diff --git a/smartgears/smartgears-nginx-frontend/templates/generic-smartgears-virtualhost.j2 b/smartgears/smartgears-nginx-frontend/templates/generic-smartgears-virtualhost.j2
index 3420adbc..82b361f8 100644
--- a/smartgears/smartgears-nginx-frontend/templates/generic-smartgears-virtualhost.j2
+++ b/smartgears/smartgears-nginx-frontend/templates/generic-smartgears-virtualhost.j2
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 server {
     listen {{ http_port }};
+    location ~ /\.(?!well-known).* {
+        deny all;
+        access_log off;
+        log_not_found off;
+        return 404;
+    }
+
     client_max_body_size {{ nginx_client_max_body_size | default('100M') }};
 {% if egi_image is defined and egi_image %}
     # No servername into the EGI images