diff --git a/nginx/default.conf b/nginx/default.conf
index 3b9fccd..91b86d3 100644
--- a/nginx/default.conf
+++ b/nginx/default.conf
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ server {
 
     # required to avoid HTTP 411: see Issue #1486 (https://github.com/moby/moby/issues/1486)
     chunked_transfer_encoding on;
+    # required for strict SNI checking: see Issue #70 (https://github.com/Joxit/docker-registry-ui/issues/70)
+    proxy_ssl_server_name on;
 
     location / {
         root   /usr/share/nginx/html;