diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -273,6 +273,11 @@ If you are using multiple hostnames for a single container (e.g. `VIRTUAL_HOST=e
 If you want most of your virtual hosts to use a default single `location` block configuration and then override on a few specific ones, add those settings to the `/etc/nginx/vhost.d/default_location` file. This file
 will be used on any virtual host which does not have a `/etc/nginx/vhost.d/{VIRTUAL_HOST}` file associated with it.
 
+#### docker-compose for nginx-proxy and letsencrypt 
+
+- use "docker-compose-letsencrypt-ssl.yml" to run nginx-proxy and letsencrypt containers
+- refer "docker-compose-nginx-letencrypt-app-example.yml" to configure necessary variables
+
 ### Contributing
 
 Before submitting pull requests or issues, please check github to make sure an existing issue or pull request is not already open.
diff --git a/docker-compose-letsencrypt-ssl.yml b/docker-compose-letsencrypt-ssl.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1c80b9e51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose-letsencrypt-ssl.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+version: '2'
+services:
+  nginx-proxy:
+    image: jwilder/nginx-proxy
+    container_name: nginx-proxy
+    ports:
+      - "80:80"
+      - "443:443"
+    volumes:
+      - /home/core/data/nginx-proxy/certs:/etc/nginx/certs:ro
+      - /home/core/data/nginx-proxy/vhost.d:/etc/nginx/vhost.d:rw
+#      - /etc/nginx/vhost.d
+#      - /usr/share/nginx/html
+      - /home/core/data/nginx-proxy/html:/usr/share/nginx/html:rw
+      - /var/run/docker.sock:/tmp/docker.sock:ro
+    labels:
+      - "com.github.jrcs.letsencrypt_nginx_proxy_companion.nginx_proxy=true"
+
+# in case of any issues comment "/home/core/data/nginx-proxy/vhost.d:/etc/nginx/vhost.d" and "/home/core/data/nginx-proxy/html:/usr/share/nginx/html" from above volumes block
+
+
+  letsencrypt-nginx-proxy-companion:
+    image: jrcs/letsencrypt-nginx-proxy-companion
+    container_name: letsencrypt-nginx-proxy-companion
+    volumes:
+      - /home/core/data/nginx-proxy/certs:/etc/nginx/certs:rw
+      - /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock:ro
+    volumes_from:
+      - nginx-proxy
+
+
+#  whoami:
+#    image: jwilder/whoami
+#    environment:
+#      - VIRTUAL_HOST=whoami.local
+
+networks:
+  default:
+    external:
+      name: nginx-proxy-bridge-network
+
diff --git a/docker-compose-nginx-letencrypt-app-example.yml b/docker-compose-nginx-letencrypt-app-example.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a5b30d40f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose-nginx-letencrypt-app-example.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+version: "2"
+
+services:
+  web:
+    image: 'app-image'
+    restart: always
+    environment:
+      - TERM=xterm
+      - LETSENCRYPT_EMAIL=admin@example.com
+      - LETSENCRYPT_HOST=example.com
+      - VIRTUAL_HOST=example.com
+      - VIRTUAL_PROTO=https
+      - VIRTUAL_PORT=8080
+    hostname: 'example.com'
+    expose:
+      - "8080"
+    build: . 
+    volumes:
+      - /data/nginx-proxy/certs/:/etc/ssl/example.com
+      - /data/qbank-lite/webapps:/qbank/webapps
+      - .:/qbank
+    command: >
+      /bin/bash -c 'python myapp.py'
+    ports:
+      - "8010:8080"
+    links:
+      - mongo:mongodb
+    depends_on:
+      - mongo
+  mongo:
+    image: 'mongo:latest'
+    restart: always
+    environment:
+      - ALLOW_EMPTY_PASSWORD=yes
+    volumes:
+      - /data/myapp/db:/data/db
+
+networks:
+  default:
+    external:
+      name: example-bridge-network