diff --git a/roles/people/files/people.conf b/roles/people/files/people.conf
index eebf3e897e..4c357d9ebb 100644
--- a/roles/people/files/people.conf
+++ b/roles/people/files/people.conf
@@ -88,8 +88,12 @@ NameVirtualHost *:80
 
   # redirect all favicons (not just DocRoot-level) to fedoraproject.org
   # needs to terminate before other rewrite rules start
+  SSLProxyEngine On
+  SSLProxyCheckPeerCN on
+  SSLProxyCheckPeerExpire on
   RewriteRule /favicon\.ico$ https://fedoraproject.org/static/images/favicon.ico [proxy]
 
+
   # ols.fedoraproject.org
   RewriteCond ${lowercase:%{SERVER_NAME}} ^ols\.fedoraproject\.org$
   #RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /home/fedora/lockhart/proceedings/$1 [L]