diff --git a/roles/nginxplus/files/conf/http/datacommons_staging.conf b/roles/nginxplus/files/conf/http/datacommons_staging.conf
index 1697758cc..5093931b8 100644
--- a/roles/nginxplus/files/conf/http/datacommons_staging.conf
+++ b/roles/nginxplus/files/conf/http/datacommons_staging.conf
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ server {
         proxy_pass http://staging-describe/describe/;
         proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Host $host;
         proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
+        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto https;
         proxy_cache describe-stagingcache;
         # handle errors using errors.conf
         proxy_intercept_errors on;
diff --git a/roles/nginxplus/files/conf/http/pdc-describe_prod.conf b/roles/nginxplus/files/conf/http/pdc-describe_prod.conf
index 9cee54e7b..fddac0df0 100644
--- a/roles/nginxplus/files/conf/http/pdc-describe_prod.conf
+++ b/roles/nginxplus/files/conf/http/pdc-describe_prod.conf
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ server {
         proxy_pass http://pdc-describe-prod/describe/;
         proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Host $host;
         proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
+        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto https;
         proxy_cache pdc-describe-prodcache;
         # handle errors using errors.conf
         proxy_intercept_errors on;
diff --git a/roles/nginxplus/files/conf/http/pdc-describe_staging.conf b/roles/nginxplus/files/conf/http/pdc-describe_staging.conf
index e37b0b6a6..16506f71d 100644
--- a/roles/nginxplus/files/conf/http/pdc-describe_staging.conf
+++ b/roles/nginxplus/files/conf/http/pdc-describe_staging.conf
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ server {
         proxy_pass http://pdc-describe-staging/describe/;
         proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Host $host;
         proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
+        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto https;
         proxy_cache pdc-describe-stagingcache;
         # handle errors using errors.conf
         proxy_intercept_errors on;