diff --git a/www/nginx/pkg-descr b/www/nginx/pkg-descr
index 1c7bb939b..db8f5dd8a 100644
--- a/www/nginx/pkg-descr
+++ b/www/nginx/pkg-descr
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ Plugin Changelog
 1.13
 
 * add support for 0-RTT (Early Data in TLS 1.3)
+* add XMLRPC sync support
 
 1.12
 
diff --git a/www/nginx/src/etc/inc/plugins.inc.d/nginx.inc b/www/nginx/src/etc/inc/plugins.inc.d/nginx.inc
index 439af7f44..a84b5c639 100644
--- a/www/nginx/src/etc/inc/plugins.inc.d/nginx.inc
+++ b/www/nginx/src/etc/inc/plugins.inc.d/nginx.inc
@@ -50,3 +50,16 @@ function nginx_services()
         )
     );
 }
+
+/**
+ *  sync configuration via xmlrpc
+ * @return array
+ */
+function nginx_xmlrpc_sync()
+{
+    $result = array();
+    $result['id'] = 'nginx';
+    $result['section'] = 'OPNsense.Nginx';
+    $result['description'] = gettext('Nginx Load Balancer');
+    return array($result);
+}