diff --git a/files/httpd/newvirtualhost.conf.j2 b/files/httpd/newvirtualhost.conf.j2
index 11fddcc60d..18c7a2e8ad 100644
--- a/files/httpd/newvirtualhost.conf.j2
+++ b/files/httpd/newvirtualhost.conf.j2
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
   #   when the CA certificates are directly appended to the server
   #   certificate for convinience.
   #SSLCertificateChainFile /etc/pki/tls/certs/server-chain.crt
-  {% if sslintermediatecertfile is defined %}
+  {% if sslintermediatecertfile != '' %}
   SSLCertificateChainFile /etc/pki/tls/certs/{{ sslintermediatecertfile }}
   {% endif %}