diff --git a/nginx/templates/nginx-proxy-params.conf.j2 b/nginx/templates/nginx-proxy-params.conf.j2
index 572c2530..7a92c122 100644
--- a/nginx/templates/nginx-proxy-params.conf.j2
+++ b/nginx/templates/nginx-proxy-params.conf.j2
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # Proxy stuff
 # include /etc/nginx/snippets/nginx-proxy-params.conf;
 proxy_http_version 1.1;
+proxy_set_header Connection "";
 {% if haproxy_ips is defined %}
 proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
 proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;