diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 196f543f..ee06199f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ Set up (the latest version of) [HAProxy](http://www.haproxy.org/) in Ubuntu syst
 * `haproxy_global_peers.{n}.peers`: Peer declarations
 * `haproxy_global_peers.{n}.peers.{n}.name`: [required]: Name of the host (recommended to be `hostname`) (e.g. `haproxy1`)
 * `haproxy_global_peers.{n}.peers.{n}.listen`: [required]: IP and port for peer to listen/connect to (e.g. `192.168.0.1:1024`)
+* `haproxy_global_raw_options`: [default: `[]`]: Additional arbitrary lines to insert in the section
 
 * `haproxy_defaults_log`: [default: `global`]: Enable per-instance logging of events and traffic. `global` should be used when the instance's logging parameters are the same as the global ones. This is the most common usage
 * `haproxy_defaults_logformat`: [optional]: Allows you to customize the logs in http mode and tcp mode (e.g. `%{+Q}o\ %t\ %s\ %{-Q}r`)
@@ -69,6 +70,7 @@ Set up (the latest version of) [HAProxy](http://www.haproxy.org/) in Ubuntu syst
 * `haproxy_defaults_compression.{}.name`: [required]: The compression name (e.g. `algo`, `type`, `offload`)
 * `haproxy_defaults_compression.{}.value`: [required]: The compression value, (e.g. if name = algo : one of this values `identity`, `gzip`, `deflate`, `raw-deflate` / if name = type : list of mime type separated by space for example `text/html text/plain text/css` / if name = `offload` value is empty)
 * `haproxy_default_server_params`: [optional]: Default server backend parameters passed to each backend/listen server.
+* `haproxy_default_raw_options`: [default: `[]`]: Additional arbitrary lines to insert in the section
 
 * `haproxy_ssl_map`: [default: `[]`]: SSL declarations
 * `haproxy_ssl_map.{n}.src`: The local path of the file to copy, can be absolute or relative (e.g. `../../../files/haproxy/etc/haproxy/ssl/star-example-com.pem`)
@@ -181,6 +183,7 @@ Set up (the latest version of) [HAProxy](http://www.haproxy.org/) in Ubuntu syst
 * `haproxy_listen.{n}.errorfile.{n}.code`: [required]: The HTTP status code. Currently, HAProxy is capable of generating codes 200, 400, 403, 408, 500, 502, 503, and 504 (e.g. `400`)
 * `haproxy_listen.{n}.errorfile.{n}.file`: [required]: A file containing the full HTTP response (e.g `/etc/haproxy/errors/400.http`)
 * `haproxy_listen.{n}.default_server_params`: [optional]: Default server params applied for each server for this particular listen entry.
+* `haproxy_listen.{n}.raw_options`: [default: `[]`]: Additional arbitrary lines to insert in the section
 
 * `haproxy_frontend`: [default: `[]`]: Front-end declarations
 * `haproxy_frontend.{n}.name`: [required]: The name of the section (e.g. `https`)
@@ -270,6 +273,7 @@ Set up (the latest version of) [HAProxy](http://www.haproxy.org/) in Ubuntu syst
 * `haproxy_frontend.{n}.errorfile`: [optional]: Errorfile declarations
 * `haproxy_frontend.{n}.errorfile.{n}.code`: [required]: The HTTP status code. Currently, HAProxy is capable of generating codes 200, 400, 403, 408, 500, 502, 503, and 504 (e.g. `400`)
 * `haproxy_frontend.{n}.errorfile.{n}.file`: [required]: A file containing the full HTTP response (e.g `/etc/haproxy/errors/400.http`)
+* `haproxy_frontend.{n}.raw_options`: [default: `[]`]: Additional arbitrary lines to insert in the section
 
 * `haproxy_backend`: [default: `[]`]: Back-end declarations
 * `haproxy_backend.{n}.name`: [required]: The name of the section (e.g. `webservers`)
@@ -360,6 +364,7 @@ Set up (the latest version of) [HAProxy](http://www.haproxy.org/) in Ubuntu syst
 * `haproxy_backend.{n}.errorfile.{n}.code`: [required]: The HTTP status code. Currently, HAProxy is capable of generating codes 200, 400, 403, 408, 500, 502, 503, and 504 (e.g. `400`)
 * `haproxy_backend.{n}.errorfile.{n}.file`: [required]: A file containing the full HTTP response (e.g `/etc/haproxy/errors/400.http`)
 * `haproxy_backend.{n}.default_server_params`: [optional]: Default server params applied for each server for this particular backend entry.
+* `haproxy_backend.{n}.raw_options`: [default: `[]`]: Additional arbitrary lines to insert in the section
 
 * `haproxy_userlists`: [default: `[]`]: Userlist declarations
 * `haproxy_userlists.{n}.name`: [required]: The name of the userlist
diff --git a/templates/etc/haproxy/backend.cfg.j2 b/templates/etc/haproxy/backend.cfg.j2
index dfdf3920..8a50ea2f 100644
--- a/templates/etc/haproxy/backend.cfg.j2
+++ b/templates/etc/haproxy/backend.cfg.j2
@@ -135,4 +135,7 @@ backend {{ backend.name }}
   errorfile {{ errorfile.code }} {{ errorfile.file }}
 {% endfor %}
 
+{% for line in backend.raw_options | default([]) %}
+  {{ line }}
+{% endfor %}
 {% endfor %}
diff --git a/templates/etc/haproxy/defaults.cfg.j2 b/templates/etc/haproxy/defaults.cfg.j2
index ce6ee380..8abe4df5 100644
--- a/templates/etc/haproxy/defaults.cfg.j2
+++ b/templates/etc/haproxy/defaults.cfg.j2
@@ -43,3 +43,7 @@
 {% if haproxy_default_server_params | default([]) %}
   default-server {% for param in haproxy_default_server_params | default([]) %} {{ param }}{% endfor %}
 {% endif %}
+
+{% for line in haproxy_default_raw_options | default([]) %}
+  {{ line }}
+{% endfor %}
diff --git a/templates/etc/haproxy/frontend.cfg.j2 b/templates/etc/haproxy/frontend.cfg.j2
index 1b57bc9d..d1867914 100644
--- a/templates/etc/haproxy/frontend.cfg.j2
+++ b/templates/etc/haproxy/frontend.cfg.j2
@@ -129,4 +129,7 @@ frontend {{ frontend.name }}
   errorfile {{ errorfile.code }} {{ errorfile.file }}
 {% endfor %}
 
+{% for line in frontend.raw_options | default([]) %}
+  {{ line }}
+{% endfor %}
 {% endfor %}
diff --git a/templates/etc/haproxy/global.cfg.j2 b/templates/etc/haproxy/global.cfg.j2
index 500f144e..81e9bb89 100644
--- a/templates/etc/haproxy/global.cfg.j2
+++ b/templates/etc/haproxy/global.cfg.j2
@@ -98,3 +98,7 @@ peers {{ peers.name }}
   peer {{ peer.name }} {{ peer.listen }}
 {% endfor %}
 {% endfor %}
+
+{% for line in haproxy_global_raw_options | default([]) %}
+  {{ line }}
+{% endfor %}
diff --git a/templates/etc/haproxy/listen.cfg.j2 b/templates/etc/haproxy/listen.cfg.j2
index f20204a2..f3b9e301 100644
--- a/templates/etc/haproxy/listen.cfg.j2
+++ b/templates/etc/haproxy/listen.cfg.j2
@@ -157,4 +157,7 @@ listen {{ listen.name }}
   errorfile {{ errorfile.code }} {{ errorfile.file }}
 {% endfor %}
 
+{% for line in listen.raw_options | default([]) %}
+  {{ line }}
+{% endfor %}
 {% endfor %}
diff --git a/tests/test.yml b/tests/test.yml
index 4718f6a8..d2e1a218 100644
--- a/tests/test.yml
+++ b/tests/test.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,15 @@
   roles:
     - ../../
   vars:
+    # global parameters
+    haproxy_global_raw_options:
+      - cpu-map 1/all 0-3
+      - server-state-file /tmp/haproxy.state
+
+    # default section
+    haproxy_default_raw_options:
+      - load-server-state-from-file global
+
     # front-end section
     haproxy_frontend:
       - name: http
@@ -16,6 +25,8 @@
         reqrep:
           - search: "^Host:\\ (.*)"
             string: "Host:\\ foo.com"
+        raw_options:
+          - rspideny ^Content-type:\\.*/ms-word
 
     # back-end section
     haproxy_backend:
@@ -26,6 +37,8 @@
           - forwardfor
           - 'httpchk HEAD / HTTP/1.1\r\nHost:localhost'
         server: []
+        raw_options:
+          - rspdeny ^Content-type:\\.*/ms-word
 
     # user-lists section
     haproxy_userlists: