diff --git a/data/templates/nginx/plain/yunohost_admin.conf.inc b/data/templates/nginx/plain/yunohost_admin.conf.inc
index b0ab4cef6..2ab72293d 100644
--- a/data/templates/nginx/plain/yunohost_admin.conf.inc
+++ b/data/templates/nginx/plain/yunohost_admin.conf.inc
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-location /yunohost/admin {
+# Avoid the nginx path/alias traversal weakness ( #1037 )
+rewrite ^/yunohost/admin$ /yunohost/admin/ permanent;
+
+location /yunohost/admin/ {
     alias /usr/share/yunohost/admin/;
     default_type text/html;
     index index.html;