diff --git a/net/nginx/Makefile b/net/nginx/Makefile
index a96cc70e888165..c9fa897dbe7afd 100644
--- a/net/nginx/Makefile
+++ b/net/nginx/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=nginx
 PKG_VERSION:=1.26.1
-PKG_RELEASE:=3
+PKG_RELEASE:=4
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=nginx-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://nginx.org/download/
diff --git a/net/nginx/files-luci-support/luci.locations b/net/nginx/files-luci-support/luci.locations
index 374ee5d9fc7e41..f69917d289206d 100644
--- a/net/nginx/files-luci-support/luci.locations
+++ b/net/nginx/files-luci-support/luci.locations
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+location =/ {
+	return 301 /cgi-bin/luci/;
+}
+
 location /cgi-bin/luci {
 		index  index.html;
 		include uwsgi_params;