diff --git a/backend/tls_localhost_nginx.conf b/backend/tls_localhost_nginx.conf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2e2b8655
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/tls_localhost_nginx.conf
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+server {
+    listen                  80;
+    listen                  [::]:80;
+    listen                  443 ssl;
+    listen                  8448 ssl;
+    listen                  [::]:443 ssl;
+    listen                  [::]:8448 ssl;
+    server_name             synapse.localhost;
+    ssl_certificate         /root/ssl/cert.pem;
+    ssl_certificate_key     /root/ssl/key.pem;
+
+    # Reverse proxy for Matrix Synapse Homeserver
+    # This is also required for development environment.
+    # Reason: the lk-jwt-service uses the federation API for the openid token
+    #         verification, which requires TLS
+    location / {
+        proxy_pass "http://homeserver:8008";
+        proxy_http_version 1.1;
+        proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
+        proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade";
+        proxy_set_header Host $host;
+        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $remote_addr;
+        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
+    }
+
+    error_page   500 502 503 504  /50x.html;
+
+}