diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 6bff252..698e470 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -70,6 +70,30 @@ Rsyslog service with precise timestamps, severity, facility.
               createmode: 0640
               umask: 0022
               stop_processing: true
+              
+RainerScript Support for module configuration
+=============================================
+
+In addition to support for the legacy format, `modules <http://www.rsyslog.com/doc/v8-stable/configuration/modules/index.html>`_ can be configured using the `RainerScript <http://www.rsyslog.com/doc/v8-stable/rainerscript/index.html>`_ format.
+
+.. code-block:: yaml
+
+    rsyslog:
+      client:
+        enabled: true
+        rainerscript:
+          imjournal:
+            PersistStateInterval: 200
+            StateFile: /run/systemd/journal/rsyslog
+            IgnorePreviousMessages: on
+        output
+          file:
+            -/var/log/syslog:
+              filter: *.*;auth,authpriv.none
+              owner: syslog
+              group: adm
+              createmode: 0640
+              umask: 0022
 
 Custom templates
 ================
diff --git a/rsyslog/files/rsyslog.default.conf b/rsyslog/files/rsyslog.default.conf
index ff7f917..4afd2c9 100644
--- a/rsyslog/files/rsyslog.default.conf
+++ b/rsyslog/files/rsyslog.default.conf
@@ -3,6 +3,18 @@
 {% for modname in global.modules -%}
 $ModLoad {{ modname }}
 {% endfor -%}
+
+{%- if global.rainerscript is defined %}
+  {%- for module_name, config_opts in global.rainerscript.iteritems() %}
+
+module(load"{{ module_name }}"
+    {%- for option, setting in config_opts.iteritems() %}
+    {{ option }}="{{ setting }}"
+    {%- endfor %}
+    )
+  {%- endfor %}
+{%- endif %}
+
 {% if global.preserve_fqdn == true -%}
 $PreserveFQDN on
 {% else -%}