diff --git a/plugins/nginx-vhosts/templates/nginx.conf.sigil b/plugins/nginx-vhosts/templates/nginx.conf.sigil
index d1c6bb468..cfc537377 100644
--- a/plugins/nginx-vhosts/templates/nginx.conf.sigil
+++ b/plugins/nginx-vhosts/templates/nginx.conf.sigil
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ server {
   ssl_certificate     {{ $.APP_SSL_PATH }}/server.crt;
   ssl_certificate_key {{ $.APP_SSL_PATH }}/server.key;
   ssl_protocols       TLSv1.2;
+  ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on;
 
   keepalive_timeout   70;
   {{ if eq $.SPDY_SUPPORTED "true" }}add_header          Alternate-Protocol  {{ $.NGINX_SSL_PORT }}:npn-spdy/2;{{ end }}