if `strip_request_uri` is set - this
+  handles a basic full-site redirect to another URL, along with any custom 301
+  redirects in `extra_config`
 
 - Wildcard matching of domains. These were generally done to host many sites
   behind one TLS certificate, which is less needed now that we have
diff --git a/templates/vhost.conf.j2 b/templates/vhost.conf.j2
index f5e7e8a..99a4ce2 100644
--- a/templates/vhost.conf.j2
+++ b/templates/vhost.conf.j2
@@ -24,6 +24,12 @@
   }
 
 {% if item.strip_request_uri is defined and item.strip_request_uri %}
+{% if item.extra_config is defined and item.extra_config %}
+  # extra config
+  {{ item.extra_config | indent(2) }}
+
+{% endif %}
+
 {% set uri = "" %}
 {% else %}
 {% set uri = "$request_uri" %}