diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 7beaf91..9da743e 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -9,8 +9,9 @@ COPY entrypoint.sh /opt/entrypoint.sh
 COPY confs/ /opt/confs
 COPY scripts/ /opt/scripts
 COPY misc/*.mmdb /etc/nginx/geoip.mmdb
+COPY fail2ban/ /opt/fail2ban
 
-RUN apk --no-cache add php7-fpm certbot libstdc++ libmaxminddb geoip pcre yajl && \
+RUN apk --no-cache add php7-fpm certbot libstdc++ libmaxminddb geoip pcre yajl fail2ban && \
     chmod +x /opt/entrypoint.sh /opt/scripts/* && \
     mkdir /www && \
     adduser -h /dev/null -g '' -s /sbin/nologin -D -H nginx
diff --git a/confs/nginx.conf b/confs/nginx.conf
index b2350cc..6b7183e 100644
--- a/confs/nginx.conf
+++ b/confs/nginx.conf
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # /etc/nginx/nginx.conf
 
-# do not run as daemon
-daemon off;
+# run as daemon
+daemon on;
 
 # do NOT run as root
 user nginx;
@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@ http {
 	# enable/disable sending nginx version
 	server_tokens %SERVER_TOKENS%;
 
-	# display standard logs on stdout
-	access_log /dev/stdout;
+	# where to write logs
+	access_log /var/log/access.log;
 
 	# server config
 	include /etc/nginx/server.conf;
diff --git a/confs/server.conf b/confs/server.conf
index f7535b2..71ebffe 100644
--- a/confs/server.conf
+++ b/confs/server.conf
@@ -22,5 +22,6 @@ server {
 	%BLOCK_TOR_EXIT_NODE%
 	%COOKIE_FLAGS%
 	%ERRORS%
+	%USE_FAIL2BAN%
 	include /server-confs/*.conf;
 }
diff --git a/entrypoint.sh b/entrypoint.sh
index df40035..a93714c 100644
--- a/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/entrypoint.sh
@@ -64,6 +64,11 @@ SERVE_FILES="${SERVE_FILES-yes}"
 WRITE_ACCESS="${WRITE_ACCESS-no}"
 REDIRECT_HTTP_TO_HTTPS="${REDIRECT_HTTP_TO_HTTPS-no}"
 LISTEN_HTTP="${LISTEN_HTTP-yes}"
+USE_FAIL2BAN="${USE_FAIL2BAN-yes}"
+FAIL2BAN_STATUS_CODES="${FAIL2BAN_STATUS_CODES-400|401|403|404|405|444}"
+FAIL2BAN_BANTIME="${FAIL2BAN_BANTIME-3600}"
+FAIL2BAN_FINDTIME="${FAIL2BAN_FINDTIME-60}"
+FAIL2BAN_MAXRETRY="${FAIL2BAN_MAXRETRY-10}"
 
 # install additional modules if needed
 if [ "$ADDITIONAL_MODULES" != "" ] ; then
@@ -282,6 +287,22 @@ else
         replace_in_file "/etc/nginx/server.conf" "%SERVE_FILES%" ""
 fi
 
+# fail2ban setup
+if [ "$USE_FAIL2BAN" = "yes" ] ; then
+	echo "" > /etc/nginx/fail2ban-ip.conf
+	rm -rf /etc/fail2ban/jail.d/*
+	replace_in_file "/etc/nginx/server.conf" "%USE_FAIL2BAN%" "include /etc/nginx/fail2ban-ip.conf;"
+	cp /opt/fail2ban/nginx-action.local /etc/fail2ban/action.d/nginx-action.local
+	cp /opt/fail2ban/nginx-filter.local /etc/fail2ban/filter.d/nginx-filter.local
+	cp /opt/fail2ban/jail.local /etc/fail2ban/jail.local
+	replace_in_file "/etc/fail2ban/jail.local" "%FAIL2BAN_BANTIME%" "$FAIL2BAN_BANTIME"
+	replace_in_file "/etc/fail2ban/jail.local" "%FAIL2BAN_FINDTIME%" "$FAIL2BAN_FINDTIME"
+	replace_in_file "/etc/fail2ban/jail.local" "%FAIL2BAN_MAXRETRY%" "$FAIL2BAN_MAXRETRY"
+	replace_in_file "/etc/fail2ban/filter.d/nginx-filter.local" "%FAIL2BAN_STATUS_CODES%" "$FAIL2BAN_STATUS_CODES"
+else
+	replace_in_file "/etc/nginx/server.conf" "%USE_FAIL2BAN%" ""
+fi
+
 # edit access if needed
 if [ "$WRITE_ACCESS" = "yes" ] ; then
 	chown -R root:nginx /www
@@ -298,7 +319,17 @@ fi
 # start crond
 crond
 
-# start nginx in foreground
-# when nginx is killed, container get killed too
+# start nginx
+/usr/sbin/nginx
 echo "[*] Running nginx ..."
-exec /usr/sbin/nginx
+
+if [ "$USE_FAIL2BAN" = "yes" ] ; then
+	fail2ban-server
+fi
+
+# display logs
+exec tail -f /var/log/access.log
+
+# try to gracefully stop nginx
+echo "[*] Stopping nginx ..."
+/usr/sbin/nginx -s stop
diff --git a/fail2ban/jail.local b/fail2ban/jail.local
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..25b22fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fail2ban/jail.local
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+[DEFAULTS]
+bantime = %FAIL2BAN_BANTIME%
+findtime = %FAIL2BAN_FINDTIME%
+maxretry = %FAIL2BAN_MAXRETRY%
+
+[nginx-filter]
+enabled = true
+action = nginx-action
+logpath = /var/log/access.log
diff --git a/fail2ban/nginx-action.local b/fail2ban/nginx-action.local
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7af86d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fail2ban/nginx-action.local
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+[Definition]
+
+actionstart = echo "" > /etc/nginx/fail2ban-ip.conf && /usr/sbin/nginx -s reload
+actionstop = echo "" > /etc/nginx/fail2ban-ip.conf && /usr/sbin/nginx -s reload
+actioncheck =
+actionflush = echo "" > /etc/nginx/fail2ban-ip.conf && /usr/sbin/nginx -s reload
+actionban = echo -n "deny <ip>;" >> /etc/nginx/fail2ban-ip.conf && /usr/sbin/nginx -s reload
+actionunban = sed -i "s/deny <ip>;//g" /etc/nginx/fail2ban-ip.conf && /usr/sbin/nginx -s reload
diff --git a/fail2ban/nginx-filter.local b/fail2ban/nginx-filter.local
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b617713
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fail2ban/nginx-filter.local
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+[INCLUDES]
+before = common.conf
+
+[Definition]
+failregex = <HOST> - .* \[.*\] ".*" (%FAIL2BAN_STATUS_CODES%) .* ".*" ".*"
+ignoreregex =
+datepattern = %%d/%%b/%%Y:%%H:%%M:%%S