diff --git a/settings.py b/settings.py
index 54bd938bd0b02faaa48911f504ae3335338ab051..2804def6ec43adbcf1b7ea46a28a1536683126b5 100644
--- a/settings.py
+++ b/settings.py
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ SECRET_KEY = get_from_env('SECRET_KEY', 'replaceme')
 if (get_from_env('SSL', '0') == '1'):
     SECURE_SSL_REDIRECT = True
     SESSION_COOKIE_SECURE = True
+    SECURE_PROXY_SSL_HEADER = ("HTTP_X_FORWARDED_PROTOCOL", "https")
 
 SESSION_COOKIE_HTTPONLY = True