diff --git a/data/etc/apache2/sites-available/plinth.conf b/data/etc/apache2/sites-available/plinth.conf
index a8ce66c3d..8d1edf876 100644
--- a/data/etc/apache2/sites-available/plinth.conf
+++ b/data/etc/apache2/sites-available/plinth.conf
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 ##   mod_proxy_http
 ##
 <Location /plinth>
-    ProxyPass        http://localhost:8000/plinth
+    ProxyPass        http://127.0.0.1:8000/plinth
     ## Send the scheme from user's request to enable Plinth to redirect
     ## URLs, set cookies, set absolute URLs (if any) properly.
     RequestHeader    set X-Forwarded-Proto 'https' env=HTTPS