diff --git a/website/docs/providers/proxy/_nginx_proxy_manager.md b/website/docs/providers/proxy/_nginx_proxy_manager.md
index 3667cf9679..58a12c2ac3 100644
--- a/website/docs/providers/proxy/_nginx_proxy_manager.md
+++ b/website/docs/providers/proxy/_nginx_proxy_manager.md
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
-For Nginx Proxy Manager you can use this snippet
-
 ```
+# Upgrade WebSocket if requested, otherwise use keepalive
+map $http_upgrade $connection_upgrade_keepalive {
+    default upgrade;
+    ''      '';
+}
+
 # Increase buffer size for large headers
 # This is needed only if you get 'upstream sent too big header while reading response
 # header from upstream' error when trying to access an application protected by goauthentik
@@ -16,6 +20,9 @@ location / {
     # Set any other headers your application might need
     # proxy_set_header Host $host;
     # proxy_set_header ...
+    # Support for websocket
+    proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
+    proxy_set_header Connection $connection_upgrade_keepalive;
 
     ##############################
     # authentik-specific config
diff --git a/website/docs/providers/proxy/_nginx_standalone.md b/website/docs/providers/proxy/_nginx_standalone.md
index c7cace7fa3..780274b6fd 100644
--- a/website/docs/providers/proxy/_nginx_standalone.md
+++ b/website/docs/providers/proxy/_nginx_standalone.md
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
 ```
+# Upgrade WebSocket if requested, otherwise use keepalive
+map $http_upgrade $connection_upgrade_keepalive {
+    default upgrade;
+    ''      '';
+}
+
 server {
     # SSL and VHost configuration
     listen                  443 ssl http2;
@@ -18,6 +24,9 @@ server {
         # proxy_pass http://localhost:5000;
         # proxy_set_header Host $host;
         # proxy_set_header ...
+        # Support for websocket
+        proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
+        proxy_set_header Connection $connection_upgrade_keepalive;
 
         ##############################
         # authentik-specific config