diff --git a/playbooks/include/proxies-reverseproxy.yml b/playbooks/include/proxies-reverseproxy.yml
index 10fb8274c1..50ba745359 100644
--- a/playbooks/include/proxies-reverseproxy.yml
+++ b/playbooks/include/proxies-reverseproxy.yml
@@ -655,7 +655,7 @@
     website: os.fedoraproject.org
     destname: os
     balancer_name: os
-    balancer_members: ['https://os-master01.vpn.fedoraproject.org', 'https://os-master02.vpn.fedoraproject.org', 'https://os-master03.vpn.fedoraproject.org']
+    balancer_members: ['os-master01.vpn.fedoraproject.org', 'os-master02.vpn.fedoraproject.org', 'os-master03.vpn.fedoraproject.org']
     keephost: true
     tags:
     - os.fedoraproject.org
@@ -664,7 +664,7 @@
     website: app.os.fedoraproject.org
     destname: app.os
     balancer_name: app-os
-    balancer_members: ['https://os-node01.vpn.fedoraproject.org', 'https://os-node02.vpn.fedoraproject.org']
+    balancer_members: ['os-node01.vpn.fedoraproject.org', 'os-node02.vpn.fedoraproject.org']
     keephost: true
     tags:
     - app.os.fedoraproject.org
@@ -674,7 +674,7 @@
     destname: os
     proxyurl: https://os.stg.phx2.fedoraproject.org
     balancer_name: os-stg
-    balancer_members: ['https://os-master01.stg.phx2.fedoraproject.org', 'https://os-master02.stg.phx2.fedoraproject.org', 'https://os-master03.stg.phx2.fedoraproject.org']
+    balancer_members: ['os-master01.stg.phx2.fedoraproject.org', 'os-master02.stg.phx2.fedoraproject.org', 'os-master03.stg.phx2.fedoraproject.org']
     keephost: true
     tags:
     - os.fedoraproject.org
@@ -684,7 +684,7 @@
     website: app.os.stg.fedoraproject.org
     destname: app.os
     balancer_name: app-os-stg
-    balancer_members: ['https://os-node01.stg.phx2.fedoraproject.org', 'https://os-node02.stg.phx2.fedoraproject.org']
+    balancer_members: ['os-node01.stg.phx2.fedoraproject.org', 'os-node02.stg.phx2.fedoraproject.org']
     proxyurl: http://app.os.phx2.fedoraproject.org
     keephost: true
     tags:
diff --git a/roles/httpd/reverseproxy/templates/reversepassproxy.conf b/roles/httpd/reverseproxy/templates/reversepassproxy.conf
index 1dbdbd0603..77a8dd35b2 100644
--- a/roles/httpd/reverseproxy/templates/reversepassproxy.conf
+++ b/roles/httpd/reverseproxy/templates/reversepassproxy.conf
@@ -19,9 +19,23 @@ ProxyPreserveHost On
 
 {% if balancer_name is defined %}
 SSLProxyEngine On
+{% if env == "staging" %}
+
+<Proxy "balancer://{{balancer_name}}-websocket">
+  {% for member in balancer_members %}
+    BalancerMember "wss://{{ member }}"
+  {% endfor %}
+</Proxy>
+
+RewriteEngine on
+RewriteCond %{HTTP:Upgrade} ^WebSocket$ [NC]
+RewriteCond %{HTTP:Connection} ^Upgrade$ [NC]
+RewriteRule .* "balancer://{{ balancer_name }}-websocket%{REQUEST_URI}" [P]
+
+{% endif %}
 <Proxy "balancer://{{balancer_name}}">
   {% for member in balancer_members %}
-    BalancerMember "{{ member }}"
+    BalancerMember "https://{{ member }}"
   {% endfor %}
 </Proxy>
 ProxyPass {{ localpath }} "balancer://{{balancer_name}}{{remotepath}}"