diff --git a/docs/configuration/nginx.md b/docs/configuration/nginx.md
index 3234d08a..dd63bcd9 100644
--- a/docs/configuration/nginx.md
+++ b/docs/configuration/nginx.md
@@ -70,3 +70,13 @@ content-length: 169
 
 ```
 
+### DNS resolution to nginx inside docker network
+
+By default inside the environment's docker network the environment's hostname will be resolved to the nginx container's
+IP address.
+
+To change this behaviour you can disable it using the following setting in `~/.reward.yml`
+
+```
+reward_resolve_domain_to_nginx: 0
+```
diff --git a/internal/install.go b/internal/install.go
index 97ab2a59..bd1a81d8 100644
--- a/internal/install.go
+++ b/internal/install.go
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ log_level: info
 debug: false
 
 # Uncomment the following settings to disable default services.
-# These services are enabled by default.
+#   These services are enabled by default.
 #reward_portainer: 0
 #reward_dnsmasq: 0
 #reward_tunnel: 0
@@ -27,9 +27,15 @@ debug: false
 #reward_elastichq: 0
 
 # If you want to enable the following services, uncomment any of them.
-# These services are disabled by default.
+#   These services are disabled by default.
 #reward_adminer: 1
 
+# By default Reward makes it possible to resolve the environment's domain to the nginx container's IP address
+#   inside the docker network. To disable this behaviour you can uncomment the following line.
+#reward_resolve_domain_to_nginx: 0
+
+# By default Reward is not allowed to run commands as root.
+#   To disable this check you can uncomment the following line.
 #reward_allow_superuser: 0
 `
 
diff --git a/templates/environments/includes/nginx.base.yml b/templates/environments/includes/nginx.base.yml
index 2e27de04..f4c81a69 100644
--- a/templates/environments/includes/nginx.base.yml
+++ b/templates/environments/includes/nginx.base.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ services:
       - ./{{default ".reward/nginx/" .nginx_custom_configs_path}}:/etc/nginx/snippets/
     environment:
       - XDEBUG_CONNECT_BACK_HOST=${XDEBUG_CONNECT_BACK_HOST:-''}
+{{isEnabledPermissive .reward_resolve_to_nginx}}
     networks:
       default:
         aliases:
           - {{.traefik_domain}}
+{{end}}