diff --git a/http/nginx/nginx_advanced_include.conf b/http/nginx/nginx_advanced_include.conf
index 2dff6609734ffce45a315b5b25d9c541a1b48497..39168e4f73b11b7fddb51b5495027b68e9fe2e5c 100644
--- a/http/nginx/nginx_advanced_include.conf
+++ b/http/nginx/nginx_advanced_include.conf
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@
     ###
     ### send all non-static requests to php-fpm, restricted to known php files
     ###
-    location ~* ^/(?:index|boost_stats|update|authorize|xmlrpc)\.php$ {
+    location ~* ^/(?:index|cron|boost_stats|update|authorize|xmlrpc)\.php$ {
           try_files $uri =404;           ### check for existence of php file first
           fastcgi_pass   127.0.0.1:9000; ### php-fpm listening on port 9000
           track_uploads  uploads 60s;    ### required for upload progress
diff --git a/http/nginx/nginx_simple_include.conf b/http/nginx/nginx_simple_include.conf
index dac048adc91123fd237c7140e7caf4cb9a0737d3..306714a60e65dfcbdd92fa2447183d5eff1ad3f0 100644
--- a/http/nginx/nginx_simple_include.conf
+++ b/http/nginx/nginx_simple_include.conf
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@
     ###
     ### send all non-static requests to php-fpm, restricted to known php files
     ###
-    location ~* ^/(?:index|boost_stats|update|authorize|xmlrpc)\.php$ {
+    location ~* ^/(?:index|cron|boost_stats|update|authorize|xmlrpc)\.php$ {
           try_files $uri =404;           ### check for existence of php file first
           fastcgi_pass   127.0.0.1:9000; ### php-fpm listening on port 9000
     }