diff --git a/site-cookbooks/kosmos-base/files/default/maintenance.html b/site-cookbooks/kosmos-nginx/files/default/maintenance.html
similarity index 100%
rename from site-cookbooks/kosmos-base/files/default/maintenance.html
rename to site-cookbooks/kosmos-nginx/files/default/maintenance.html
diff --git a/site-cookbooks/kosmos-nginx/recipes/default.rb b/site-cookbooks/kosmos-nginx/recipes/default.rb
index 12fb1c6..bee6c27 100644
--- a/site-cookbooks/kosmos-nginx/recipes/default.rb
+++ b/site-cookbooks/kosmos-nginx/recipes/default.rb
@@ -60,6 +60,22 @@ cookbook_file "#{node['nginx']['dir']}/conf.d/tls_config.conf" do
   notifies :restart, 'service[nginx]'
 end
 
+directory node["nginx"]["user_home"] do
+  owner node["nginx"]["user"]
+  group node["nginx"]["group"]
+  action :create
+  recursive true
+end
+
+# Maintenance page, to be copied or served when putting things in maintenance
+# mode
+cookbook_file "#{node["nginx"]["user_home"]}/maintenance.html" do
+  source "maintenance.html"
+  owner node['nginx']['user']
+  group node['nginx']['group']
+  mode "0640"
+end
+
 unless node.chef_environment == "development"
   include_recipe 'kosmos-base::firewall'