diff --git a/attributes/radosgw.rb b/attributes/radosgw.rb
index 36aea39..bc7b68c 100644
--- a/attributes/radosgw.rb
+++ b/attributes/radosgw.rb
@@ -20,3 +20,4 @@ default["ceph"]["radosgw"]["api_fqdn"] = "localhost"
 default["ceph"]["radosgw"]["admin_email"] = "admin@example.com"
 default["ceph"]["radosgw"]["rgw_addr"] = "*:80"
 default["ceph"]["radosgw"]["rgw_port"] = false
+default["ceph"]["radosgw"]["webserver_companion"] = "apache2" #can be false
diff --git a/recipes/radosgw.rb b/recipes/radosgw.rb
index 4e4e263..6cbe46d 100644
--- a/recipes/radosgw.rb
+++ b/recipes/radosgw.rb
@@ -17,11 +17,8 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-include_recipe "apache2"
-
 packages = %w{
-	radosgw
-	libapache2-mod-fastcgi
+  radosgw
 }
 
 if node['ceph']['install_debug']
@@ -32,48 +29,24 @@ if node['ceph']['install_debug']
 end
 
 packages.each do |pkg|
-	package pkg do
-		action :upgrade
-	end
+  package pkg do
+    action :upgrade
+  end
 end
 
 cookbook_file "/etc/init.d/radosgw" do
-	source "radosgw"
-	mode 0755
-	owner "root"
-	group "root"
+  source "radosgw"
+  mode 0755
+  owner "root"
+  group "root"
 end
 
 service "radosgw" do
-	service_name "radosgw"
-	supports :restart => true
-	action[:enable,:start]
+  service_name "radosgw"
+  supports :restart => true
+  action[:enable,:start]
 end
 
-apache_module "fastcgi" do
-	conf true
+if node["ceph"]["radosgw"]["webserver_companion"]
+  include_recipe "ceph::radosgw_#{node["ceph"]["radosgw"]["webserver_companion"]}"
 end
-
-apache_module "rewrite" do
-	conf false
-end
-
-template "/etc/apache2/sites-available/rgw.conf" do
-	source "rgw.conf.erb"
-	mode 0400
-	owner "root"
-	group "root"
-	variables(
-		:ceph_api_fqdn => node['ceph']['radosgw']['api_fqdn'],
-		:ceph_admin_email => node['ceph']['radosgw']['admin_email'],
-		:ceph_rgw_addr => node['ceph']['radosgw']['rgw_addr']
-	)
-	if ::File.exists?("#{node['apache']['dir']}/sites-enabled/rgw.conf")
-		notifies :restart, "service[apache2]"
-	end
-end
-
-apache_site "rgw.conf" do
-	enable enable_setting
-end
-
diff --git a/recipes/radosgw_apache2.rb b/recipes/radosgw_apache2.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c6c23a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/radosgw_apache2.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+#
+# Author:: Kyle Bader <kyle.bader@dreamhost.com>
+# Cookbook Name:: ceph
+# Recipe:: radosgw_apache2
+#
+# Copyright 2011, DreamHost Web Hosting
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+include_recipe "apache2"
+include_recipe "apache2::mod_fastcgi"
+
+apache_module "rewrite" do
+  conf false
+end
+
+web_app "rgw" do
+  template "rgw.conf.erb"
+  server_name node['ceph']['radosgw']['api_fqdn']
+  admin_email node['ceph']['radosgw']['admin_email']
+  ceph_rgw_addr node['ceph']['radosgw']['rgw_addr']
+end
diff --git a/templates/default/rgw.conf.erb b/templates/default/rgw.conf.erb
index 9a22c7a..3bd8e5d 100644
--- a/templates/default/rgw.conf.erb
+++ b/templates/default/rgw.conf.erb
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 <% if node['ceph']['radosgw']['rgw_port'] -%>
 FastCgiExternalServer /var/www/dummyradosgw.fcgi -host 127.0.0.1:<%= node['ceph']['radosgw']['rgw_port'] %>
 <% else -%>
-FastCgiExternalServer /var/www/dummyradosgw.fcgi -socket /var/run/ceph/radosgw.client.radosgw.<%= node[:hostname] %>
+FastCgiExternalServer /var/www/dummyradosgw.fcgi -socket /var/run/ceph/radosgw.client.radosgw.<%= node['hostname'] %>
 <% end -%>
 
 LogFormat "%{X-Forwarded-For}i %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %O \"%{Referer}i\" \"%{User-Agent}i\"" proxy_combined
 LogFormat "%{X-Forwarded-For}i %h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %O \"%{Referer}i\" \"%{User-Agent}i\"" proxy_debug
 
-<VirtualHost <%= @ceph_rgw_addr %>>
-  ServerName <%= @ceph_api_fqdn %>
-  ServerAdmin <%= @ceph_admin_email %>
+<VirtualHost <%= node['ceph']['radosgw']['rgw_addr'] %>>
+  ServerName <%= @params[:server_name] %>
+  ServerAdmin <%= node["ceph"]["radosgw"]["admin_email"] %>
   DocumentRoot /var/www/
 
   RewriteEngine On