diff --git a/request-tracker/templates/nginx-rt.j2 b/request-tracker/templates/nginx-rt.j2
index e0e66add64e507d128d292aac874b3d8cc364253..8863f5d651c665d9d811ad18551d518258b3e073 100644
--- a/request-tracker/templates/nginx-rt.j2
+++ b/request-tracker/templates/nginx-rt.j2
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ server {
 
 	server_name {{rt_webdomain}};
 	access_log  /var/log/nginx/access.log;
+	proxy_cookie_path / "/; secure; HttpOnly";
 
 	location / {
 		fastcgi_param  QUERY_STRING       $query_string;