diff --git a/roles/httpd/templates/mailman-proxy.conf.j2 b/roles/httpd/templates/mailman-proxy.conf.j2
index 8c422b04a1..edb74d329c 100644
--- a/roles/httpd/templates/mailman-proxy.conf.j2
+++ b/roles/httpd/templates/mailman-proxy.conf.j2
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
+    RewriteEngine on
+    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_METHOD} GET
+    RewriteRule ^/mailman/subscribe/(.*) / [R]
+</IfModule>
+
 ProxyPass {{ iconpath }} {{ proxyurl }}/icons
 ProxyPassReverse {{ iconpath }} {{ proxyurl }}/icons
 ProxyPass {{ path }} {{ proxyurl }}/mailman