diff --git a/share/apache2/plinth.conf b/share/apache2/plinth.conf
index b489beb87..e2b0dcbb5 100644
--- a/share/apache2/plinth.conf
+++ b/share/apache2/plinth.conf
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
     ## Force SSL
     RewriteEngine on
     ReWriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} !^443$
+    ReWriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/plinth
     RewriteRule ^/(.*) https://%{HTTP_HOST}/$1 [NC,R,L]
 
     ## Shared options.