diff --git a/config/nginx.sample.conf b/config/nginx.sample.conf
index 5e436fcf24c..7daa8a37524 100644
--- a/config/nginx.sample.conf
+++ b/config/nginx.sample.conf
@@ -90,6 +90,13 @@ server {
       add_header Access-Control-Allow-Origin *;
      }
 
+    location = /srv/status {
+      access_log off;
+      log_not_found off;
+      proxy_pass http://discourse;
+      break;
+    }
+
     location ~ ^/assets/ {
       expires 1y;
       # asset pipeline enables this