diff --git a/templates/nginx.conf.j2 b/templates/nginx.conf.j2
index e06cfd67a14f48f6e3f7c18a6afa7be6de47665b..d907516a8f5738f4918ed65ddaa7328b8a97d34f 100644
--- a/templates/nginx.conf.j2
+++ b/templates/nginx.conf.j2
@@ -193,6 +193,11 @@ server {
         add_header Access-Control-Allow-Origin '*';
     }
 
+    location /staticfiles/ {
+        # django static files
+        alias {{ funkwhale_static_path }}/;
+    }
+
     location /manifest.json {
         return 302 /api/v1/instance/spa-manifest.json;
     }