diff --git a/playbooks/include/proxies-reverseproxy.yml b/playbooks/include/proxies-reverseproxy.yml
index 8c06d714aa..d8e0fd0494 100644
--- a/playbooks/include/proxies-reverseproxy.yml
+++ b/playbooks/include/proxies-reverseproxy.yml
@@ -776,7 +776,7 @@
     destname: debuginfod
     # manage non-trivial reverse-proxy specs in template
     proxyurl: http://debuginfod01:8002
-    proxyopts: "connectiontimeout=600 timeout=600 keepalive=on"
+    proxyopts: "connectiontimeout=600 timeout=600 keepalive=on nocanon"
     tags:
     - debuginfod
 
diff --git a/roles/httpd/reverseproxy/templates/reversepassproxy.debuginfod.conf b/roles/httpd/reverseproxy/templates/reversepassproxy.debuginfod.conf
index 0300d06b29..0c4b84352a 100644
--- a/roles/httpd/reverseproxy/templates/reversepassproxy.debuginfod.conf
+++ b/roles/httpd/reverseproxy/templates/reversepassproxy.debuginfod.conf
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 
+AllowEncodedSlashes NoDecode
+
 # Reverse-proxy /buildid/* queries
 ProxyPassMatch "^/buildid/(.*)$" "{{proxyurl}}/buildid/$1" {{proxyopts}}