diff --git a/manifests/init.pp b/manifests/init.pp
index 5db9e90c7..de6472f9e 100644
--- a/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/manifests/init.pp
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@
   $conf_template          = $::apache::params::conf_template,
   $servername             = $::apache::params::servername,
   $pidfile                = $::apache::params::pidfile,
+  $rewrite_lock           = false,
   $manage_user            = true,
   $manage_group           = true,
   $user                   = $::apache::params::user,
diff --git a/templates/httpd.conf.erb b/templates/httpd.conf.erb
index e0d16e122..6fb989244 100644
--- a/templates/httpd.conf.erb
+++ b/templates/httpd.conf.erb
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ KeepAlive <%= @keepalive %>
 MaxKeepAliveRequests <%= @max_keepalive_requests %>
 KeepAliveTimeout <%= @keepalive_timeout %>
 
+<%- if @rewrite_lock and scope.function_versioncmp([@apache_version, '2.2']) <= 0 -%>
+RewriteLock <%= @rewrite_lock %>
+<%- end -%>
+
 User <%= @user %>
 Group <%= @group %>