diff --git a/templates/owncloud.conf.j2 b/templates/owncloud.conf.j2
index 153249fb5e73626c450b9de73702155166eba7eb..44226c0627aa15c9f54f06df99038e992112e1ab 100644
--- a/templates/owncloud.conf.j2
+++ b/templates/owncloud.conf.j2
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 <VirtualHost _default_:443>
     DocumentRoot            /var/www/owncloud/
+    SSLEngine               On
 </virtualHost>